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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Motors and Motoring

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

The Hudson super-six car is rapidly growing in popularity in this district. The number used in the hiring business is evidence of this. Messrs. Fred…

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Bulli Main Roads Union

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 9

The men engaged on the Main Road re-construction work at Bulli are now an established branch of the Municipal and Shire Employees' Union. A ballot…

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Gipps Road Widening

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

The last Council, said the Mayor, authorised a scheme for the widening of Gipps Road to the full width of 60 feet. The necessary steps had been…

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Main Road at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

Progress is being made with the work of reconstructing that section of the Main South Coast Road between Bulli Pass and Bellambi. Excavation…

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Motors and Motoring. a Bold Excursion From Sao Paulo to Rio De Janiero

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 9

"A bold excursion from Sao Paulo to Rio"—that was the big heading one big Brazilian newspaper carried when the record between those two cities was…

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Main Road at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 11

The reconstruction work is proceeding. The placing of 8in. spawls and covering with 3in. metal is now almost completed on the first sub-section, from…

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Bridges on the Main Road

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Mr. SAUNDERS asked the Minister for Local Government,—Will he make inquiry as to the dangerous condition of some of the small…

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Main South Coast Road at Clifton

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Mr. SAUNDERS asked the Minister for Local Government,—Is it a fact that the Main South Coast Road at Clifton is very dangerous to…

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Narrow Escape. on Main South Coast Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

On Monday during the busy traffic from Kembla Grange Races, there was a very narrow escape from a serious accident on the Main South Coast Road…

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Hoskins Works. and Cross Country Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

Events seem to be satisfactorily shaping towards the consummation of the hopes that have so long been held in this district in regard to the…

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The Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

There has been an undercurrent of opposition in Sydney for some considerable time to the proposed cross country railway. We understand that wires…

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Wollongong Council. and the Cross Country Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

The account in the city evening papers on Wednesday of the Water and Sewerage Board proposal to enter a protest against the proposed Cross Country…

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Widen Hicks' Creek Bridge

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 11

He obtained all information regarding the proposal to have the bridge over Hicks' Creek, Bulli, widened, and submitted a sketch of the suggested…

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Holes on Main Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 11

Information was available that the holes on the Main Road at Cawley's Hill, Woonona, and near the Public School, Bulli, certainly required…

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Road Fronting Lake. and Belwarra Estate

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 10

Quite a number of communications were read at the Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday afternoon in regard to the roadway along Lake…

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Parking of Cars. On Cliff Road, Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 3

It is an old saying that great minds think alike. On Tuesday night the members of the Illawarra Chamber of Commerce, meeting at the Council Chamber…

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Crushing Plant at Bulli. Improvements to By-Roads and Streets

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. Harrison, Engineer for Bulli Shire Council, is very decided in his opinion that the best means of having improvements effected to the by-roads…

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Traffic Around Bulli Beach. During Reconstruction of Main Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 14

There is much concern at the likelihood of the Main Roads Board Engineer (Mr. Mack) having to divert vehicular traffic from Bulli Post Office…

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District Unemployed Increasing. Men Put Off Mt Keira Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 13

Mr. W. J. Cochrane, of the Wollongong Labour Bureau, states that during January employment was found for 138 persons, 123 privately—chiefly at…

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Cr. Woods at Bulli. Repairs to Main Road at Bulli and Woonona

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 1

Cr. John Woods is proving an active new Councilor, in Bulli Shire. At the Council meeting on 3rd instant he was successful in his appeal for temporary…

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