The Nowra Bridge Works
THE bridge over the Shoalhaven at Nowra in now virtually completed; there being but a few touches of the brush required to finish the coating of paint on the cylinders…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 5
Tramways
THE Evening News demands the substitution of horses for steam motors on the Sydney tramways. It says—"In every other place, under similar circumstances,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frightful Railway Disaster. London, June 27
News of a shocking calamity, has been received from Mexico, similar in character but more disastrous in consequences than the Tay bridge accident. A railway train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Lackey on Railways
THE following is part of a speech delivered at Glen Innes by Mr. Lackey, during his recent tour through some of the northern parts of the colony in company with. Sir, J…
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IT is satisfactory to find our contemporary, the Illawaraa Mercury, writing in the style exemplified in the following article, which we take from Tuesday's issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Brighton Railway Murder. London, July 9
The police have arrested a man at Stepney on suspicion of being the person who recently committed the atrocious murder In a railway carriage on the London and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shoalhaven Bridge Works
YESTERDAY we had the pleasure of viewing the bridge over the Shoalhaven at Nowra. It is now absolutely completed. A month ago the actual work of constructing,—that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Illawarra Railway
SEVERAL rumours have been current of late regarding the Illawarra Railway and its proposed route. We are not in a position to vouch for the correctness of either,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and Telegrahs in China
THE Shanghai correspondent of the Times, in allusion to the previous apathy of the Chinese Government as regards railways and telegraphs, writes:—" During the past…
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IT really appears as if the matter of the South, Coast road, in various aspects, would furnish matter for discussion and complaint for an indefinite length of time. In the…
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AT the banquet in the evening of the opening-day, Mr. Lackey, in replying to the toast of "The Ministry," which was given by Mr. H. G. Morton gave the following sketch of…
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THIS great structure was opened for traffic and christened by the Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, on Tuesday last, in the presence of an assemblage of about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stanwell and Blue Gam Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—It is with great regret I hear that stiff some more of the money voted for the Stanwell and Blue Gam Road is to be given to the Coal-Cliff miner's without giving any one else a chance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Railway Route
WE are indebted to Mr. John Biggar for a copy of a map from the office of Messrs. Hardie and German, of Sydney, showing the route of the Illawarra Railway from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stray Stock and the Mount Keira Railway. (to the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I noticed in one of your recent issues that Mr. MacCabe intends to prosecute with the utmost rigour of the law any persons whose cattle or horses may trespass on the Mount Keira railway…
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THE Shoalhaven district is o of the most prosperous and picturesque in the colony. The population is principally an agricultural one, and the pastures being eminently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Road to Kembla Bay. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—Some months back the Wollongong Borough Council took in hand the very necessary public work of getting a road opened from the town direct to Kembla Bay. The townspeople…
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IT will be noticed by anybody who reads our report of last Thursday's meeting of the Kiama Borough Council that a sort of negotiation is pending between the Works…
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We take the following from the 'Independent's' report of the last meeting of the Kiama Borough Council:â Correspondence inwards.â1. From Dr. Tarrant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shellharbour Council and the South Coast Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—With reference to the subject of "Observer's" letters in your last issue, allow me to state that the decision of the Shellharbour Council was by no means…
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