NSW Legislation
The Ashtonfields Coal-mines Railway Act.
THE ASHTONFIELDS COAL- MINES RAILWAY ACT,
An Act to enable William Longworth and Thomas Longworth, of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, to construct a railway from coal lands at Buttai, in the parish of Maitland, county of Northumberland, to the Great Northern Railway at Thornton, in the parish of Alnwick. [Assented to, 7th December, 1921.]
JHEREAS William Longworth and 'lhomas Longworth, both of Sydney, in the State of
New South Wales, are owners of coal mines upon the lands situated at Buttai, in the parishes of Alnwick, Maitland, and Stockrington, in. the county of Northum- berland, near Thornton, and in order to facilitate com- munication between the said coal mines and the Great. Northern Railway the said William Longworth and Thomas Longworth, hercinafter designated the pro- moters, are desirous of constructing a rail. ay from their said coal mines to the Great Northern railway at or about the Thornton railway station; but as part of such railway and sidings are intended to be made upon and pass through land believed to be the property of the Crown, bodies corporate, and private persons respec- tively, the same cannot be made without Legislative authority: And whereas the said coal mines are likely to prove beneficial to the State, and the public are con- cerned in promoting such increase in and facilities for the supply of coal for local consumption, steam naviga- tion, and export, as would result from the construction
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224 The Ashtonfields Coal-mines Railway Act.
George V. of the said proposed railway and sidings, and traffic on the Great Northern railway would be increased thereby, it is therefore desirable to authorise by Legislative enact- ment the construction of the said railway and sidings, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, upon payment of compensation to the several parties through whose land the same shall pass for such portion of their respective lands as may require to be taken and occupied thereby: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
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