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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Parramatta to Singleton Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 4

The Secretary of the Parramatta Progress Association has received a latter from the Secretary of the Singleton Railway Association in reply to his communication suggesting the holding of a…

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Valedictory Dinner. Presentation to a Railway Employee Mr "William Brown Retiring from Active Service

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 1

LAST Saturday night about 30 railway employees entertained Mr William Brown, who is retiring from active service on a State pension, at a…

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Singleton-L-Parramatta Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The Secretary of the Parramatta Progross Association has received a letter from the secretary of the Singleton Railway Association in reply to his communication…

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Attempt to Derail a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

The police are making every effort to bring about the arrest of the culprit who made a dastardly attempt to derail a tram at Balmain on Saturday night by playing several large stones on the line…

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East Maitland to Raymond Terrace Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

The following official letter, sent for publication by the Hon, the Chief Secretary, member for East Maitland, will be read with satisfaction by those of the public who have occasion to use the above road…

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Glendon Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The contractors have experienced considerable trouble in dealing with the water in the third dam, in consequence, principally, of the quantity of timber found lying imbedded in the sand at the…

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The Brisbane Mail Train

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

The mail train from Brisbane was nearly four and a half hours late reaching Murrurundi on Thursday morning. The cause of the delay was, we understand, a breakdown…

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Road East Maitland to Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

The following official letter, sent for publication by the Hon. the Chief Secretary, member for East Maitland, will be read with satisfaction by those of the public who have occasion to use the above road…

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Railway Grades

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The work of reducing the grades on the northern railway line in the vicinity of Aberdeen is now in full swing, and is employing a large number of men and drays…

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Warialda and the Railway Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

The Minister of Works was recently asked by a a deputation of residents from Warialda, who were introduced to him by Mr. Hassall, M.P., to carry the line now in course of construction in the Owydir…

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Proposed Railway Across the British Channel. a Frenchman's Novel Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 13

Mons. A. Mottier, of Paris, has conceived a gigantic enterprise, which he expects will solve the much-vexed question of transportation between England and the Continent. It is fashioned after…

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Thursday's Railway Conference

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

Arrangements for the conference of delegates from councils and associations interested in the proposed railway from Parramatta to Singleton, to take place at…

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Singleton-Parramatta Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

This proposal has now assumed a practical stage so far as the agitation is concerned, and the local delegates left by yesterday afterrnoon's train so as to attend…

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Our Singleton Letter. Glendow Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

The number three pier of the above construction is now complete and out of danger and the contractors (Messrs. Shedden) are to be congratulated on having got over the most difficult…

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A Palm Reader. She Started One Woman on the Road to Success

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

"Let me tell you," said the Successful Woman. "how I got my first start. I was doing literally nothing, and had just enough of a small income to pay…

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Latest Cable News. the Chinese Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 3

Sucking Cheng, a member of the Tsung-Li-Yamen has replaced the director of the Northern Railway, accused of maladministration. Sir Claude McDonald insists on an impartial investigation and…

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Serious Accident to a Railway Guard

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature happened to Guard Frederick Lyell, in the local railway yard on Thursday morning. It appears that Guard Lyells was shunting his ballast…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, January 25Th, 1899). Local Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

The railway statistics in connection with the local office are to hand. Particulars of this kind, in a district such as this, form a good guide as to…

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The Proposed Railway. Singleton to Pareamatta Route. An Enthusiastic Conference of Representatives, Strong Arguments in Favor of the Work. Speeches by the Singleton Delegates Determination to Make Out a Strong Case. [By Our Representative.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 6

THE conference between representatives from the Singleton and Parramatta districts in connection with the project to establish direct rail…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, January 31st, 1899. the Railway Conference

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

That the Railway Conference held at Parramatta last Thursday, between advocates of the project to build a loop-line of railway between Singleton…

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