Local Intelligence. Our Roads
WE print for the consideration of the district in general, and of certain landowners in particular, the following communication received by S. Charles, Esq., from the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1879
19 stories in Illawarra's papers
The Nowra Bridge
As there has been some doubt in the minds of the local public regarding the prospects of the above-named structure, and a good many people are interested about the point,…
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As there has been some doubt in the minds of the local public regarding the prospects of the above-named structure, and a good many people are interested about the point,…
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FAT CATTLE.—1050 yarded this week, the majority of which were from good to fair quality; bust pens realised from £5 to £6 12s 6d. I quote best beef 15s per 100 lbs…
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A public meeting of inhabitants of the municipalities of Newtown, Marrickville, St. Peters, Macdonaldtown, and West Botany was held on Thursday evening, at the Foresters Hall, Cook's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bulli Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—It is a plowing thing for all persons having to travel over the Bulli Road to find that active steps have at length been taken to have that highway bugbear—Charlesworth Hill—cut away…
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IT affords us pleasure to hear testimony to the steady and substantial progress in the improvement of the roads of the borough that is being carried on by the…
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One of the latest American " notions" (says a contemporary) is a project for getting the United States, Great Britain and Russia, to unite in the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. The Shoalhaven Bridge
WE are happy to inform our readers, that the much looked-for bridge over the river will ere long be in progress. Through the courtesy of a gentleman who has arrived in…
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The report that the building of the Lockup here will take as it did to erect the great wall of China is believed to be an exaggerated one. The general belief is that the Lockup will be…
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Before a meeting of the Society of Arts, a paper, on "Africa ns Paramount Necessity for the Industries of England," was recently read by Mr. Bradshaw of Manchester,…
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WE are glad to be able to inform our readers that at last " the powers that be" have seen fit, or, perhaps, found leisure, to do something more towards removing what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road from Wollongong to Kiama. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury".)
SIR,—I have just read your remarks in Friday's issue respecting the above road, and it appears to me you are not quite aware of the importance of the matter, from the tenor of your remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. The Main Road and Postal Question. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR.—I notice by your report of the Shellharbour meeting recently held a speech-unique in its character as it is incorrect in all its statements respecting Jamberoo…
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Mr. Williamson, the engineer to whom is entrusted the duty of erecting the gigantic structure above mentioned, is progressing vapidly with the various preliminary details…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence The Road to the Common. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—Allow me to direct attention through your columns to the ragged state of the road from Crown-street to the Common. The latter place is a beautiful locality to visit, but, as is often the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. John Lucas, M.p. on the Illawarra Railway Project
In a lengthy letter to the Herald, advocating the extension of railways to several other parts of the colony with all possible despatch, Mr. Lucas refers to the…
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A TELEGRAM from Goulburn to the S. M. Herald on Monday last says:—A public meeting was held in the Mechanics' Hall to-night, to take steps in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident
The Parramatta railway station was, yesterday afternoon, the scene of one of the most sensational, though not the most serious, accidents that has yet occurred on any of the railway lines of the…
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