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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Disloyalty in the Railway Service. the Commissioners and Mr. Hoyle

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have found it necessity to sever their connection with the service of Mr. Henry Hoyle, on of the leading foremen of the into-locking branch…

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The Scotch Railway Strike

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 4

London, Wednesday.—The Scotch railway strike is rapidly collapsing and large numbers of the men have returned to work or have applied for permission…

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The Scotch Railway Strike

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 3

London, Tuesday night.—Affairs it connection with the railway strike in Scotland are becoming more critical and the scarcity of coal is causing the stoppage of work at…

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The Scotch Railway Strike

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—The directors of the Scotch railway have given orders for the eviction of the mote on strike who occupy houses owned by the…

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A Great Railway Reform. the Zone System

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 3

In Hungary there are 6750 miles of railway. of which the State owns or controls 4415. Up to a very recent date the Hungarian Minister of Railways invariably…

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The Scotch Railway Strike

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 4

London, Friday.—There are no indications at present of a settlement of the railway strike in Scotland. Various offers of mediation have been made, but…

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A Ship Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 3

The Governor-General of Canada has laid one of the hydraulic pedestals of the Chingnect, Ship Railway. This undertaking promises to open up Canada to…

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Railway on the Top of Trees

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 4

In Sonoma Country, California, there exists an original and successful piece of railway engineering and building, which is certainly wonderful. In the…

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The Scotch Railway Strike

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 2

London, Friday Night,—The effects of the strike amongst the railway employes is being severely felt throughout Scotland The export and shipping trade…

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Proposed Nowra Railway Extension

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1891 · page 2

DURING the last session of Parliament, it will be remembered, a proposal was referred to the Public Works Committee for the extension of the Kiama-Nowra Railway from…

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Victorian Coal Not a Success. Railways Refuse to Use It

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1891 · page 2

The residents of Coalville (Vic.) waited on the Railway Commissioners on Friday last, and urged the Government to continue to buy local coal, as hundreds of persons…

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Unsuitable Railway Carriages

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1891 · page 2

The used used-up, dingy, and generally unsuitable passenger carriages run on the Illawarra railway are a continual source of complaint by travellers along this line…

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The Railways and the Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 2

The following correspondence on the above subject, addressed to Mr. F. Woodward, M.P., will explain itself:—"Government Railway's of New South Wales,…

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The New Differential Railway Rates

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1891 · page 4

The Herald of Monday was supplied with the following :—The new railway rates, a practical extension of the differential system to all stations on all…

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Bridge Over Waugh's Creek

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Mr. Fuller, M.P., from the Public Works Department, dated 16th…

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Original Correspondence. North Illawarra Road. (To the Editor.) ?

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Will you allow me, through the columns of your widely circulated journal, to bring under the notice of the North Illawarra aldermen the state of this road…

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Shocking Accident on the Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 4

A PECULIARLY distressing accident, from which fatal results are dreaded, occurred an Liverpool, railway station early on Saturday morning. The victim is a…

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Extension of the Kiama to Nowra Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 4

THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met on Thursday, there being present—Messrs. J. Lackey (Chairman), Copeland, Garrard, Dr…

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The Railway Duplicating Contract "Job."

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 2

Mr. W. M'Court, M.P. for Camden, lets a little daylight into the railway duplicating "job" in a letter to the Sydney papers. From this it is very evident that…

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A Tramp Through Berrima Gaol

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 4

THE entrance to this, one of the oldest prisons in the colony, is through a garden filled with flower beds teeming with life (for anything and everything…

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