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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
389 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 20
THREE young men from Wallerawang, intending to go to Sydney and thence to Newcastle, and the return excursion fare being cheaper thau the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible disaster has taken place at Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A bridge collapsed, and a large number of people were precipitated into the water, 62 of their number being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Were I asked to name the "shadiest" district of London, the one where there is most subdued and veiled crime, I should pitch on that part of the Metropolis which is bounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PAPER was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night by the Minister of Works giving the instructions issued respecting the expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARLES HEATTY, an elderly married man, who was stationmaster at. Hawthorn, was knocked down and killed by a goods train this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr AFFLECK asked in the Assembley on Tuesday how ninny life railway passes were in existence at the present time, and who were the holders. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday next the Victoria Bridge, a new structure being placed over Wallis Crock, between East and West Maitland, will be so far completed as to allow of traffic being taken over it, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government of Western Australia has paid the interest in respect of the Midland Railway Company's guaranteed bonds, which become due in January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The House resumed the consideration is committed of the Capertee Tramway Bill, and the measure, after discussion on some of the more important clauses, was passed through, with certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday the Victoria Bridge, a new structure being placed over Wallis Creek, between East and West Maitland, was so far completed as to allow of traffic being taken over it, and the bridge was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This morning the barriers across the ends of the bridge were removed, and the structure thrown open for traffic, Mr. James Watson, the well—known bus proprietor of East Maitland, was honoured by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last evening a public meeting of the residents of East Maitland was held in the Mechanics' Institute for the purpose of considering the desirableness of having some formal demonstration to open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who has ben intenviewed at Buluwayo, says that he has every reason to believe that the railway line will be constructed as far as Palapye (Khama's Town) on the road to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting, convened by requisition to the Mayer (Dr. S. A. Aloorn) was held on Friday evening in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, to consider if anything should be done in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of petition of the 18th instant, presented by you from residents of Oakvale, applying for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When railway communication with the outside world was first, allowed by the Transvaal Government it was the Cape Colony's system that offered the speediest accomplishment of a want that seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sHOCKING accident occurred early on Thursday morning by which Robert Wickham, the driver of the passenger train from Sydney, to Newcastle lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In connection with, the approaching Sydney sheep sales, the Railway Commissioners have arranged to run a special train, at exceptionally low fares, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 3 o'clock this morning the engine of the mixed mail train to Cooma ran off the line and fell over an embankment near Goulburn, taking two trucks with it, and seattering the goods about in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early this morning a swagman, whose name is unknown, was found under Murray Bridge, near Moama, extensively burst, apparently having tallen into a fire whilst in a fit…
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