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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 5

The Rhyme of the Country Road

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 1

Oh, the life one leads a-tramping, Tramping a country road! A-faring in gipsy fashion. With never a gipsy's load:…

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The Motor Car

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 1

A Cambridgeshire farmer was recently arguing with a French chaffeur, who had slackened up at an inn regarding the merits of the horse…

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Raftery's Road

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

At the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday a letter was received from Mr. P. Raftery, asking that as the road through his farm was properly…

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Five Islands Road

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

Mr. F. O'Donnell wrote to the Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday re the proposed Five Islands Road, announcing that the land owners would oppose the…

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In a Railway Signal Box

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 1

One of the saddest in all railway history is that of the Thirsk disaster of November 2, 1802 when, through the mistake of a…

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A Looping the Loop Railway

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 1

In India there are many miles of mountain railway which closely [?] the [?] the loop the loops" of [?]…

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A Boat Train

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 6

An "amphibious boat," now in practical operation in Denmark, would seem to have paved the way for the solution of the problem involved in the…

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Road the Newspapers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 6

Frances Willard urges women to read the newspapers. Talking on the subject lately she said: "Women are a set of passivition on that subject as a class," and adds:…

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Correspondence the Jamberoo Minnamurra Foot-bridge. to the Editor

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 2

SIR,—I do not know who is responsible for the execrable, hideous, ungainly looking structure that is now in course of erection across the Minnamurra…

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