Employment in Railway Construction
THE statement of the average number of men employed on railway contracts and the amounts paid to contractors in each year from 1883 to March, 1889,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
76 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 4
The Macquarie Pass-road
A deputation of residents of the Southern districts, which was accompanied by the Hon. S. Charles, Ms.L.C, and Messes. Fuller, Kidd, and M'Court, M.L.A, wailed upon the…
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An unfair share of work apparently is imposed upon the railway officials stationed at Wollongong The length of their hours of duty seems unproportionally long when it is recollected that they…
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SIR HENRY PARKES has rarely spoken more plainly, and probably never with more loudly-expressed approval from his opponents, than he did in the…
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ON Thursday there was a return of stormy weather. During the forenoon weather became unsettled, with frequent sharp showers of rain, which proved to…
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A number of gentlemen paid a visit to Northfleet, near Gravesend, in order to inspect the oars which are about to run upon a tramway built by the Series Electrical…
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A fire broke out at the Clifton railway station yesterday at 3.30 a m., and as the flames could not be mastered the building was totally demolished. The hue and cry was raised, and…
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IN the Assembly on Thursday last. Mr. Bruce Smith moved,—" That it be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works to consider and report on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water, Roads, and Rates at Balgownie. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—Will you please publish the following conversation I heard carried on among a group of men the other night at our township? BALGOWNIE…
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A coronial enquiry was held at Broadhead's Hotel, on Saturday last, at 10.30 a.m., touching the cause and origin of the fire which demolished the railway premises at North Clifton, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kiama to Nowra Railway and Repudiation. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
SIR,âThe unintentional piece of Nihilism propounded in the Railway Commissioners' reporton the above-noted line, as quoted in the Hon. Bruce Smith's speech in the…
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SIR,—Having had occasion to visit Mount Keira frequently during the last two or three months, and having several times been above "Geordy Flat" I have had an opportunity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Afternoon Trains and a N Sunday Train. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—I am glad to notice in your issue of to-day that a movement is on the tapis to obtain several concessions from the Railway Commissioners,notably that it is contemplated to have the two…
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On the strength of a requisition, the Mayor of Wollongong (Mr. W. Wiley) called a public meeting for Tuesday night last, for the purpose of passing resolutions in regard to the necessity of…
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A MEETING re above was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening. Only about 20 were present, but they were of a representative character…
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A fatal accident of a very melancholy nature occurred on the railway line yesterday forenoon, by which Mrs. Robert Sparke Reid, of Fairy Meadow, was killed [?]ancously as may be…
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Mr. G. W. Fuller, M.P., for Kiama, arranged yesterday for the intended interview with the t Railway Commissioners by the respective deputations appointed at Wollongong and Kiama…
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The Paris correspondent of the Daily News gives an account of the so-called "Chemin de Fer Glissant," or "Slide Railway," which was tried on the Esplanade des Invalides within…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on the Kiama Tramway Bill. Mr. James Somerville Called in and Examined
1. MR. MARSHALL: You are Council Clerk of Kiama ? Yes. 2. You are well acquainted with the blue metal quarries at pike's Hill and other…
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The deputation, appointed some time ago to wait on the Railway Commissioners with a view to have the time of starting the afternoon trains from Sydney ab[?]red to more convenient hours,…
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