Bridge Over the Macquarie
The want of this structure has been unmistakeably manifested during the late heavy rains. The mails could not be brought from the southward on last Saturday week, or on last Thursday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1856
24 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2
What Are We to Have Instead of Railways
ONE of the financial propositions of Mr. Donaldson is to borrow £400,000, to be spent upon Railways. The people of this district will have to bear their share in the taxation which will have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway to Dapto. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR—The appearance of a Government official at Wollongong, in the person of tho Colonial Architect, coupled with the mention of our town by Mr. Parker, in the memorable water debate, have at length made it apparent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Debts and the Railway. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR—In some of your late issues appeared two letters on the above subject, the burthen of whoso song was, that the district would be ruined, the colony would be embarrassed, and the general progress retarded, in…
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