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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 19
SIR,—Having seen in your issue of the 5th inst, a report from your Greta correspondent, under the above heading, in which he lays the unfair manner in which the annual road grants have been expended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I wish, through your journal, to direct the attention of the Postmaster-General to the letterbox at the High-street Railway Station. I wish to point out that it is nothing bub a trap for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN inquest was held on the body of Edward John Ellis, a retrenched Civil servant from Australia whose body was found on the South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very active branch of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps is conducted at East Maitland by Mr. A. Lovett, the respected station master at that town. A number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,—With refercnce to the letter of the 17th ultimo, forwarded you from the Municipal Council of Greta, asking that the amount of the cstimate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 15th ultimo, forwarding a communication from the Mayor of Singleton, relative to the employment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Executive gave its approval on Tuesday last (says the Herald) to the revised tariff charges for the carriage of merchandise by rail. The revised tariff will come into operation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE engine and eight carriages of the 7.50 a.m. train from Melbourne to Sale and Bairnsdale left the rails at the points at Jefferson siding near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The engine and three carriages of the 7.50 a.m. train from Melbourne to Sale and Bairnsdale left the rails at the points at Jefferson's Siding, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REFERRING to the employment of local labour at the Singleton bridge, and to the tenders advertised for the repairs to Warkworth bridge, it seems…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Queensland people for some time have been en[?] to have the train service between Brisbane and Sydney accelerated, and since the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the aquatic carnival this afternoon an unfortunate occurrence took place. Thomas Murray, a well-known man about town, jumped off the railing of the Belmore Bridge, into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir.—With referance to your letter of the 7th ultimo urging the [?] for the repair of the Carrow Brook [?] I am directed [?] Mr Secretary Young to inform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE International Railway Congress, which is to meet in London, in June next, promises to be or an important character. It is the fifth congress of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir. -I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant further with reference to road from Boyee's. Glen[?], to Pens[?], via…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of a letter presented by you from the Progress Committee, Branxton, with reference to the state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to your letter of 15th ultimo, and to the communication presented by you from the Municipal Council of Singleton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN reference to the Redfern railway accident in October last, it is stated that the arrangements with regard to the payment of compensation to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A contemporary referring to the drowning at West Maitland on Saturday of Thomas Murray at the Belmore Bridge, during the progress of the aquatic carnival, states that the distance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →During the aquatic carnival this afternoon an unfortunate occurrence took place. Thomas Murray, a well-known man about town, jumped off the railing of the Belmore Bridge, into…
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