Platform and Shelter Shed, Railway. Platform Mount Drummond
From the Railway Commissioners:— With reference to your injuiry as to the construction of a platform anil shelter shed at Mount Drummond, near…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
216 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 11
Cross Country Railway. Alleged Pollution of Catchment Area
Mr. H. R. Lee has replied to the assertions of the witnesses that gave evidence before the Public Works Committee in regard to the pollution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Roads
The deliberations of the Good Roads Convention which has been sitting in Sydney this week, are of more than passing interest to the dwellers in country districts, and perhaps to no district in the State more than the one in which this paper circulates,…
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A party from Sydney, including Mr. Angus Matheson, were motoring to "Wyndang," Lake Illawarra, on Saturday night and were not for from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. a Road Breaker
Smith Street resident states:—I agree with Ald. Turkey, that the Wollongong Council's engine is a road breaker, and in addition it is a breaker of water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Callous Motorists
A valuable dog belonging to Mr. J. Morris, of Port Kembla, was killed by a car on a recent Saturday near Minnamurra, where a picnic party from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor 'Bus Troubles. Time Table to Be Observed
At the monthly meeting of Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday last, the motor 'bus service between Wollongong and Port Kembla came up for…
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Mr. J. A. Beatson, secretary of the Wollongong Citizens' Association, is in receipt of the following communication from the Railway Department:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor 'Bus Problems
Ridicule would have been heaped on the person who ten years ago forecasted that motor 'bus traffic would have developed into such a gigantic business enterprise as it stands for to-day. Still time has wrought the apparently impossible, and with this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of a Son. Railways to Pay £346
A verdict of £346 damages was given against the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales by a jury of four in the Banco Court on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motors and Motoring
The largest order for fire-fighting appliances ever placed in England for overseas delivery has recently been completed. This consisted of sixteen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Improved Railway Service
Mr. Davies, M.L.A., has received the following from the Department:—With reference to your further representations in regard to the provision of…
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The following is taken from the "Kandos Star":—Mr. T.J. Connors, stationmaster at Kandos for the past six years, expects to receive word at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarter Sessions. Wollongong Tuesday. (Before His Honor Judge Hamilton). Ex-railway Night Officer
Walter Lawrence Airey appealed against his conviction on a charge of embezzlement of railway money while he was employed as night officer at…
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The condition of the roads throughout the Municipality of Wollongong is a mater which should occupy the immediate attention of our Civic Fathers. That the amount of revenue at the disposal of the Council is totally inadequate for the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Bridge Over Minnamurra
The new railway bridge over the Minnamurra River is practically completed, and the first train is expected to pass over it this week. The bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Incompetent Motor Drivers
At Gilgandra Police Court a motor car driver's license was cancelled for an offence of the driver being in charge of the car whilst under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Motor Accident. Victim Fractures Both Legs
A motor accident occurred on Slacky Flat, Bulli, at midday on Wednesday, resulting in serious in juries to Mr .Jacob Jones, of Coledale, and minor injuries…
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On Monday the noon train had the distinction of being the first to cross the handsome new bridge that spans the Minnamurra, one of the most costly…
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The roadway from Shellharbour to Lake Illawarra through the Peterborough Estate is being, formed and metalled, the Council's road plant being…
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