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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 32
Sir, I am in receipt of your letter of yesterday, relative to the provision, of shelter for cream, at Glennie's Creek Owing to the pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On their northern trip, the Railway Commissioners tested the utility of a new electric head-light for railway engines in travelling at night over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ir,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, of yesterday, relative to the application made by the residents of Branxton to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of a petition presented by you on tho 15th inst., from certain residents of Glen[?]'s Creek for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—With reference to the letter presented by you from Mr P. Bower, Postmaster, Goorangoola, dated the 1st instant, asking that some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. A. Thomas, manager of the East Greta Colliery, James Leggett, John Leggett, and Henry Taylor, waited on the Minister of Works in Sydney, yesterday, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a couple of seadylooking individuals, one of whom was bedecked with a small flower garden in hsis [?]nt perambulated along John-street, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Department has received no reports of damage to the permanent way in any part of the colony. It is therefore surmised that the railways escaped damage, and trains are running to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—May I be permitted to point out to your mercantile community the advantages they would secure by supporting the proposed railway extension from Woolabra to Collarendabri, a line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This bridge will soon be ready for traffic. Tenders hare been called by Mr. McGill, the contractor, for painting the structure. In a few weeks, therefore, the people, of the district will be able to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The people of Wallabra and Collarendabri are agitating for the construction of a line of railway which would connect the two places, tap the Queensland border, and not only preserve the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INFORMATION was received at Armidale on Thursday that John Bailey, a fettler on the railway, when travelling along the line on a tricycle, Collided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The railway commissioners have decided to make material alterations in connection with the First-class fares on special excursions. At present this class is double…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"When the child has fallen into the well, then will it be covered up." Likewise, when someone is killed through the death trap (it is none else), which exists at the Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no lack of incidents to prove the assortion that the railway bridge at Singleton is dangerous to the public travelling acrose it in vehicles. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brisbane mail train was four hours late passing through Singleton Station on Saturday morning. The delay was occasioned through a large-rock falling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is difficult to see how the Railway Commissioners can any longer remain indifferent to the demands of the residents of the district for some relief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister of Works has more than once expressed very strong views on the subject of thoroughfares known as main roads, and ho[?] pledged himself in emphatic terms not to create…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The distracting reports which filtered through Sydney on saturday concerning the occurrence only tended to increase the anxiety of those who had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The 7.10 a.m. train from Singleton on Saturday morning, with Driver C. Mathews and Fireman Rurling in charge, ran over a foreigner, whose name is…
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