Bridge Opening Committee
THE adjourned meeting of the above committee was held at the Court-house, on Tuesday last at 3 p.m. There were about twenty gentlemen present, representing Burrier, Cambewarra…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
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The Nowra Bridge
THIS great structure was opened for traffic and christened by the Hon. John Lackey, Ministea for Works, on Tuesday last, in the presence of an assemblage of about 7000 people…
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ON Monday list the Trip Bridge over the Shoalhaven river fat Green bills was opened for public traffic up the hop John Lackey, “who arrived that morning from Sydney,…
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Messrs. J. B. Walker. James Walker, Hugh Boyd, find a few other gentlemen interested, were introduced by Mr. Roseby as a deputation to urge upon the Minister for Works, the…
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Fat cattle were yarded in good numbers this week, and- prices wore rather easier, but good bullocks sold at £7 10s to £8, or over 10s for 100 the…
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Mr. Roseby introduced a deputation, consisting Mr. J. Allen and Mr. F. Abernethy, of Brown's Mountain, Cambewarra, who interviewed the Minister on the subject of a grant…
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WANT of space in last issue made it necessary to hold over till this week our report of the proceeding at the banquet with which the programme of the Nowra Bridge Demonstration concluded…
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A deputation consisting of the Mayor of, Broughton Creek and Bomaderry (Alderman John M'Kenzie), Aldermen Kennedy, Williamson, and Alderman John Monaghan (Mayor of…
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“WELL, as the Yankee says that great misnomer” “the Nowra Bridge” with the auxiliaries appertain there to has been opened for public traffic with all the point and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MISCELLANEOUS. Nowra and its Bridge
WE reprint from the Herald a portion of an article on the subject of Nowra and its bridge, omitting that part of the contribution which, gives a brief history of the…
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Fat Cattle were yarded in such numbers on Thursday that prices receded quite £1 per head It is certain, however that high figures it us now rule for fat stock owing to their security…
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FOR some time the project of making a railroad from the settled district of Queensland to the North-Eastern shores of the Australian Continent has been discussed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident. Loss of Life. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne, Tuesday, 11.35
THIS morning when the early express train from Brighton was approaching the Jolimont crossing a wheel struck the chair of the railway up stting the carriage from the line and…
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred on Tuesday morning, the 30th ultimo, to the Brighton express train. When the express was approaching Jolimont, the axle of the engine broke, and…
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THE following appears in the Illawarra Mercury. A gentleman, who only a few days ago came through the country where the survey…
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THIS magnificent and useful structure is hardly finished when we hear of reckless persons riding over it at mich a pace as to create alarm and danger to orderly people whose business leads…
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AS stated in our last issue, the contractor, Mr. Henry, has commenced the operation of constructing the Nowra Public Wharf, some few chains below the bridge on the southern bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Weekly Produced Reports John Bridge’s Weekly Report
Fat Cattle—A father full supply for the week caused a sight decline in values but 22s to 23s may still be quoted with however a prospect of lower prices, as fat stock must now…
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Parliament has approved of the plans, sections, and book of reference, of a railway from Sydney to Wollongong and Kiama. Division, 51 to 11…
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WE extract the following from the S.M. Herald's report of the debate which took place in Parliament on Mr. Lackoy's motion (quoted below) on the 30th ultimo. The debate was long and…
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