Victorian Railway Strike
ALTHOUGH the strike among the railway employees of Victoria was formally ended on Friday last, meeting to consider the matter were held on Saturday, Sunday and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 5
Bushell's Hill Road
At a special meeting of the Central Illawarra Council held yesterday, at Bushell's Hill, it was decided to give the contractor (P. M'Kinley) £70 more to finish the work…
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Owing to the large number of cattle which have been killed recently in the vicinity of the Corrimal railway station, a night porter is now in charge to attend to…
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Mr. Nicholson, M.L.A., has succeeded in securing a grant for carrying out much needed repairs to Rixon's Road Pass…
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The Paris Madrid motor car race was started on Sunday last, and provided numerous sensations. Three hundred thousand Parisians picnicked all Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners' Visit
The Railway Commissioners pay a visit of inspection along the Illawarra line to-morrow…
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At least one firm manufacturing dynamos and motors is, says the American Engineer, at work upon a tutor that will at a speed of 10,000…
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"I've got the best of this ould railway company for once in one life.' "Hor is that, Pat?" "I've bought a return ticket to London,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. Locomotive and Tricycle Collision. Magisterial Enquiry
A magisterial-enquiry was held at the Brownsvile Court on Monday, touching the death of Peter Neilsen, aged 47, run over by a train on Saturday night whilst riding…
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We take the following from Tuesday's "Lithgow Mercury[?]—Mr. Thos. Pass, who has been officer [?] charge at Lithgow station for a few [?]ths, has, we learn…
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The work of erecting a new bridge over Port Hacking creek at O ford, the has been proceeding for some time, is still progressing. About forty or fifty men are…
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Yesterday one of the South Bulli locomotives ran through the gate spanning the new Broken Hill Proprietary Company's siding, smashing it to matchwood…
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The Deputy City Coroner held an inquest on Saturday at Sydney, on the body of James Maxwell, a fettler, who was knocked down and killed by a train on the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yankee Yarns. the Tramp and the Farmer
A tram who asked for breakfast at a farm house and was refused a single crust exclaimed with an injured air— "Alas, how deceptive is human nature…
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Alderman Dean asked the Mayor, at the last council meeting, if he had written to Mr. E. Vickery asking that gentleman to grant a crossing over the Keira railway line…
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Included in the correspondence at the meeting of the Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday, was a letter from W. Harris, offering to allow a road to be made…
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THE brave people Siappa the Swiss general having been [?] by the Thirteen Canons to solicit the arrears to my which had been owing for a long time the…
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THERE formerly [?] on the Southward side of london Bridge a tavern known by the above name, which retained a celebrity for some centuries. It was the honor to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disturbance in a Train. THIRROUL
Thirroul railway station was quite a centre of warfare on Wednesday afternoon when one man with a larger spirituous cargo than he had a bill of lading for,…
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Mr. A. Campbell, M.L.A., wrote to the Council en Friday evening, stating that in accordance with the council's request he had revived the already oft repeated application…
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