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  2. INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICITY

    One of the most important happenings in the progress of St. George in recent years was the advent of electricity, which has been a wonderful ...

    Article : 416 words
  3. HOW GAS FIRST CAME TO HURSTVILLE.

    The growth of the St. George district in the eighties, following the construction of the railway, led to a demand for improved lighting in the ...

    Article : 509 words
  4. ADVENT OF THE RAILWAY.

    The opening of the railway played an important part in the progress of St. George, of which Hurstville forms a part. The population of St. George ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 995 words
  5. Pioneer Railway Agitators.

    This is a reproduction of a photograph of Hurstville's leading citizens taken on the occasion of the opening of the railway line to Hurstville in 1884. Standing (left to right):--P. Tracey, C. Fripp, A. Gannon, J. Sproule, Thomas Leeder, W. G. Judd, Robert Pearce. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  6. FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF RAILWAY.

    When the railway had been in operation for twelve months a ball was held in the Hurstville railway goods shed to celebrate the first ...

    Article : 826 words
  7. DECENNIAL SUMMARY OF RAILWAY BUSINESS AT STATIONS IN HURSTVILLE MUNICIPALITY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 336 words
  8. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    An important factor in making Hurstville the influential and thriving business centre that it is to-day was the advent of the Hurstville Chamber ...

    Article : 404 words
  9. HURSTVILLE'S WATER SUPPLY.

    The first water mains in the Municipality of Hurstville were laid by the Metropolitan Water. Sewerage and Drainage Board, during the year ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 361 words
  10. HURSTVILLE POST OFFICE.

    The first post office in the Hurstville district was opened on 1st October, 1864, seventy-three years ago, at a site then known as "Gannon's ...

    Article : 219 words
  11. TEMPE-EAST HILLS RAILWAY

    For many years residents of Dumbleton agitated for an extension of the railway system to that area, either from Hurstville or any other centre ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 334 words
  12. THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

    The fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the railway to Hurstville was celebrated on October 15, 1934, various functions being held during the ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. HURSTVILLE STATION-MASTERS

    Hurstville Railway Station, which was the rail-head of the Illawarra line until its extension to Sutherland, seems to have put up a record with ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. ADVENT OF ELECTRIC TRAINS.

    The first electric train for the conveyance of passengers on the Illawarra Line was run on March 1st, 1926, and a full electric service was ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. MUNICIPAL LOYALTY.

    Great indignation was caused at a meeting of Hurstville Council in May, 1920, when a letter was received from two city men, one an M.L.C., ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. SMITHSON'S TOBACCO FACTORY

    Few residents of the present generation are aware that a factory for the manufacture of tobacco and snuff once existed on Stoney Creek Road, ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. UMBRELLAS IN TRAINS.

    Passengers in trains from Hurstville often had to sit with their umbrellas up when it was raining. These carriages were usually termed ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. ADDITIONAL STATIONS.

    In response to popular demand, as population increased it was found necessary to build additional stations to those erected when the railway line ...

    Article : 40 words
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