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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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Fireside Fancies. Bridge Launching

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 4

Mr. B. J. Forrest, Mem. Can. Soe. C.E., has delivered a lecture before the Canadian Society of engineers. and it is dealt with in "Page's Weekly." It is pointed out…

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Port Kembla Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Public Work that the question of providing for passenger traffic on the Port…

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Motoring As a Medicine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 4

A physician who writes in the "Chronicle" has several good words to say of the motor-car, which he regards at one of the modern aids to preventive medicine…

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Port Kembla Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 2

A letter was road at a meeting of Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday from the Wollongong Council pointing out that a meeting was to be…

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Yass-Canberra to Jervis Bay Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 1

The following report by Ald. Lance was read at the Wollongong Council meeting on Friday night last.:—I have to report my attendance at the…

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Port Kembla Railway. Agitation for Passenger Service

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 2

A meeting of delegates from local public bodies and trades unions, was held in the Council Chamber, Wollongong, last night for the purpose…

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Passenger Train to Port Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 18

There was a public meeting in the, Wollongong Council Chamber on Monday evening. The Mayor (Ald. J. A. Beatson), presided), and, by way of…

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Nowra-jervis Bay and Canberra Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 3

A conference was held at Nowra on Monday, to make arrangements for entertaining the visitors who will attend at Nowra on the 23rd…

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"The Juggernaut." Wonderful Train Wreck

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

The picture that took America by storm is the head-line oft the sensational—"The Juggernant"—which Kiama's Own Pictures management…

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Science Notes & News Electric-motor for Dentists

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 4

Recently, a miniature electric-motor has been devised for the dentist's use which is so small and weighs so little that it may be used as a…

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Stealing from Railway Carriages

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 7

At the police court this morning Aidan Joseph Kenny, a smelter, who gave his address as 225 Elizabeth-street, Sydney, was charged with…

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Yass-Canberra Jervis Bay Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

The Hon. Austin Chapman interviewed the Minister for Home Affairs in Melbourne to arrange for a deputation from the Leagues regarding the…

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Railway Camp at Stanwell Park

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Comment has been made in regard to the manner in which the railway camp has been laid out at Stanwell Park, and a correspondent directs…

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Stealing From Railway Carriages

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 2

At the police court last week Aidan Joseph Kenny, a smelter, who gave his address as 225 Elizabeth street, Sydney, was charged with stealing a…

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Decentralisation Movement. Yass Canberra Jervis Bay Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 2

The Hon. Austin Chapman interviewed the Minister for Home Affairs in Melbourne to arrange for a deputation from the Leagues regarding the…

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Wollongong Railway Station. Proposed Alterations

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. Beatson) has received a copy of the plan shewing the alterations proposed to be carried out at the Wollongong railway…

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Beware of the Train

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 3

A railway company wanted to run a now line through a certain farmer's land, against bis wish. One day the firmer was not overpleased to…

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Railway Commissioners to Visit Port Kembla Question of Shipment of Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., said:—I desire to ask the Minister for Agriculture is he aware that the new railway…

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Yass-Canberra Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 1

A large and representative conference of delegates from the South Coast and Southern towns right through to the Riverina in…

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Jervis Bay Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 2

The Hon. King O'Malley in his reply to the speeches of the delegation regarding the claims of the Yass Canberra Jervis Bay Railway said: He…

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