The Railway
Mr. H. Richardson, of the Railway Department, visited this district on Tuesday to ascertain particulars concerning the applications being made for the running of additional trains between…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
129 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 7
Road from Foxground to Kiama
MR. CAMERON, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works on Friday a deputation from the residents of part of the country island from Kiama, presenting a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Effects Have Been Wonderful. "Ilford Road Dispensary, Dukinfield, May 3rd, 1884
"Dear Sir,—I am happy to inform you that the sale of your Syrup and Pills increases here continually. Several of my customers speak of having derived more…
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A NEW bridge that is about being placed over Mullet Creek by Government will be a superior structure of a new design. It will be erected on the upper side of the present tumble-down…
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IT will be pleasing to the travelling public in connection with this district to learn that the "missing link" of railway between Clifton and Waterfall is to be provided for as far as…
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A LARGE and influential meeting of the residents of Shellharbour and neighbourhood was held in the Shellharbour Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of urging upon the…
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BY the following letter, dated the 29th July, received by Mr. WOODWARD, M.P., from the Works Department, it appears that the Bulli road is about being improved—a matter…
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AT the public meeting, held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, an unanswerably strong case was made out in favor of very considerable reductions being made in the fares…
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Rev. H. Youngman delivered a very interesting lecture on the above subject in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. The attendance, as usual at lectures and literary entertainments in town, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Illawarra Railway. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—Under the above heading I find a report published in your paper of the 9th December, 1884, of a deputation of gentlemen appointed by the Wollongong Progress Committee to wait on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
A terrible railway disaster occurred on Thursday Owing to the burning of the bridge over the River Illinois a train eastward bound for Niagara was hurled into the river. The exact loss of life is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in America. Appalling Scenes. an Engine-driver Decapitated. London, August 13
Further advices are to hand regarding the railway disaster which took place on Thursday last in the State of Illinois. The accident occurred at midnight, The…
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Speaking at the opening of the Gosford to Waratah section of the Newcastle railway, on Monday, the Hon. J. Sutherland, Minister for Works, made the following interesting remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Works and the Railway Wants
The Hon. John Sutherland, Minister for Works, reached Wollongong yesterday afternoon, about half-past 4 o'clock, to see and decide for himself several matters connected…
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Thus arrived the first through railway train from Wollongong to Kiama, and although the event was one that will become of historic interest, as well as being practically significant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Effects Have Been Wonderful. "Ilford Road Dispensary, Dukinfield, May 3rd, 1884
"Dear Sir,—I am happy to inform you that the sale of your Syrup and Pills increases here continually. Several of my customers speak of having derived more…
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EVENTS which have already transpired in connection with No. 4 section of the Illawarra railway, which terminates at present at the cemetery reserve, Kiama, including…
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A NEW time-table has been issued for the Clifton-Wollongong line, but all that can be said of it is that it is a step in the right direction. Instead of one extra train each way…
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Now that the third and fourth sections of the Illawarra railway, from Clifton to Kiama, extending over a distance of thirty-five miles, are about to be opened for public traffic, a few remarks…
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Otford, after pay-day, as seen during our visit, is a very lively place. As a railway camp it is not laid out according to any plan; houses, huts, and tents being erected wherever the builder desires…
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