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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Waterfall Hospital Road (To the Editor, South Coast Times)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

Sir,—Will you kindly publish the following correspondence relative to the action we have taken with regard to the road between Waterfall…

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Port Kembla Road. Grant of £600. Council Accepts the Money. Work to Be Proceeded With

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The Mayor in a minute at the special council meeting on Tuesday night, stated that he had waited upon the Under-Secretary for Public Works…

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The Railway Commissioners' Visit

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

At the special meeting of the council on Tuesday night a communication was received from Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.L.A., stating that in…

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Waterfall Hospital Road (To the Editor, South Coast Times.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 15

Sir—Kindly allow me space to make a few comments upon the letter (signed ?) Ricketts and Foster, which was published in your last…

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Port Kembla Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

THE HEAVY RAINS of the past fortnight have demonstrated the fact that the new road to Port Kembla must be raised 3ft or arrangements mast be…

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The Railway Commissioner

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 4

During the debate on the Address-in-reply in Parliament last week Mr. McGowen referred to the Chief Railway Commissioner as follows:—…

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The Road Vote [?] To the Editor, South Coast Times

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 11

Sir,—Mary Ann [?] bear of the Sou[?] and political life)[?] legs and waved [?]…

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Kiama Road Metal Company. an Unfounded Rumour

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

FOR the past two weeks a rumour has been circulated around Kiama to the effect that it is the intention of the above Company to close down its works in Kiama. If this…

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Our Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 2

The annual report of the Railway Commissioners contains some figures of a most encouraging nature so far as the Illawarra line is concerned. For…

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Port Kembla Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

The following tenders were received for the Wollongong Port Kembla-road: Sandstone- W. J. O'Brien £530; Carson Bros. £960 18s. Kiama metal—W…

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Delay on the Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

Owing to a tablet failure between Nowra and Kiama on Wednesday morning caused by a broken line wire about six miles on the Kiama side of…

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Port Kembla Road

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2

The tender of Mr. D. Hughes has been accepted for the cartage of 1450 tons of Kiama blue metal from the Wollongong railway station to Port…

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Accident to Mr. Thos. Brennan. Callous Motorists

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon last an accident happened to Mr. Thos. Brennan, the genial manager of the Woodstock Dairy Co., which was attended with rather serious…

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Motors

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 4

Much indignation has been caused in the Jamberoo district by the callous behavior of a motorist who drove his machine at a last pace round a…

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Mount Keira Road (To the Editor, South Coast Times.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 13

Sir,—Hoping you will allow me a little space in your valuable paper for a line or two concerning above. There many of our tourist people…

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Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 2

Yesterday morning at an early hour two goods trains collided at Stanwell Park in precisely the same way that a previous collision happened at the…

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Railway Traffic

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 2

The railway traffic at the Wollongong station during the past, week has been the heaviest known for the name period in previous years. Every train…

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4 Theatre Train

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

We learn from a reliable source that a new train is to be placed on the new time-table to leave Sydney at 11.40 on pay saturday night to run…

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An Early Morning Train

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have yielded to the applications that have been made for several years past to put on a fast passenger train timed…

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South Coast Train Delays

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 2

Under the above heading "A Sufferer" from Nowra writes in the "Daily Telegraph" of Tuesday last, on October 5th, as follows:—"Can anything be done to have…

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