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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
195 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 10
A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting was bold in the Jamberoo School of Arts on Saturday evening last in furtherance of the proposal to secure some sort of communication…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. G. S. Mullen, the Government Road Superintendent of this district is to have charge of the construction of the bridge over Tom Thumb Lagoon. By way of preliminary, he has written…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastleites are enquiring from Mr. A. J. Walker, of Wollongong how the special train from Illawarra to the recent Eisteddfod in their city was arranged for. It would thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Keira Colliery proprietors have been instrumental in obtaining a concession from the Railway Department which will be much appreciated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is quite a tug-of-war developing in connection with the Robertson railway project, Bowral and Moss Vale are tugging away against one another at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Robertson received the following yesterday from the Military headquarter, Sydney:— "The Railway Commissioners have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Kiama Council meeting on Thursday a letter was received to the following effect from Pigett and Stinson, solicitors:—"We have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The continuation of the Five Islands road towards the month of Lake Illawarra, is a road in name only. It is much to be regretted that such should be the case, for several main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Works Department.—With references to the letter under date the 12th. instant, presented by you, from the Cronulla and Gunnamaffa Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Considerable excitement and alarm was created at the Wollongong railway station at about 8.30 p.m. the other night, when' the passengers awaiting the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Wednesday last (says the "News") a newly-married couple from down south cut the time rather fine for their drive to Bomsderry to catch the 5.10. train to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONSIDERADALE excitement and ala m (says the "Mercury") was created at the Wollongong railway station at about 8.30 the other night, when the passengers awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special meeting of the sanitary committee of the Wollongong Council was held on Monday night. Present—The Mayor (Aid. Wiseman), Aldermen Beatson, Gray,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orders were out for the construction of the proposed bridge to have been begun this week, but there has been some countermanding. Mr. G. S…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An officer of the Roads Department visited Wollongong yesterday to fix upon the exact sites for two bridges—a road bridge and a railway one—over Tom Thumb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While Messrs. De. Burgh and Mullen were laying out the site for the Government bridge over Tom Thumb, on Monday, three men were repairing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As stated in last issue, the site for the Tom Thumb bridge is now pegged out, and the necessary levels taken to enable tenders for the work to be invited as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT ten tons of stone from the Grassy Gully mine, on the Shoalhaven River, was melted at the Dapto works recently, and yielded about 8 ounces of gold to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A LARGE and representative meeting was held in the Bowral Town Hall on Monday night under the presidency of Alderman Stephens, Mayor of Bowral, to take steps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday Mr. G. S. Mullens, roads superintendent, together with Mr. De Burgh, chief of the bridges department pegged out a site for the…
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