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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport
51 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
SIR, âI hear that there is a great likelihood of a new road being made from Kinh river to Eden, and singular to say, that it will run away out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,âI see by your issue of yesterday that someone calling himself âStockmanâ says the new Kish road is 5 miles further than the old one; such statement is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sin,âWill Mr. Harrison have the goodness to show in a clear manner how his now road can possibly be shorter than the old ? Do not go to your special map, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,â As my name appears in Mr Harrisonâs letter to you, in the STANDARD of 14th inst., and as said letter will mis[?] the public in regard to the manner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Legislative Assembly, to-day, Mr. W. F. Martin, M.P. for Shoalhaven, asked: (L) "Do the Government intend to introduce any Raiiway proposals this session?"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yes, sir! the boy though but five years old and not knowing a death from a dot stands upon the company’s pay roll as telegraph operator, at fifty dollars per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Whenever I feel blue and disheartened” said a struggling attorney recently always go to the depot , and watch, the gentlemanly and sauve man in blue who has charge there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,âPermit me to make one more reply to âStockmanâ and Mr. Stevenson. I would have done so long ago, but I have been too ill the last 3 weeks to sit up in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE police that in Victoria the railway has been opened to [?] concerting that town with Melbourne and [?] towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have received the following letters from our member:—"'Department of Public Works, Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 13th March, 1888.—Sir,—I have to acknowledge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âAbout two month [?] the residents of Tanja, [?] and the Murrah were not a little surprised to the by your paper that tenders were called for clearing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE official opening of the new bridge over Broughton Mill Creek toot place on Saturday morning last, the 24th instant. Mr. Bloomfield, Engineer of the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SPECULATION being rife lately as to when through communication will be established with the metropolis by the completion of that portion of the Illawarra railway between Clifton and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KOSEI[?]KO being the [?] peak in Australia had a special [?] especially as it was a [?] distance from our quarters at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MARKET for Bark duff; supplies heavy and values lower; prime worth £7 to £8 5s, medium £6 to £7, and inferior to £5 10s per ton. Hide market dull; heavy 3½d to 3¾d, medium…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named McKay, who was travelling by the mail train from Sydney on Thursday last, attempted, on reaching Granville, to get out of the carriage while the train was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE railway policy was announced to-day in the Assembly. It includes the line from Eden to [?] LATER…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A few days ago Peat's Ferry was in a state of unusual animation. There was a tooting of whistles of various small steamers, a couple of trading ships anchored near fired,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SATURDAY'S Illawarra Mercury says:—The announcement of the Premier on Thursday regarding the continuation of the railway from Kiama to Jervis Bay was not as definite as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following letter by Mr. W. Lovegrove appeared in the S. M. Herald of May 13th:— “Sir—It would appear from Sir Henry Parkes’s speeches, and the interjections of the…
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