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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
389 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 20
Have you ever noticed that if you meet with the name of a person or a place for the first time, and it attracts your attention, how it persists in cropping up in the most unlikely ways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some enthusiasts who have direction of the Hillgrove Hospital tried to put up a hoax on the Premier on Monday. The road to the hospital ia exceedingly rough, and the authorities are very anxious that…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Last evening in the bell of the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, Mr. H. Richardson, Outdoor Superintendent Northern and Western Lines, distributed the certificates and medals, earned in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →E.RICHARD VICKERS, cabman, who was injured on Sunday owing to a collision between the vehicle he was driving and a Coogee tram, died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Without wishing to make anyone too sanguine it may bo fairly said that the. project for connecting Singleton with Jerry's Plains by a light line of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As will be soon by a report in another column, an exploratory survey of the route of the proposed line of light railway between Singleton and Jerry's Plains was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Dunean Gillies, Agent-General for Victoria, states that the prospects of obtaining a general manager for the Victorian railways is favourable. Already two highly-qualified candidates have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The contractors' train now takes passengers from Waterloo Creek, twenty-two miles distant, arriving at Narrabri before dark. This saves fifty miles of coach travelling. Forty navvies are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Supreme Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, a bread carter named Leslie Holland commenced an action against the Railway Commissioners to recover £3000 for injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Given a bright day, with a balmy wind, the omnibus ride from Barnes to Hammersmith is pleasant enough, especially if you get a box seat. On this particular occasion heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A dreadfully sadden death occurred in a railway carriage on Saturday morning. A married woman named Emma Blatchford. while travelling to Sydney from West Wyalong with her…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A recent conversation with two commercial travellers of long and varied experiences elicited the following authentic and interesting incidents:—In the spring of 1890 I was on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting was held here last night for the purpose of co-operating with other towns in their requests for the extension of the railway from Narrabri to Walgett. Mr. R. Holecombe was voted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Lippincott's Magazine there is an interesting article by the author of "Wonders of Modern Mechanism." It is a description of the railway which, if he is to be believed, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Duncan Gillies, Agent-General for Victoria, is advertising for a general manager for the Victorian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Executive Council to-day, approval was given to a new scale of rates for the carriage of goods over the railway linos of the colony, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking to a Herald, reporter yesterday the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, explained that for some time past the Commissioners had been engaged in considering the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the Adelaide express, which runs the journey between Melbourne and Geolong without stopping at any of the intermediate stations, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting was held here last night for the purpose of co-operating with other towns in their request for the extension of the railway from Narrabri to Walgett. Mr. R. Holcombe was voted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speaking to a Herald reporter on Wednesday the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, explained that for some time past the Commissioners had been engaged in considering the whole of the…
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