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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Railway Freights

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 2

Messrs. Doyle Bros., the well-known Wollongong storekeepers, recently addressed the Railway Commissioners on the subject of the carriage of goods on…

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Railway Freights

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 2

Messrs, Doyle Bros., the well-know . Wollongong storekeepers, recently addressed the Railway Commissioners on the subject of the carriage of goods on the…

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Railway to Kangaroo Valley. Trial Survey Refused

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1894 · page 4

The Kangaroo Valley Progress Committee recently wrote to Sydney applying for a trial survey for a line of railway from Berry to the Valley…

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Why Railways do not Pay

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1894 · page 2

The "Braidwood Dispatch" says:— " Two ten and twelve horse teams passed through Braidwood on Monday for Queenbeyan on their way from Nelligen loaded…

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Light Railways

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1894 · page 4

The light lines advocated by the New South Wales Railway commissioners are to cost under £2000 per mile. Light locomotives and ordinary rolling stock are to…

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