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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Killed by a Train. Italian's Tragic Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

An Italian Darned Guilino Guisseppe met with a tragic death on the railway line near Scarborough yesterday morning. It appears that Guisseppe and…

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Railway Fatality at Scarborough

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 11

Yesterday morning a man named Gussoni Guiseppi (35), a native of Italy, was knocked down by the 11 o'clock passenger train to Sydney, and…

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Coledale Railway Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. A. Elliott) conducted an inquest at the local Court-house on Saturday morning concerning the death of an Italian named…

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Bulli Pass Road

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 11

Mr. H. F. Cotterell has asked us to publish the following, in view of the criticism indulged in in various quarters for warning motorists…

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Bulli Pass Road

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

At the meeting of the Bulli Shire Council on Monday evening there was much discussion in connection with the state of the Bulli Pass Road…

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Victorian Railways—A Bad Year

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 15

"The Deader" says.—Our railways are losing money at the rate of two thousand pounds a day! That may seem a sensational and extravagant…

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Motor Trip to Holdswotly Camp

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

Wollongong motorists were conspicuous by their absence in the motor trip to Holdswotly Camp on Sunday for the purpose of saying farewell to the…

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Bulli Pass Road

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

Our report of the discussion at the last meeting of the Shire Council, it is pointed out to us, did not make it clear that Cr. Cotterell's…

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Railway Connection with Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The secretary of the Citizens' Association has received the following communication from the Public Works Department:—"In reply to your letter…

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Motor Car Smash. Important Part Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

The average motorist has hitherto been haunted with the dread of the smash of some vulnerable part that could not be replaced, thus…

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The Mayor's Tramway Proposal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

The following is the minute of the Mayor, submitted to the last meeting of the Wollongong Council:— From time to time for some years…

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Motor Lorry Fund

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

A meeting was told in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening convened by the Mayor. Present: Rev. T. Yuille N. E. Hindmarsh, A…

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Mayor's Minute. a Tramway Service

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

The following minute was presented by the Mayor (Aid. Lance) at the last Council meeting:—From time to time for some years past efforts (hithero…

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Motor Car Smash. Important Part Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

The average motorist has hitherto been haunted with the dread of the smash of some vulnerable part that could not be replaced, thus…

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Motor Car Smash. Important Part Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

The average motorist has hitherto been haunted with the dread of the smash of some vulnerable part that could not be replaced, thus…

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Motor Car Case

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

Harold Cox, who pleaded not guilty to driving a motor car on the wrong side in Crown street on December 21th, was defended by Mr. Lysaght…

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Motor Car Smash. Important Part Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

The average motorist has hitherto been haunted with the dread of the smash of some vulnerable part that could not be replaced, thus…

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Motor Lorry Fund

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

On Thursday evening a very enthusiastic meeting was held in the Jamberoo School of Arts at which the Mayor presided and a local committee…

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Motor Car Smash. Important Past Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 3

The average motorist has hitherto been haunted with the dread of the smash of some vulnerable part that could not be replaced, thus…

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German Aeroplane in Africa

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

A German aeroplane shelled the British camp at Garut, Africa, one bomb dropped on the hospital lines, five into being wounded…

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