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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1861

23 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

Wednesday, December 4. Legislative Council. Railway Extension

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 7 December 1861 · page 4

On the motion of Mr. Robertson for the adoption of railway plant and specifications, &c, some dismission took Place, in the course of which Mr. Robertson stated that it was only became the plans, &c, were not ready to be…

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Parliament of New South Wales. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, December 5. Legislative Council. Wagga Wagga Bridge

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 11 December 1861 · page 3

A MESSAGE was received from the Governor conveying the assent to the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company' Bill. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL…

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Morpeth Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 14 December 1861 · page 2

A telegram was received in Maitland yesterday morning, stating that the Assembly had voted £20,000 about half-past 12 o'clock a.m., for the extension of the Great Northern line to…

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