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Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Bridge Over Flatrock Creek

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 2

The petition which we stated in a recent issue was being largely signed by Shoalhaven residents for a bridge over Flatrock Creek, on the Nowra-Yalwal…

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Railways, Not . Ripe for Federation

Moruya Examiner · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 1

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the rail ways. In- this j…

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Road Work

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

TENDERS were opened at the Courthouse on Monday, for the following contract:— No. 42/98-9, Tathra to Tanja, 220…

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Mr. David Davis, M.P., on Railway Freights and the Mouth Coast Train Service

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

In acknowledging the toast of "The Parliament" at the Kiama Poultry Show, Mr D. Davis, M.P. for Shoalhaven, as reported in the Kiama Independent, spoke as follows:…

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Mr. David Davis and the South Coast Railway. the Service "A Disgrace."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

In the course of a post-prandial speech at the poultry show in Kiama. Mr. David Davis, M.L.A. treated exhaustively of the present inadequacy of…

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The Road Contractor and the Workman

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

In the Nowra Small Debts Court yesterday (before Mr. [?] McLaughlin, a stranger, [?] Montgomery for the recovery of £3 11s…

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Nowra to Yalwal Road. Proposed Deviation at the Gap

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

The member for Shoalhaven (Mr. David Davis) is in receipt of the following communication :— “Public Works Department,…

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The Road Contractor and the Workman

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 2

In the Nowra Small Debts Court yesterday (before Mr. Nisbett, P.M.) James McLaughlin, a stranger, sued William Montgomery for the recovery of £3 11s…

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Nowra to Yalwal Road. Proposed Deviation at the Gap

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 2

The member for Shoalhaven (Mr. David Davis) is in receipt of the following communication :— . “Public Works Department,…

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Lord Salisbury on Railways

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

AT the forty-first annual dinner of the Railway Benevolent Institution in London recently. Lord Salisbury spoke as follows :—…

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The Bengelaia Road

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

Mr D. Davis, M.P., has received the following communication in answer to a petition presented by him to the Commissioner for Roads from residents of Bengelaia:…

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Road-Making Machine

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 8

An American road-making machine was tried on Wednesday at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College in the presence of Mr. Valder (principal), the members of the…

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Kangaroo Valley-Berry Road

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

MR. LEE, Minister for Works, was asked on Thursday by a deputation from, the Broughton Vale Municipal Council to schedule and maintain the road from Kangaroo Valley to…

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The Kangaroo Valley Berry Road

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

Mr. Alex Chappell, M.L.A; and Alderman D. Davis, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works on Thursday last a deputation consisting of Aldermen…

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That Culvert on the Ben Deela Road

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

The following official correspondence has been forwarded us:— Department of Public Works. Sydney, 27th August, 1899…

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A Terrible Railway Jour Ney

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

The man who involuntarily travelled from London to Grantham under a railway carriage is interviewed in the February “Temple Magazine.” He says:—“I…

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Accident on the South Coast Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

A serious railway accident, fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred on Saturday last on the South Coast railway, about a mile from South Chiton, towards Bulli…

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Public Meeting. Indignation expressed at the protracted delay in opening the Wandella Road

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

The public meeting convened by Mr. H. J. Street, J.P., upon the requisition of the Wanddla Progress Committee, to express indignation at the protracted…

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Grant for Beach Road

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

MR. D. DAVIS, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Public Works Department,, which he has handed us for publication:—…

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Berry to Seven-mile Beach Road. a Big Grant

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

Mr. David Davis, M.L. A., has received the following communication from the public Works Department, dated 15th August:- "Sir.- With reference to your…

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