Railway Free Passes
IN Melbourne the libel action Speigh[?]. Syme entered on Monday morning upon the 28th day of hearing. A witness named Thomas Patterson, clerk…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
309 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 16
In a Train with a Madman
A correspondent writing to the Newcastle Chronicle, says: An alarming, though grotesque, adventure befel an old friend of mine some years ago. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allandale-deep Creek Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Will you allow me space in your valuable paper to place before you in some rude way the manner in which public money is being expended on the Allandale-Deep Creek roads…
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Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run until further…
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Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run until further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on the Railway Line. a Man Cut to Pieces
On Saturday last, as the Sydney train was approaching the Hexham Railway Station, the engine driver, William Paget, observed some distance in front of the train two men walking on the up line,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. Supposed Burglars
A FATAL accident accompanied by some singular circumstances happened on the railway line between Newcastle and Maitland on Saturday. Two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways. Some Heavy Losses. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30th was laid before the Colonial Trea urer to-day, being the quickest…
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The annual report of the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for the year ended the 30th June, 1893, was on Tuesday presented to the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. See), as Minister for the department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Morpeth Trams. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Morpeth people think the tram anything except a blessing. In the first place, instead of running to time—or, better still, as reported in your columns, in eight minutes—it actually takes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allandale-deep Creek Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 5th, a letter appeared from the pen of a person who signed himself "Bullocky," and who spoke in a very unfavourable manner of the way in which public money is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 12, 1893. the Railways Report
CONSIDERING the depression which prevailed in the colony during the lime covered by the last report of the Commissioners for Railways, the unfavourable seasons of the early…
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The report on the railways and tramways of New South Wales for the year ended June 30th last, which has just been published by the Railway…
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ON Wednesday an inquest was held at the Sydney Morgue on the mutilated remains of a guard named Maffey, who met his death by being…
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Through the courtesy of the officials at the office of the Roads Department, East Maitland, on Tuesday we were shown the plans for the construction of the new bridge designed to take the place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Correspondence. Mr A. J. GOULD, M.P., has kindly handed us the following letter for publication:— Opening of a Road. Public Works Department. Sydney, 5th August, 1893
SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 31st October last, addressed to the Under-Secretary for Lands, in regard to the necessity for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowman's Creek Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, l[?]th August, 1893
Sir,—With reference to the letter dated 30th June last, forwarded by you from Mr J. A. Bower, of Goorangoola, [?] Bowman's Creek Road to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Land and Railways
CORRESPONDENCE-: has passed between the Minister for Lauds and railway Commissioners on the question as to whether the Lands Department should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Exhibits to Singleton Show. Government Railways of N. S. Wales, Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd August, 1893
SIR,-I have to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of to-day, asking if the Commissioners would permit stock exhibits, returned on account, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Official Correspondence. Mr A. J. GOULD, M.P., has kindly handed us the following letter for publication :— Singleton-Glendon Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 15th August, 1893
SIR.—With reference to your letter of the 17th ultimo, further in regard to the state of the road from the Singleton and Glendon Road at Scott's…
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