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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 32

Singleton—parramatta Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 2

£Mr. Todhunter, honorary secretary of the Parramatta Progress Association, has written to the Singleton Borough Council Clerk in reference to the proposed railway from Singleton to Parramatta…

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Road and Bridge Contractors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

SOME information was given in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night by the Minister for Works regarding the liabilities of road and…

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Railway Locomotives

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 9

Mr. Reid stated in the Legislative Assembly last week, in reply to Mr. Nobbs, that the firm of Messrs. Beyer, Peacock, and Co. had recently secured a contract from the Railway…

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Singleton-Parramatta Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

The Parramatta Progress Association, oridently a live institution, as the following letter received by the local Municipal Council from the secretary of that body…

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Bridge Tenders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 December 1898 · page 3

Seven tenders received for Hook's Creek bridge are to be reported upon…

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The Paterson Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 December 1898 · page 3

The tender of Mr. S. McGill, Woodville, is accepted for a bridge over the Paterson River; the cost will be £9,815…

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Road and Bridge Contractors

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

Some information was given in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night by the Minister for Works regarding the liabilities of road and bridge contractors…

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Compressed Air Motors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Leiter is forming a company with a capital of £20,000,000 to work Hoadley compressed air motors is all countries. Two train and omnibus lines in London have promised to adopt the motors…

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Sunday Running on the Railways

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

Although the Railway Commissioners are averse, as a rule, to the Sunday running of trains, they find at the present time that urgent necessity exists in order…

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Dalwood Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 2

The following copy of on official letter received this morning by Mr. J. Bercini, junr., from Mr. C. H. Dight, M.P., will be read with much interest by the many residents interested in the erection of this…

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Local News. Bridge at Hinton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 2

For the construction of a bridge over the Paterson River at Hinton the tender of Mr S. M'Gill, of "Woodville, has been accepted, the price being £9845…

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Fouth Bridge to be Fortified. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 3

The British Government have bought land on the Firth of Forth, adjoining the forth bridge, for the purpose of erecting fortifications…

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Compressed Air Motors. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 3

Mr Joseph Leitor, the Now York speculator, whose name is associated with a great " corner" in wheat, is devoting his energies to the formation…

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Special Cheap Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

A SPECIAL cheap excursion train will leave Tamworth at 10 p.m. on Saturday night, 24th instant, for Sydney, for the purpose of affording country…

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Resumption of Lands for Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

IT is notified in a supplement to the Government Gazette, No. 1056, of 10th December, 1898, that it is proposed to resume certain lands for, and in…

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Sunday Running On the Railways

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 5

Although the Railway Commissioners are averse, as a rule, to the running of trains on Sunday, they are of opinion that urgent necessity for each traffic exists at the…

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Railway Through Syria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 3

The Sultan of Turkey is in favour of the construction of a line of railway projected by Count Kapnist, Russian Ambassador at Vienna, from Tripoli, near the Syrian Coast, to Koweyt, at the…

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Singleton-Parramatta Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

The local Railway League are invited by advertisement to meet at the OddfellowsMall to-morrow evening, when some important matters connected with this…

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Cheap Excursion Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 2

IT appears to us to be unjust that the cheap tickets to be issued by the train leaving Muswellbrook in the small hours of Sunday morning next…

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Singleton to Parramatta Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1898 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Singleton to Parramatta Railway League was held last night in the Oddfellows Hall, when there were present: Messrs. J. Hayes, A. H. Dawes, H. McFadden, jun…

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