Mt. Keira Road
It will be remembered that the Minister for Works recently agreed to place a sum of £1500 on the estimates for the construction of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
95 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 5
The Railways and Settlement
THE first official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia points out that "A feature of the distribution of the population of Australia is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tampering with Railway Points (To the Editor, South Coast Times.)
Sir,—In your last issue, under the heading "Week by Week," I notice you state that the two men who were seen on the Bellambi jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Port Kembla Tramway Arrival of Surveyors
A party of surveyors are at present camping on the show ground. They will at once commence to survey the route for the proposed Port-Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Staff Changes
A couple of changes in the personnel o the local railway station staff is being made Mr. Norman McClintock (who hats for some time been acting as night officer) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway. Favorable Report
The Mayor of Wollongong is in receipt of the report of the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, in which it is set forth that Mr. Hutchinson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of Railway Commissioners
At 11.30 a.m. to-day, the Railway Commissioners arrived at Wollongong on their return journey, from the south. On the platform they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Station. Improvements Granted
Upon the occasion of the recent visit of the Railway Commissioners to Wollongong they were interviewed by the Mayor and other gentlemen, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machine Road Grading
The road graders—renowned for the controversy it occasioned during the short time it was the, property of the Wingecarribbee Shire…
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What is the effect of motoring upon the human body and health generally? High-speed travelling, it is maintained, disturbed the nervous…
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At last meeting of the Central Illawarm Council a letter was received from the Under-Secretary for Public Works stating that if the tramway…
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THOSE who are sincere in their desires to have land settlement successfully carried out, and to see the resources of the North Coast districts adequately,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Crisis. Men on Strike. Leave Cars in Street. Traffic Paralyised. Sydney, Friday 10.30 a.m
The trams stopped running at 10 a.m. to-day. Both drivers and conductors stepped off the trams in the street. It is rumoured all over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Sydney Letter. Sidelights on the Tram Strike
The strike has full command of the limelight. Also of the sunlight, the starlight, the electric light, the gas light, every other light. It has…
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The one topic of conversation in town yesterday was that of the strike and its probable development. Anxious enquiries were made all day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Port Kembla Road
Judging by what transpired at the last meeting of the Wollongong Council it would look as though there was a deadlock with regard to the Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rush to Sydney. Heavy Railway Traffic. Hundreds Left Behind
The railway trains leaving here on Wednesday were insufficient to cope with the large number of people travelling to Sydney for fleet week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mt. Keira Road
At Wednesday night's meeting of the North Illawarra Council, a letter was received from the Public Works Department with reference to previous…
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The Mayor has been informed that the Minister for Works will receive the deputation from Wollongong to urge upon him the necessity of pro…
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In connection with the above road the following has been supplied to us by Alderman John Porter, and which is the estimate of the officer who was…
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