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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
24 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
THE word roads strikes with appalling sound upon the ears of every one who has to travel in this district for business or pleasure. Broken and badly constructed bridges, ruts, bog-holes, and stump-roots, presenting one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We call the attention of the residents of the district to the meeting, convened by the warden, at Mr. Brown's, Dapto, tomorrow, to devise means for repairing the read between Wollongong and Dapto. We append the requisition and reply thereto…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are glad to call the attention of our readers to the public meeting held at Dapto, for devising some remedy for the deplorable condition of our great thoroughfares. Apathy has submitted as long as possible to the evil, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT will be in the recollection of our readers, that a few weeks ago a meeting, duly called by the Magistrates, was held in the Court House, of the owners of land contugious to the above named road, to elect Trustees under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—A requisition is in course of signature for the purpose of convening a meeting, and electing trustees for the repair of the Balli road. I would therefore advise all the landed proprietors of this neighbourhood to attend such meeting, and appoint, if…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SirâWill you allow me a space in your widely circulated paper for a brief statement of facts. It is an old saying and true, that what is everybody's business is nobody's business; this is carried out to the very letter in the road between Jerringong and Kiama…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AFTER a delay, as provoking as it was unnecessary, the owners of land in this locality are called upon to select four gentlemen to fill the responsible office of dispensers of the rates that they, the landholders, will have to raise, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday a meeting was held in the Court House for the purpose of electing four trustees for the road leading from Wollongong to Bulli. C. T. Smith, Esq., chairman, and Messrs. Wyatt and Cummins, assessors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A careful perusal of the addresses and speeches of the candidates for legislative honours, not only in this district but it nearly all parts of the colony, will satisfy any one that some plan is necessary whereby our roads may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first meeting of the Philosophical Society took place on Friday the 9th instant, in the new hall of the School of Arts. His Excellency the Governor General, read a paper on Railways, of which the following is an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It will, no doubt, be necessary, at some early period, to devise and carry out some better mode of raising the means of repairing the public road through this district, than is at present afforded by a pittance of seven pounds a mile doled annually from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR—I would beg leave to call the attention of the public and the rate-payers of the above line of road, through your widely circulated journal, to the manner in which the Trustees are getting part of the road repaired. Just beyond Palmer's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—As will be seen by tho list published in this paper to day, the public generally approve to supplement the small government grant by a voluntary subscription. Begging is at all times an unsavoury occupation, but on this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As the public may naturally wish to have some inkling as to what is to be done with the Government Grant and their voluntary contributions, at the risk of being tedious I have drawn up the following statement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—Through the medium of your journal, I would beg to call the attention of the landowners resident in this locality to the shameful manner in which the roads and bridges between Fairy Meadow and Bulli are being repaired. A very slight inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gazette, of Friday, the 8th instant, contains a notice of the intention of the Government to open a Parish Road from of the Brandon to Kiama. The plan and book of reference of the said road, are deposited at the Police Office, Kiama. Well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—There are a great number of persons in this district who are in the habit of using the Dapto and Wollongong road, and who are much benefited by the repairs now being carried on by private subscriptions, eked out by the government grant. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SiR—I crave your permission to call attention to a matter which seriously concerns the people of this district, in common, with a very large portion of the rest of the colony. I allude to the Governor General's schemes for the extension of railways, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The above subject concerns you all, from the infan of days, up to the worn out invalid of four score and ter[?] The almost only and last act of our new Councils to saddle you with a new increasing debt of two hunred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—The advocates of railways deserve credit for their industry, whatever may be thought of their ability and disinterestedness. Their sessions and persevering efforts to prove the propriety of making railways…
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