The Dartbrook Bridge. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)
Sir,—In your last issue I noticed a paragraph to the effect that the major[?] of the people of Scone are aga[?] the proposed bridge over the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
324 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 17
The Dunolly Bridge Agitation. the Resident Engineer's Recommendation. an Unfavorable Report
THE Hon. A. J. Could has courteously Banded to us for publication the appended official communication relative to the agitation for a bridge across the Hunter from…
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SIR,—A letter appeared in last Saturday's Mercury complaining about the expenditure of money on the Bungleburra Road. Certain persons blame me for writing the letter or having a hand…
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For a long time past it has (says the Herald, referring to the debate in the House on Tuesday on Mr. Schey's motion re ra Iway management) been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Muswellbrook-cassilis Railway (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Mr. Jones, the Government officer sent up by the Works Department to report on the North-Western Railway proposals, has, it seems, decided in favour of a line from Werrie Creek to Mudgee, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road From Mulbring to Millfield. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Some time ago I noticed in your paper a letter by Mr. Short about the read from Mulbring to Millfield, or rather a portion of it—about two miles, from the top of Wollong Hill towards Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lower Hunter and Railway Connection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I see that Mr. Jones' report on No[?]hern railway connection, which advocates connection from Werris Creek to Mudgee, for the purpose of diverting all the Northern and North-western traffic…
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ON Saturday last a deputation of Giennie's Creek resident waited on the Hon A. J. Gould relative to the requirement of a bridge for vehicular…
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The following remarkable story, told by an [?] witness to a place among the Instanese of among the lower animals.A cook was much annoyed to find…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. Road Expenditure. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to reply to the remarks of "Veritas" in Saturday's issue, the 26th Sept. In the first place, "Veritas" says that the Hudson family would not…
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THE following are the remarks of Mr. T. H. Williams, M.L.A., as taken from Hansard, on Mr. Schey's motion re the railway management, debated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Teralba Railway Accident. Caused by the Tender Being in Front
THE icquest on the body of George Cockroft, the fireman killed on the Great Northern Railway on the 30th ultimo, was concladed at Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr E. M. G. Eddy in England Banquetted by Railway Officials London
THE officers of the London and North-Western Railway last night entertained at a banquet Mr E. M. G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Train Service. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Would you be good enough to allow me space in yonr widely circulated paper, to point out the inconvenience the public of the Upper Hunter and surrounding district are subject to, in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident on the Zig-zag. (From Saturday's Echo.)
An accident, which resulted in injuries to four men, happened between 10 and 11 o'clock last night on the Great Zig-zag, on the Blue Mountains, just beyond Eskbank…
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The Brindisi mail train came into collision with a goods train at Carovigno, in Italy. One passenger was injnred. Mr H. M. Stanley was a passenger by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Gates at Dulwich. (To the Editor at the Singleton Argus.)
SIR,—It is said these are the days of steam and progress,, and very justly this has been I [?]med the iron age; in fact what would we do now without our railways? The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Railway Fares between Newcastle and Maitland. [By Telegraph From a Correspondent.] Sydney, Monday evening
Mr. Gillies, M.L.A., this afternoon interviewed the Railway Commissioners, asking them to grant the concession of cheap fares by railway from West Maitland to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Collision. Five Deaths. [By Cable.] London
A DISA[?]TROU[?]S railway collision is reported from Ki[?]lfort, in Siberia, 5 persons being killed and many injured…
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SHORTLY after half-past 5 o'clock on Monday morning a fatal accident happened at the Petersham railway station. As the 5.38 a.m. train from Petersham to Sydney was leaving…
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