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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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

Railways and Stock

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

IT must be at once apparent, even to those who have only a theoretical knowledge of pastoral conditions, that the railways are an essential feature in the…

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Nowra to Sydney Road Race

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 4

Some thirty competitors in the Nowra to Sydney race have been over the course during the week, and report that the road between Nowra…

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Danger in Railway Tunnels. Question of Ventilation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 2

Replies were given in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly On Tuesday evening to the questions regarding dangers to which railway men are…

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Port Kembla Tramway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 4

It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the Wollongong Council a letter was received from Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.L.A., stating…

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The Road Race

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

Considerable local interest was manifested in the road race from Norwra to Sydney on Saturday last, when about fifty wheelmen faced the…

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Port Kembla Tramway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

In our last issue we reported that the Minister for Works had declined to proceed with the proposal to place the question of the Wollongong-Port…

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Tathra-Bega Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 4

The Chief Commissioner for Railways and Mr. Harper (Chief Traffic Manager) arrived at Bega on Tuesday from Cooma by motor car. On…

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Helensburgh Railway Tunnel Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 24

In the House, last week, Mr. Hollis said: I desire to ask the Colonial Treasurer if his attention has been called to a press statement,…

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Port Kembla Tramway. From Wollongong and Dapto Via Unanderra. Enthusiastic Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 1

In response to a requisition from a number of ratepayers, the Mayor of Central Illawarra (Ald. J. Dobinson) convened a public meeting, which…

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A Workman's Train for Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

The Mayor of Wollongong (Alderman J. A. Beatson) is in receipt of the following communication from the Railway Commissioners, in answer to…

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A New Train

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 11

The Mayor of Wollongong has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners:—"With reference to your letter of the 1th ult…

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Public Meeting at Unanderra Port Kembla Tramway

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 21

A well-attended meeting of Unanderra, Port Kembla, and Dapto residents, convened by the Mayor of Central Illawarra, was held in the…

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The Workmen's Train

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 5

With regard to the train that the Commissioners have agreed to run every evening from Stanwell Park to Wollongong with a view to affording…

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A Popular Railway Official

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 2

A very pleasing function took place at the railway refreshment rooms on Tuesday night, when Mr. J. H. Wilson was made the recipient…

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An Expired Railway Ticket

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on (Before His Honor Judge Rogers) Friday last, Leopold Ross Osborne, of Enmore-road, Enmore, appealed…

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