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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1872

6 stories in South Coast's papers

The Roads and the Lands

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 4

THE Carcoar Chronicle writes:— Well would it be for New South Wales if among the ranks of her legislators she could reckon many such men as William Macleay. With…

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The Road Grants. (To the Editor of the Soa[?]havan News.)

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1872 · page 2

SIS,—One day whilst [?]urning home from Nowra to Bamar[?]ng with Mr J. Gl[?]ville, J.P., he asked me if I were busy, I said not very, he said that there was work to be done on…

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The Legislative Assembly. Cost of Railways

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1872 · page 2

Mr, Garrett asked the Secretary for Public Works.—"1. What is the cost per mile, including all charges of construction, etc., in each case, of the Great…

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Proposed Railway between Sydney and Shoalhaven

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1872 · page 3

A WRITER signing himself “L F. H.” in a long and able letter published in the S. M. Herald of Monday last, under the heading of “Sydney Water Supply and Illawarra Railway,” treats…

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Railway Between Shoalhaven and Sydney

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

THE project (says the Illawarra Mercury) that we have been advocating for some years past for the formation of a cheap line of railway between the Illawarra district and Sydney,…

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Train Up the Child and Away He Goes

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1872 · page 4

"YES, I've had a good many fights in my time." said old John Parky, tenderly manipulating his dismantled rose, "and it's kind of queer too, for when I was a…

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