Mt. Keira Road. Visit of the Roads Engineer
The picnic arranged by the residents of Mt. Keira came off on Saturday last, and was a complete success. Mr. Jones, Engineer for Roads…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
95 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 5
A Road Wanted
At Helensburgh on Saturday the members of the Bulli Shire Council were waited on by a deputation consisting of Messrs. Gilchrist, James,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrilling Experience. Ald. Shepherd and His Wife Face Death in a Railway Carriage
It is by the merest accident of good fortunate that Hay Ward, Berry, is not to-day mounting the loss of its popular representative in the Borough Council,…
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The Intelligence Department notify, that arrangements have been completed for farmers wishing to inspect the orchard and market-gardening areas of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Inspector Banqueted
Mr. J. M. Spence, our local stationmaster, presided over one of the best functions ever held in Wollongong on Saturday night. The occasion was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla Railway. Construction to Be Urged. Public Meeting Held
On Tuesday night at the council chambers, the Mayor presided over a large meeting of citizens culled together for the purpose of taking steps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram-line and Breakwater
There was a large gathering in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening convened by the Mayor for the purpose of agitating for the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Killed by a Train
An old resident named Michael Fitzgerald, 86 years of age, was seen by the driver of a special show train lying on the side of the line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Keira Road. £1500 on the Estimates
The movement inaugurated recently by the Mt. Keira residents for the purpose of securing a new road up Mt. Keira has been signally successful. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Matters. the Sewerage System. Tourist Road. Port Kembla Railway. Telephone. Gas Supply. Duplicating the Railway Line
The Mayor of Wollongong is in receipt of the following in answer to the council's representation:—That an officer will be sent down to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Museum. the Age of Steam. Proposed Record
An interesting scheme is proposed by Mr A. R. Bennett for the formation of a National Railway Museum, wherein may be preserved invaluable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stanwell Park Railway Accident. Question in the House
In the Assembly lost week Mr. Hollis asked the Colonial Treasurer,—(1.) Is it a fact that he stated in the House on the 12th March last, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Railway Accident in Victoria. 41 Bodies Recovered. 60 Persons Injured
One of the most appalling railway accidents in the history of Australia occurred at Bray brook (Victoria) last night, when two heavily-laden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collisions
Another serious railway mishap— tempered only by the fact that's where there might have been an appalling list of casualties, comparatively few, of a minor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wreckers. Points Tampered With
A dastardly deed was perpetrated on Wednesday night. Towards the South Bulli Company's jetty runs a tramline, interested by numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Management
THE epidemic of disasters which characterises the railways of Australia at the precent moment must surely be the outcome of some preventible cause. Even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla Railway. Visit of Mr. Hutchinson
At the council chamber this morning there was a large attendance of aldermen of the municipality, the Mayors of Central and North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Train Wrecking
ON Wednesday last a serious attempt was made by some person unknown to wreck a coal-laden train from the South Bulli colliery by tampering with the points at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla Tramway
In connection with Mr. Hutchinson's visit, after leaving the Town Hall, it was decided that the question of a railway, so as to provide a line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision of Coach & Train
An accident of a kind which is always possible on the road from Bulli to Wollongong occurred to Thompson Bennett's coach on Thursday, with…
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