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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

101 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 6

Railway Demonstration Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 2

After the brilliant success of the day's proceedings, it only required that the ball on Wednesday evening should pass off satisfactory to make the whole of the railway demonstration arrangements…

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Kiama Railway Demonstration

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee appointed in connection with the above was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday afternoon last, for the purpose of settling up expenses that…

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Railway Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

IMMEDIATELY the business of the Demonstration Committee meeting was finished, another meeting was gone on with which had for its object the bringing forward of…

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Catering at the Railway Banquet and Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 2

The following letter, from the manager of the Sydney Catering Company, Limited, of 175 Pittstreet, Sydney, has been handed to us for publication by Mr. W. Willey, hon. secretary to the…

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Tramway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1888 · page 4

This appears to have been mainly the one unfortunate cause of the financial difficulty of the borough. The tramway was commenced in the latter part of…

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Leasing of the Tramways

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1888 · page 3

On Monday a Government Gazette supplement was issued announcing that tenders will be received at the Public Works Office, up to the 16th prox., for the purchase, or rather lease, of the…

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Railway Time Table

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 2

OUR readers will remember that a public meeting recently held a sub-committee was appointed to draw up a memorial to the Minister for Works pointing out the…

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The Railway Commissioners

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1888 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners were appointed at a meeting of the Executive Council on Monday. Mr Edward Miller Gard Eddy is the Chief Commissioner, and his colleagues, who are equal…

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Railway Meeting at Albion Park

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1888 · page 2

ON Monday evening 22nd instant, a largely attended and influential meeting was held in the Carrington Hall, being the outcome of a numerously signed requisition…

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Railway Demonstration

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 October 1888 · page 2

A meeting of the committee was held in the Council Chamber on Saturday evening, there being present—The Mayor (in the chair) Mesars J. Biggar, D. M. Campbell, T. Armstrong, S…

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Special Visit of the Railway Commissiomers to Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1888 · page 2

MESSRS. E. M. G. Eddy, C. Oliver, and W. M. Fehon, the railway commissioners, with Mr. Kircaldie, traffic manager, Mr. Cowdery engineer Mr. Middlean,…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1888 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, Messrs Eddy, Felion, and Oliver, the Railway Commissioners, accompanied by Messrs. Middleton, Richardson, and Shellshear, of the Railway Department, visited…

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The Railway Commissioners on the Illawarra Line

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1888 · page 2

The following detailed particulars of the Commissioners' tour of inspection along the railway line between Sydney and Kiama, on Monday last, will interest most of our readers. The…

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Mr. Goodchap and the Railways

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1888 · page 4

SINCE the retirement of Mr. C. A. Goodchap from the position bf Commissioner for Railways, the Government have had under consideration the advisableness of…

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Terrible Railway Accident in Italy. Ninety Persons Killed and Seventy Injured

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 4

INJURED. A TERRIBLE railway accident is reported from Grassano, in South Italy. A night train, crowded with excursionists, who…

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Railway Matters. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 3

SIR,—Notwithstanding all that your Albion Park correspondent stilted in his hodge podge communication to your issue Saturday last, in reference to Sunday excursion trains, it is the…

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The Control of the Tramways. Government Proposal Rejected

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 2

In the Assembly on Wednesday, Sir Henry Parkes moved—"(l)That thin House, without committing itself to details, approves of the Government withdrawing from the business of…

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The Leasing of the Tramways. Speech by the Premier

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 4

IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday last, Sir Henry Parkes moved,— " (1) that this house, without committing itself to details, approves of the…

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Sir Henry Parkers's Rep[?] the Tramway Leasing De[?]

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 2

SIR HENRY PARKES in replying, st [?] the feeling which had arisen in that [?] showed, in stronger terms than [?] could employ, how necessary it [?]…

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The Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 December 1888 · page 2

A considerable subsidence took place on the railway line at Stanwell Park during the late heavy rains. The embankments sank to the extent of two feet in one or two places, but by timely…

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