Railway Survey
[THE following appears in the Illawarra Mercury of Tuesday last:—] A gentleman, who only a few days ago came through the country where the survey…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 5
Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne
The express train which left Brighton for the city at 8.54 a.m. this morning, consisted of nine carriages, two of which, smoking carriages first and second class, were placed in the centre. The…
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SIR,—I notice by your report of the last meeting of the Wollongong Council that a committee was appointed to attend to the matter of the intended road between Wollongong and Port…
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IT appears that Dr. Tarrant reckoned without his host when he said that he did not anticipate much opposition from the Government, in reference to his motion for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coast Road
THE question of what the Roads Department really has done or intends doing in regard to the South Coast road, and the ambiguous and equivocal conduct of that…
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The rocks which constitute the southern island of New Zealand are for the greatest part of the archaic type consisting principally of gneiss, granite mica-schist, phyllite,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather in Sydney. the Railway Suburbs
THE railway suburbs have suffered severely among the market and flower gardens, while low-lying paddocks have been deluged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Railway Gasworks
The following account (by the Herald's Newcastle correspondent) of the above works should be read with interest by several of our renders, as although they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bulli and Coal-Cliff Road. Public Meeting at Clifton
A fairly attended public meeting was held at the School of Arts, Clifton, on Friday evening, in accordance with advertisement, to consider the matter of the Bulli-Coal-Cliff Road and other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bulli-Coal-Cliff Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—In your leader of this day you take upon, yourself to pass certain strictures upon this Company for making a claim for compensation for certain deviations of the road through their property…
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AT the time when it was first understood that the Roads Department had resolved to take charge of the South Coast road, that is to say in the early part of last year, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Garlick and the Coal-Cliff Road. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")
SIR,—It appears to me and many others by Mr. Garlick's letter in Friday's 'Mercury,' that it is him, and not the North Bulli Company, that is closing our road, and wanting payment for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputation to Local Roads Superintendent
In accordance with the resolution passed by the Progress Committee, a deputation consisting of Messrs. Ramsay, Dudley, Morrell, and Browne waited upon Mr. Weller, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Railway
The plans and books of reference of the Illawarra Railway, and also of the Newcastle line, were laid on the table of the Assembly, on Tuesday evening. The member for this district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sticking Up a Railway Train. St. Louis, September 8
A passenger tram on the Chicago and Alton Railroad was stopped and robbed by twelve masked men four miles east of Independence and twelve miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Illawarra Railway
THE Illawarra Mercury of Friday says:— The member for this district (Mr. Stuart), being fully alive to the deep interest taken in the Illawarra Railway by his constituents…
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IT was announced in our last issue, and in an "extra" which we published previously, that the documents setting forth the proposed, route of the Illawarra Railway had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harbour and Railway
A public meeting, called by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition, was held at the Council Chamber, on Wednesday evening. The object of the meeting, as set forth by the advertisement,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Works
WE (Goulburn Herald) are in possession of the following official information as to the works and surveys now in, progress on the authorised extensions of our railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Meeting
THE dullness of the town of Kiama is a subject of general remark; and the apathy of its inhabitants (however it comes to pass concerning some matters regarding…
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