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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Official Correspondence. New Road, Stewarts Brook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

THE following letters have been received by Mr. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald, M.L.A., and forwarded to us for publication:—…

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Davis Creek Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, December 9th, 1893

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

SIR,—With reference to your letters of the 19th and 30th of October, and 21st ultimo, forwarding communications from Messrs. Nicholas Adams, J…

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Intercolonial Railway Traffic. Diminished Returns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 6

SOME additional light is thrown on the effects of the depression on the railway revenue by a return prepared for the Victorian Commissioners, showing…

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Killed on the Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 5

An elderly [man, James Summergreen, a buffer-cleaner, was run over by a train at Redfern this morning. Both his legs were terribly crushed,…

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Official Correspondence. Mr A. J. GOULD, M.P., has kindly handed us the following letter for publication :- State of Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 13th Dec, 1893

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1893 · page 2

SIR.—With reference to the letter dated 19th ultimo, forwarded by you from Mr F. Asunns, of Goorangoola, drawing attention to the state of the road from the…

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The Near Bridge over the Goulburn River. (From Our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1893 · page 7

Thursday last was a gala day among the inhabitants of the Goulburn and its tributaries, hundreds having assembled with rejoicings to mark the opening of the new…

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Average Train Runnings

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 3

THE Railway Department has had prepared a return for the month ended the 9th December, showing the average running of trains over two…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 7

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and north-western towns are timed to run until further…

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The British Railways. State Ownership. Gladstone's Opinion. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 5

MR GLADSTONE, replying to a deputation urging him to make some provision for meeting the distress amongst the unemployed, in his…

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