Central Illawarra Roads
In the course of the meeting of the Cental Illawarra Council, on Wednesday, motions of very considerable importance in regard to roads in that Borough were moved by Alderman Brown. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
66 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
The Main Road Question. Public Meeting at Albion Park
A public meeting, called by the Mayor of Shell harbor in response to a requisition, was held at Condon's Hotel, Albion Park, on Monday evening, "to take into consideration the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lake and Roads Thereto. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I was much pleased by learning from a recent issue that a movement has at last been made to open up our beautiful Lake to the public Aldermen Brown deserves the thanks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, 25Th June. Road Case
In this case Charles Frederick Smith, as agent for Robert Hyndes, applied for a road from 92 acres at Bulli to the main road. The application was opposed on different grounds by Charles Pope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Line Was Torn Up, and How the Train Was Saved
The line repairer, Reardon, was stuck up, and ordered by Ned Kelly to tear up some rails upon the line, six or seven men having been brought to assist. The repairer protested, but Kelly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Railway Accident in California
AN appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, May 23, by which 16 persons were killed and forty others badly wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Greatest Bridge in the World
THE Brooklyn Bridge, which is now nearing completion, spanning the arm of the sea which separates New York from Brouklyn, is without doubt the boldest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knott's Patent Refrigerating Railway Car
The difficult question as to the practicability of conveying dead meat in a fresh and wholesome condition for long distances has for some considerable time engaged public attention, and any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Incident in the Road Question
Any one travelling the road through Miller's Swamp may, just now witness a sight very much the reverse of gratifying, —viz: a large portion of one of the finest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Future of the Electric Railway
It is now nearly forty ears since Professor Page's discoveries in electricity suggested to him the possibility of an electric rail way; but in these days the costly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Shoalhaven Bridge
SOME days ago the telegraph announced to all who might fool concerned that the last of the picts of the Nowra bridge had been completed; and similar, announcements…
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AT a recent sitting of the Kiama Municipal Council the question o of effecting some necessary repair on the Jamberoo road was broached by one of the Aldermen [?] but was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger on the Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")
SIR,—In the interest of the public, I may say of humanity, permit me to direct attention to heaps of stones which are being placed on the sides of the carriage way at short distances along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road Metal Industry
PROBABLY the greater number of persons among the inhabitants of Kiama would be somewhat taken by surprise at the appearance presented just now on a working day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coast Railway and the Nowra Bridge
THERE can be little doubt that all who have occasion to travel the South Coast districts in such wise as to be under the necessity of crossing and recording the Shoalhaven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road Metal Industry at Kiama
So many "hands" as are there employed at this moment in connection with the road metal industry at the Bumbo quarry, have not been seen at work on one spot since the busiest days of the harbour…
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ON Thursday evening last occurred an incident, briefly related in another column which furnishes an emphatic illustration of the necessity of bringing to a conclusion…
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WE are sorry to find that the course of the road metal industry does not run quite smooth. It was mentioned in a recent contribution on the Bumbo Point quarries that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Expenditure of the Road Grant
OUR Issus of to-day contains the usual report of the proceeding of the Kiama Municipal Council at their sitting on Thursday last; and under the head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge's Weekly Report
Calves.—Fair number in, and sales were at 10s to 40s. Pigs remain steady at 3d to 4d for choice weights, and 2d to 2½d for heavy and rough…
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