A Terrible Railway Journey
The man who involuntarily travelled from London to Grantham under a railway carriage is interviewed in the February "Temple Magazine." He…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
114 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 6
Iceland's Living Railway
If the camel is the ship of the desert, the Iceland pony is tile cab, train, omnibus, and tramcar of the wonderful country to which he belongs. To begin with, he is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amending Railway Bills
Nearly all Thursday's proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were taken up until post midnight in connection with the second reading of three bills to amend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bulli Roads
The state of the roads at either end of Bulli and Woonona is fearful. Traffic beyond the foot of the Pass on the one hand and Charlesworth Hill on the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway to Robertson
A DEPUTATION will wait on the Minister for Works in reference to the proposed construction of the railway to Robertson on Thursday, 7th prox., at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fencing
THUS Mr. Arch. Campbell, M.P. (as per "Hunsard"):— I rise to direct attention to a feature of this matter (The Rock to Green's Gunyah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race
The second bicycle road race under the auspices of the Wollongong Bicycle Club will take place this afternoon. The race will be from Dapto to Wollongong, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shellharbor Council Shellharbour to Ronertson Road
THE Shellharbour Council have received the following welcome news contained in a communication from the Public Works Department to Mr. Arch,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race
The second road race under the auspices of the Wollongong Bicycle Club took place on Saturday afternoon, and, as on the former occasion, was witnessed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Local Train Service
SAYS the "Shoalhaven Telegraph"—During the past few years the Parliamentary representatives of the South Coast electorates have made represents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Returns a Losing Line
THERE was a loss of £27,259 on the Sydney to Kiama line last year, as compared with £37,691 in 1897, and on the Kiama to Nowra line for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raftery's Road
At a meeting of the Central Illawarra Council yesterday afternoon the Mayor reported having received a large amount of correspondence re Rafiery's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramp
We are in receipt from the publishers, of "The Young Litterateur," a bright little paper printed at Tam worth. In scanning its pages, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Road to the Comboyne
In view of the early departure of Robertson and other farmers for the Comboyne, Manning River, the following clipping from the "Wingham Chronicle " will be of interest:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kangaroo River Road
Mr. Campbell has received from the Works Department a reply to a letter addressed by the Kangaroo Valley Progress Association to the Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Noxious Weeds on Public Roads
THE Minister for Works has issued a minute to the effort that imperative instructions should be given to road superintendents to order the maintenance men under their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Increased Road Vote
THE Minister for Works in referring to the intention of the Government to increase the road vote by £250,000 points out that it is merely a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Robertson Railway
THE Lyne Government has promised to construct a lot of light railways. All new governments promise many things. Perhaps Robertson's opportunity to get a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Sunday Train. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—No doubt it is a surprise to many that a Sunday train from Sydney to Nowra has not been sanctioned by the "Tourist Union," which met lately at Woonona…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Train Arrangements
THUS the "S. M. Herald ":—"In regard to the complaint that some passengers were delayed between Nowra and Kiama when travelling to attend the school sports at…
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