The Roads Department
AT the sitting of the Kiama Borough Council on Thursday last, it came to pass, as may be seen on reference to our report of the proceedings, that there was read a certain…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 5
Danger on the Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—How is it that neither the police nor our Municipal Councils are insisting upon the removal of the many heaps of stones and broken metal now lying on the sides of the carriage way…
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The following were the Treasurer's remarks in the course of his financial statement, on Wednesday, regarding the railway policy of the Government:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. The Robbinsville Road Pinches. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR, In your last issue there was a reference to two bad pinched between Robbinsville and the Bulli Pass. It is quite true that these pinches are terrors to travellers, but instead of improving one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway in the Rocky Mountains
A correspondent of the Denver Times, describing the extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway from Conejos westward toward the San Juan country, gives…
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In compliance with a requisition presented to the Mayor of Canterbury, a meeting of residents and ratepayers of that municipality was held on Monday evening to take into consideration the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Railway. Government Railway Policy. £1,020,000 to Be Placed on the Loan Estimates. Thursday, 10 a.m
The Government disclosed their Railway Policy in the Assembly, last night. The Loan Estimates amount to eight and three quarter million pounds sterling, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extracts From the Railway Debate on Wednesday Last
MR. LACKEY: The next line he would refer to was that from Sydney to Wollongong and Kiama, 68 miles, at a cost of £1,020,000. This line had been under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Illawarra Railway Vote Carried by an Sydney, Wednesday, 8 p.m
The Illawarra Railway item of £1,020,000 on the Loan Estimates is now under discussion in the Assembly. Mr. S. C. Brown, of Newtown, and Mr. H C. Dangar, of East Sydney, have spoken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Proposals
A paper recently issued with respect to the railway proposals of the Government shows some interesting particulars with regard to the districts affected by the proposed new lines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Railway
WE reprint the following portions of the Herald's report of the debate on the estimate for the Illawarra railway:— Mr. Garrett: No part of the country was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Demonstration
Immediately it became known in town on Thursday that the illawarra Railway vote had been passed by Parliament on the previous night, flays were hoisted all over the town, and other signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Railway Movement
Now that Parliament has so far sanctioned this Illawarra Railway project as to vote £1,020,000 for the construction of the line to Kiama, a retrospective glance at the rise and progress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence Illawarra Railway Vote. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—In yours of yesterday I notice the names of those members of Parliament who, in their wisdom, voted and paired against the proposal of the Government to bring a railway to this district,…
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THOUGH the passing of the vote for the Illawarra railway has not excited anything like absolute enthusiasm among the people of Kiama, those of them who read this…
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A WRITER in the Illawarra Mercury of Tuesday last takes occasion from this passing of the recent railway vote in parliament, to review the circumstances connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. S. C. Brown and the Illawarra Railway
Mr. Stephen Brown is surprised to find that while he has been standing still doring the last few years the world has been moving on. He remembers the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra Railway Vote. ("To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—In your last issue, Mr. C. Harper, with very great confidence, informs us that "When the railway reaches Wollongong, part of the Basin might be utilised by its conversion into baths, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Railway Movement. (Concluded from last issue.)
For some time before the holding of the great public meeting at the Queen's Hotel, on the 16th September, 1873, as mentioned in our last issue, there had been some talk of a company being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Railway Vote. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—There are times in one's lifetime that amusement creeps up unexpectedly and the remarks of "Townsman" in your issue of Friday is one of the occasions in my lifetime—a very small…
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