The Shoalhaven Bridge
IN the Legislative Assembly on Friday last, Mr. Lackey informed Mr. Combes that the design for the proposed bridge over the Shoalhaven River, one span of which was exhibited in the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
24 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
The Bridge Destroyed at Dundee
THE terrible loss of life and property caused by the breaking down of this structure renders everything connected with it of interest and the following particulars are from te issue of the…
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NOTHING has been elicited so far to show that the bridge could over have been safe in an ordinary gale, or that a hurricane was required to overthrow it. It is quite plain…
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Entranced I gaze,—the sublime inspiring scene Bursts on my vision what pristine splendour lies Entomb'd afar; and you tortuous crags that rise, Darksome and stern in nature's majestic sheen…
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THE tender of Messrs. Topham, Angus, and Co. for the first extension of the tramway system, has been, we understand, accepted by the Government. This firm, it is stated, have…
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HIS Excellency the Governor has deemed it expedient to resume for Board. purposes certain portion of the lands included below. Purchaser, William Clarke, (now Joseph Pike)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge over Harper’s Creek
THE attempt obtain abridge over the Harper’s Creek, on the mail line of road between Broughton Creek and Kangaroo Valley, has been fustrated, on this occasion, by the adverse…
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FAT CATTLE.—Very good beef selling at 10s to 12e per 100 lbs Calves are worth-15s to 40s. Pigs were in good request at 3d to 4d for best…
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Fat cattle, the yards were well filled yesterday, and a number of superior lots were offered which realized 12s to 14s per 100 lbs, other sorts were sold at 8s to 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Alexander Stuart on the Illawarra Railway
THE electors of Wollongong have been fortunate in returning to Parliament a gentleman whose past conduct in the Assembly and Cabinet—leaving out the Education question, regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. [IT is to be distinctly understood that we do not identify ourselves with the opinions of correspondents.] The South Coast Railway. to the Editor of the Telegraph
SIR.—Every true colonist will shrink from striving to benefit one part, of the country at the expense of another. The remarks of Mr. Alex. Stuart quoted in your last issue from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MISCELLANEOUS. The Shoalhaven Bridge
SOME days ago the telegraph announced to all who might feel concerned that the last of the piers of the Nowra bridge had been completed; and similar announcements…
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THE report of the Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster has at last been issued. The Court consisted, it will be remembered, of the Wreck Commissioner Mr. Rothery, and of…
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SIR,—I see by your last Thursday's paper that Alderman Kennedy is reported to have said, "That the new line of road at Bomaderry to the new bridge over the Shoalhaven runs parallel…
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A CHEAP Australian edition of Mark Twain's new book "A Tramp Abroad," has been published by Mr. George Robertson, of Melbourne. It does not equal the "Innocents…
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FAT CATTLE.—About the average number were yarded this week, and competition was active at up to 15s per 1000lbs for best beef. Calves realised 5s to 38s for small to superior…
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THE Brooklyn Bridge, which is now nearing completion, spanning the arm of the sea which separates New York from Brooklyn, is without doubt the boldest undertaking in…
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THE following is a copy of a draft memorial submitted to the railway meeting on Friday evening last:—To the Hon. John Lackey, M.L.A., Minister for…
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THE meeting which had been called for Wednesday the 20th instant, in connection with the subject above named, but which lapsed by reason of the unfavourable weather, took place…
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A NUMEROUS and influential deputation, introduced by the Mayor of Sydney, waited upon the Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, this morning, for the purpose of urging upon…
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