Obstruction of Roads
ALL persons believing in the protection of pedestrians who may be compelled by avocation or otherwise to use the by-streets in the borough after dark would have reiterated the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Correspondence. Railway. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—As the cost of cutting down those formidable hills between Kiama and Gerringong may very possibly delay the railway works to Shoalhaven, would it not he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works. Sectional Committee. Railway From Kiama to Nowra. Report
YOUR committee have to report that they have inspected the route of the proposed railway from Kiama to the Shoalhaven River, visiting the towns of Kiama,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. Violent Collision
A FEARFUL railway accident occurred at the north end of the Citadel Station at Carlisle, at half past 3 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, March 4, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision at Bathurst
A TERRIBLE railway collision occurred at Bathurst on Friday evening. A goods train was proceeding up the Raglan incline when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Detention
The Illawarra line has come into great notoriety of last owing to the frequent delays occasioned by the derailment of rolling-stock, but yesterday it reached a culminating point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Slips. Trains Delayed at Clifton
Taking the soddened condition of the earth into consideration, and the tendency of the country between Austinmer and Otford to slip, it was expected after the teeming showers on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Drainage Works at Clifton. More Drains Found Necessary
This system, when operations commenced at Clifton, comprised five large drains, which were to be worked as drives in the softer stone above the bed rocks. It has since bean calculated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners' Promises
On the 24th November last, the Railway Commissioners, accompanied by the heads of various departments connected with the railways, paid an official visit to this district, the express object…
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Messrs. J. G. Corn (district superintendent), C. Hodgson (commissioner's staff), H. Richardson (outdoor superintendent), and T. Dawes (traffic inspector) arrived at Wollongong…
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THE following letter has been received by Mr. John Maclean, Nowra in his capacity of secretary of the local Railway League:—…
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NEWS from Farley, a small wayside station situated about two miles from West Maitland and 22 miles from Newcastle announces another railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Raid on Dishonest Railway Travellers
IT is well-known to railway officials (says the Melbourne Telegraph) that a, proportion of the travelling public will always be found ready and anxious to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble on the New Zealand Railways. Demands of the Men
AUCKLAND, Friday.—The employees on the New Zealand railways have demanded that eight hours be considered a day's work, that they be paid for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Roads
Sines the change from rain to sunshine, the roads in the borough and beyond it have dried with a rapidity that seems astonishing in the face of the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Bellambi Road. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper for reference to the roads in and about Bellambi, which are in a most deplorable condition. The Bellambi lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Railway Traffic
It is understood that the clue metal traffic from Bombo and Kiama to Sydney, which has been the means of multiplying the traffic on the Illawarra line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash at Singleton Another Broken Drawbar
SINGLETON, Tuesday.—A very serious accident occurred on the Singleton Coal and Coke Company's private railway line to-day. The line is connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Detention
As the Illawarra line has been on its best behaviour for some time past, most people were learning to forgive and forget its little foibles, when unexpectedly an engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Bridge Over the Minnamurra
THE structure which is shortly to be erected over the most picturesque portion of the Nimmamurra River has been drawn to modern desigus, and is intended to…
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