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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

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The Narrabri-Moree Railway. the Opening Ceremonies. Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 3

A large concourse of people awaited the arrival of the train containing tho Minister of Works, Members of Parliament, and other visitors, who were welcomed by Mr. A. B. F. Zlotkowski as…

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Greta Road to Hunter River. Public Works Department. Sydney, 5th April, 1897

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 5

Date of letter under reply: 19th ultimo, forwarding a communication from Mr E. Dixon, of Greta. Subject: Asking for a special grant…

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Dunolly Ford Road and Mr Jones' Report. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—I must again trespass on your space to reply to some of the statements in the report, as read by Mr Gould before the deputation on…

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Grafton-Glen Innes Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 3

A telegram from Grafton says : As the outcome of the conference of delegates held in Glen Innes in relation to the question of the railway between Grafton, Glen Innes, and Inverell, a petition to…

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Railway to Jerry's Plains

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

Matters in connection with the agitation for the construction of a railway line from Singleton to Jerry's Plains seem to have come to a sudden stop. The Railway…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Rail-way Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 5

Mr. J. D. Prentice, Treasurer of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League. has received the follow-ing telegram from Mr. J. Gillies, M.P. for West Maitland who is at present at Wee Waa with Mr…

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The Electric Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 5

It will be fully twelve months before the George-street electric tramway line will be completed…

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Country Roads Vote

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 2

A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works on Monday to urge an increased expenditure upon the country roads of the colony, and…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Rail-way Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 2

The Herald of to-day, continuing its report of the visit of Mr. J.H.Young, Minister of Works, to the North-West, says that at Wee Waa yester-day a deputation wa introduced. We gave…

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Dunolly Road. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 8th April, 1897

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1897 · page 2

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th inst., Further re repairs required to road at Dunelly Crossing…

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The Cape Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 5

Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M.G., Commissioner of Public Wors in the Government of Cape Colony, states that, even if the colony loses the Transvaal trade, the railways will still pay 6 per cent…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Railway Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 10

The Herald in its report of the visit of Mr. J. H. Young, Minister of Works, to the North-West, says that at Wee Waa, on Monday, a deputation was introduced. The purpose of the…

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The Narrabri-Moree Railway. the Opening Ceremonies. Moree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 14

A large concourse of people awaited the arrival of the train containing the Minister of Works, Members of Parliament, and other visitors, who were welcomed by Mr. A. B. F. Zlotkowski as…

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A Row at a Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 5

A. scene occurred at the local railway station, Liverpool, yesternight amongst a number of men who visited the Forester's [?] The station-master was powerless to quell the riot and had to…

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Narrabri-walgett Railway Exten-sion History Repeats Itself

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 5

SIR—As some sterling proof of the genuine Sty for the above line to be made, I beg to append two telegraph on this absorbing question, which have already appeared in the Mercury, but…

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The Dunolly Road

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

A meeting of residents of Goorangoola district was held at Goorangoola Creamery on Saturday afternoon to consider the report sent in by the resident Road…

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St Andrew's Bishops Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 2

The parisbioners of St. Andrew's Bishop' Bridge, held their Easter meeting Tuesday evening, the Inoumbent presiding. Messrs T. Nicholls, T.Dean, and J.A Spinney were re-elected members of the…

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The Dunolly Road

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 4

A WELL attended meeting was hold at the Goorangoola Creamery on Saturday, 17th April, to consider the report of Mr Jones, the Resident…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Railway Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 10

Our Rylstone correspondent, under date the 20th instant, writes:— How much longer this "dry spell" is going to hang out seems beyond the ken of most people, but…

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Misconduct in a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1897 · page 5

Two young men named Joseph Sparkes and Alfred Lawrence to-day each fined £2 for misconducting themselves in a railway carriage by wilfully interfering with the comfort of passengers…

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