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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Motor Tours Across the Southern Tablelands

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 3

The Southern Tableland of the State offers a number of lovely morning and cycling tours, several of which are unexeclent in the whole of Australia…

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Our Railway Station

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

From the following communication received from the Secretary for Railways, it will be seen that the railway authorities have shut their eyes to the…

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Mount Kembla Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 6

Before the High Court, Sydney, on Tuesday the hearing was concluded of the Crown's appeal against an interlocutory judgment of Mr. Justice…

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What Is Read in the Trams

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 3

In my daily travels to and from the city in trams I have developed a curiosity to learn the kind of literature most popular with my follow travellers…

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Macadam Roads Obsolete

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 13

"Waterbound macadam roads, which for practically a century have been adequate for the traffic, have now, under the new conditions, become obsolete, and…

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Accident to Railway Man. Foot In'ured by Hand Car

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 December 1913 · page 3

My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was work-on the railway, writes Mrs. G. Bowman Thosby-street, Wickham, Newcastle, New…

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