Clergymen and the Railways
Some time ago a deputation of clergymen waited on Commissioner Fehon to request that cheap excursion tickets he issued to clergymen on Monday afternoons,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
121 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 7
Short Story. Saved by a TrainWrecker
"I think you had better attempt no explanation Mr. Halbon," the senior partner was saying to me very quietly. "No," he went on, us I was on the point…
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AT a meeting of the Kiama Fire Brigade on Saturday night last, it was resolved to thank the Gas Company for their promise of free gas; and Mr. F. Bullen generously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tom Thumb Bridge Approaches
Toward the end of last week two or three reports were made to the Member for the District to the effect that the southern approach to Tom Thumb Bridge was giving…
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MR. ALEX, CAMPBELL, M.P., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Public Works:— Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Trees
A correspondent writes complaining bitterly about several trees on the roadside between the town of Wollongong and the Mount Keira Road having been cut down…
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A letter was received at the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday last from the Illawarra Land and Harbor Corporation, suggesting as a means of getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Council. Street-lighting Difficulty Mayor to Meet the Chairman of the Gas Company. the Milk Train. a Great Inconvenience to Be Remedied
A special meeting of the council was held on Tuesday evening when the whole of the aldermen were present. The assessors Messrs. W. K. Bate and W…
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A REQUESTION urging the extension of the railway from Bomaderry to Jervis Bay is stain occupying attention. When the State Minister for Works visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Special Train
In addition to the ordinary milk train for Sydney on Sunday forenoon a special train left all stations shortly afterwards, and was densely crowded with Illawarra…
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At Mr. L. Carr's residence, on Wednesday night, last week, Mr. W. Rann, son., presided over a large meeting of the leading ratepayers of Cordeaux River…
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AT the meeting of the Berry Progress Association on Thursday night last it was decided to remind the State Minister for Works of a promise made by him some…
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A deputation from the Shellharbor Borough Council interviewed the Minister for Works on Thursday to ask that about two miles of road on the route between the…
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IN the course of the interview the deputation from Albion Park had with the Minister for Works on Thursday, Alderman East made an incidental reference to the…
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A letter has been received from the Rail way Commissioners in answer to council's letter relative to passengers joining 11 o'clock milk train at Wollongong. Enquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Robertson Railway
IN the course of the interview the deputation from Albion Park had with the Minister for Works on Thursday, Alderman East made an incidental reference to the…
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A DEPUTATION from the Shellharbour borough Council interviewed the Minister for Works on Thursday to ask that about two miles of road on the…
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A boy about 10 years of ago got aboard of a Fourth-avenue car at Fourty-Second street with a parcel under his left arm. The car had scarcoly entered the tunnel,…
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THE following letter has been received by Mr. Alex. Campbell, M.P., from the Secretary for Railways:— Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the…
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The Berry Progress Association has decided to ask the Kangaroo Valley Progress Association to co-operate in asking the Government to make a trial survey for a…
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