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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Allan's Creek Road

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 2

In reply to a strong letter on the Allan's Creek Road matter, Mr. Campbell, M.P., received a telegram from the Works Department yesterday evening…

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Railway Freights for Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 3

The Lithgow Mercury writes as follows concerning the above question:—We do not feel it our duty to inquire into the justice of this complaint (the…

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Rough Road to Travel

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 2

In passing from the main street at Clifton to the railway station on Monday Mr. Suttor's attention was directed to the rough and rugged character of that portion…

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The Railway Rates. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—About the "indignation meetings" that are to be held: it seems a problem as to what the indignity is and to whom it has been offered. A very expensive railway…

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Railway Rates and Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 2

SIR,—This subject has become the all-absorbing topic of the day, and I will, with your kind permission, add my quota to the discussion that has been going on for[?]…

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The Railway Rack-rates

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 2

THE term " rack-rent " as applied in Ireland and elsewhere, is well understood as meaning the putting on of the landlord's screw until the unfortunate…

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Railway Bates and Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—With reference to your leaders on the above subject, the contributors from several correspondents, and the statements which have been enunciated elsewhere—…

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How to Influence the Railway Commissioners. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 4

SIR,—Surely there is a way of escape out of the dilemma into which the action of Mr. Eddy and his colleagues has plunged the people of the Illawarra…

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Coal Haulage by Railway. Dissatisfaction in Illawarra. Public Meeting in Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 2

A public meeting, called by the Mayor at the request of a number of petitioners, was held in the Town Hall, Wollongong, last night, "for the purpose of…

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Railway Bates and Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—I observe with pleasure that some one has at last taken up the cudgels on behalf of the Railway Commissioners, whose actions in regard to railway rates…

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Thirroul Railway Station Returns

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 4

The following returns have been received at Thirroul station for month ending July 31st, 1893. Coaching, 311 passengers, amount £25 lls 2d ; season…

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Railway Rates and Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—The attention of my board has been drawn to the lette in your issue of the 5th instant signed by "A Simple Child," and I have been directed to reply…

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Haulage of Coal on the Illawarra Railway. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—Now that the much-vexed question of the rates impoesd for the haulage of coal over the Illawarra line has come to the front again, I desire to offer a few remarks…

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The Mount Keira Road

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

In a recent issue we published particulars concerning a number of improvements which were being carried out in connection with the Mount Keira Road. What…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway. a Man Cut to Pieces at Berry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

News reached Kiama on Thursday morning that a shocking accident occurred at Berry on the previous night. From information which we have been able to…

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Railway Rates and Haulage of Goal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 4

SIR,—On Monday night last, under the patronage of several Harbor Trust Commissioners, coalowners' agents, and other " right-thinking persons"…

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Coal Haulage From Illawarra. the Present, Rates and a Proposed Zone System. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. a Mistake and a Postponement

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

The deputation appointed at the meeting held in the Town Hall, "Wollongong, yesterday week, waited on the Railway Commissioners at their offices…

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Railway Rates and the Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

SIR,—It is very wrong for a man to do anything calculated make another very angry, as "Fairplay" has done. From this point of view his reply to "A Simple…

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Annual Railway Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have issued their annual report on the working and expenditure on the different lines throughout the colony, for the…

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Railway Rates and Haulage of Coal. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

SIR,—When Mr. W. A. Firth writes to the press entering his "most emphatic denial," and that this and that are "abslutely false," and states something…

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