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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1887

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Illawarra Railway Extension

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1887 · page 2

IT was all the better, perhaps, that the opening of the railway from Wollongong to Kiama was deferred from Thursday last to Wednesday next. As things were then, there was no chance of…

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The Railway Opening

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1887 · page 2

As stated in last issue, the Wollongong-Kiama section of the railway will be opened for traffic to-morrow, Prince of Wales' Birthday. The locomotive "Bogan" is being put in repair at…

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The Kiama Railway

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 4

MR. WISE reply to a question asked in the Assembly on Wednesday by Mr. Abbott said that in the case of Samuel Charles v. the Commissioner for Railways the costs…

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Kiama Railway Opening

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1887 · page 2

The railway to Kiama was opened for traffic yesterday, and in the course of the day five trains reached that town, or terminus, from Wollongong, four of them being all the way through from…

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The Railways of Victoria and New South Wales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT to the " Sydney Morning Herald " writes as follows:—Some little time since an article appeared in the "Melbourne Argus" in which a…

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Opening of the Kiama Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 2

THE opening of the fourth section of the Illawarra railway at Porter's Garden Beach or as it is designated in the railway time. table, North Kiama, is in itself unique…

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Conveyance of Merchandise on Railways

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 4

IT is small wonder that the Premier should have viewed with amazement and dismay the dismal forecast presented to him by the Government statistician whom he had…

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The Kiama Railway

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 2

IF the opening of a railway necessarily involved. any of that ceremony which commonly does accompany such an event, it could hardly be said that the Kiama railway bad yet been opened…

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The Effects Have Been Wonderful. "Ilford Road Dispensary, Dukinfield, May 3rd, 1884

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 3

"Ilford Road Dispensary, Dukinfield, May 3rd, 1884. "Dear Sir,—I am happy to inform you that the sale of your Syrup and [?]…

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Illawarra or South Coast Railway. Opening of the Wollongong to Kiama Section

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 2

THE [?] fact that here was no official opening of the Wollongong to Kiama section of the Blawarra railway on Wednesday—although the [?] was a…

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Kiama to Jervis Bay Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 2

On Friday last a deputation waited on the Minister for Works, to urge that the construction of the railway from Kiama to Jervis Bay be proceeded with as soon as possible. The deputation…

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The Roads and Streets. to J. A. Rossbach, Esq

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 November 1887 · page 2

DEAR MR. ROSSBACH,—As you are unfortunately sometimes absent from Kiama, very likely you did not see a little paragraph in the Reporter some days ago, where the writer…

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The Railway

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 2

[AT the request of Mr. Cameron, the member fro this electorate, we publish the following communication addressed to him on behalf of the Minister for Works. We must confess we…

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Kiama and the Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 2

MR. WOODWARD, M.P., informed us by telegram yesterday, that the Minister for Works has decided definitely to have the railway extended into the town of Kiama immediately…

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South Coast Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1887 · page 4

IN the much vaunted retrenchment of which we have heard of recently and aforetime, during the regime of the present administration, we of this…

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The Kiama-jervis Bay Railway. November 19th

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1887 · page 2

Some men's advocacy is more injurious than their opposition. And let us hope that subsequent events in the coming history of the Illawarra Railway will not emphasise the truth of the above…

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Tramway Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1887 · page 2

AS advertised, the meeting of ratepayers called for Wednesday night last for the purpose of eliciting an expression of opinion as to the advisableness of completing the…

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Electric Motors. ("San Francisco Journal of Commerce.")

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 4

AMONG the wonders of the nineteenth century the progress made in the development of electrical appliances for practical use is, perhaps, the most…

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The Kiama Railway

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 2

THE following little piece of condensed information regarding the railway arrangements may be useful to some of our readers :—The one train ordinarily available leaves Kiama at 6 a.m. reaches Wollongong at 6.57 (leaving at 7), and…

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Albion Park and the Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 2

Up to yesterday, the stationmaster at Wollongong (Mr. Addison), had received no instructions from his department to place Albion Park on the list of stopping places for the trains. He informs…

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