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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

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New Zealand Midland Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 5

The Hon. E. Blake, Q.C., M.P., formerly Minister of Justice in Canada, will visit New Zealand to arbitrate on the points in dispute between the Midland Railway Company and the New Zealand…

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Jerry's Plains Railway

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 2

As intimated in the ARGUS on Saturday a deputation is to wait upon the Minister of Works to-morrow in reference to the construction of a light line of railway from…

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Shocking Railway Accident Six Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

News has been received of a shocking railway accident in Ohio, United States. A bridge on a railway took fire, and a coal train before the…

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Attempt to Wreck a Royal Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 3

An attempt was made at Buda Pesth, in Hungary, to wreck the train by which Prince Ferdinand was travelling from Carlsbad on his return to Bulgaria. The plot was frustrated by the vigilance of…

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Connecting Singleton and Jerry's Plains. a Suggested Light Line of Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 3

A deputation of residents of the Singleton district was introduced to-day to the Minister of Works by Mr. Gould, Minister of Justice, to urge the advisableness of the construction of a light line…

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Railway Management

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 2

A RAILWAY Inquiry Board has just completed its labours in Victoria, and the terms of its draft report have appeared in the newspapers. Things in connection with Victorian railways…

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Railway Material for South Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 3

Mr. Strickland, inspector of railway material for the Government of South Australia, has visited Krupp's factory at Essen, Germany, and has examined a quantity of railway material ordered for…

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Transfer of Road

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

The Hon. A. J. Gould has received a communication from the Department of Works in reference to a letter from Mr J. Noble, of Glonnie's Crook stating that a…

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The Uganda Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 3

The Uganda Railway Committee estimates that the proposed line of railway through Uganda from Mombasa, en the coast, to the shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza, a distance of 657 miles, will cost…

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Wool Traffic on the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 16

In regard to the prospects of the forthcoming wool season, we learn on inquiry from the Railway Commissioners that the wool is beginning to came in from Western stations, 2468 bales arriving at…

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Deputations to Ministers. Railway Between Singleton and Jerry's Plains

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 7

A deputation of residents of the Singleton district was introduced on Thursday to the Minister of Works by Mr. Gould, Minister of Justice, to urge the advisableness of the construction of a…

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Railway to Jerry's Plains Deputation to the Minister of Works A Favourable Reply

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

A DEPUTATION waited on the Minister of Works on Thursday forenoon to advocate the corstruction of a light line of railway train Singleton to jerry's Plains. The…

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Self-propelled Road Carriages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1895 · page 5

The Engineer offers a prize of 1000 guineas for the invention of a self-propelled road carriage…

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Railway Return Tickets. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1895 · page 5

The Full Court to-day upheld the conviction of William Schmidt, who was recently fined at Goulburn for selling portion of a railway return ticket for the journey between Goulburn and Sydney…

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An Important Case. Government Road Contracts. and Private Estates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 3

In consequence of damage inflicted on one of their estates by Government road contractors trespassing on their lands in different localities and…

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The River Road

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

The road, or rather bad bullock track, across the river at the end of Geprge-street would be a godsend in Sydney to newspaper reporters in search of accidents…

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Government Road Contracts and Private Estates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

On the 9th inst. a case involving the right of Government road contractors to enter upon and take away road material for their contracts was heard at the Gosford Small Debts…

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Road—Scott's Flat to Singleton. Department of Lands, Sydney, 17th August, 1895

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, with respect the opening of the road from Scott's Plat to…

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Brandy Crook to Goorangoola Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 14th August, 1895

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 17th ultimo, in which you ask that the vete for the road from Brandy Creek to Goorangoola for this year…

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Redfern Railway Disaster Case for Compensation. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

THE arguments in the case Mackenzie v. the Railway Commissioners were resumed before the Full Court to-day. In this case a special jury of 12 had…

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