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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 19
Mr. Robert Jones, M.L.A., last weak introduced a deputation to the Minister of Works to ask for the extension of the railway line from Mudgee to Walgett, in preference to connecting Walgett with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →AN express train on the New York Central Railway has done the journey from New York to Buffalo, 456 miles, in 407 minutes, which is claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three of the directors of the Southern France Railway Company have been tried on charges of fraud. They were acquitted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An action was commenced in the Supreme Court to-day by William Fleming to recover £2000 from the Railway Commissioners for an alleged breach of contract. From the declaration it appeared that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, enclosing communication from C. Noble and others, of Glennie's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bab's wedding was m re than a month old. She was back at Coombe again. The July heat had tried Lady Castleton very much, and Humphrey had earned his wife there direct, instead of going…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A boy aged about six years, named Royden Burns, was picked up unconscious on the railway line, near Eveleigh, this morning, clothed in a shirt and trousers, and bleeding from a fearful wound on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tho Emperor of China has given his sanction for the construction of a railway from Shanghai to Nanking, via Suchan and Ching-Kiang…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to the letter of the 7th inst., forwarded by you, from the Trustees for the Road from Branxton to Dalwood Bridge, asking that the balance,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—With reference to that portion of the letter of the 14th ultimo, forwarded by you from the Municipal Council of Greta, urging the metalling of the approaches to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—With reference to the petition forwarded by you from residents of Camberwell, in application is made for a further grant for expenditure on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE country is te be congratulated upon the fact that Mr. Eddy has been re-engaged for a second term of seven years as Chief Railway Commissioners. It is not necessary to repeat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large and influential deputation of business men waited on Mr. Eddy on Monday last, to urge upon him, if possible, to accept re-engagement as Chief Commissioner of Railways. Mr. Storey, M.P., who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AT an early hour this morning a boy namad Royden Burns, aged about six years, was picked up in an unconscious state on the railway line near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The down train this morning was delayed over half an hour owing to a heavy boulder fulling from the catting at Ben Lomond and breaking an air pipe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large and influential deputation this afternoon urged the Minister for Works to consider the advisableness of extending the railway from Mudgee to Walgett. Mr. Young replied favourably,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation waited on the Minister of Works to-day with a request that a proposal for a line of railway from Tamworth to Manilla, and with the farther object of extending it to Barraba, should be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A daring robbery was committed yesterday at the St. Pancras railway station. A man had driven tip to the railway station with boxes containing 34,900oz, of silver, valued at £48OO, which were to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A COMBINATION has been entered into, it is said, by means of which the storekeepers of Glen limes and Inverell get their goods from Grafton by road, instead of by railway. If…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Estimates to be laid on the table of the Assembly on Wednesday contain £5935 for improvements to roads in the Maitland district. The items include: £400 for the road Raymond Terrace…
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