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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

109 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 6

Roads to the North

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

Considerable interest is being displayed by commercial motor users in selecting the most direct road between Sydney and the northern tablelands…

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Excursion Fares For Railway Travel

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 1

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but on…

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Motors & Motoring News and Notes From N.r.m.a. Battery Care

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

When laying up the car for a considerable period battery care is essential, warns the N.R.M.A. If the battery is in good order the following…

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Britain Scraps Whole Railway Enough Steel There for 384,000 Rifles

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

Britain is throwing a whole railway into the mobilisation of iron and steel for the war. Although It is an old railway, its rails alone will add to the…

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Noisy Motor Cycles

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

Riders infringing traffic regulations by riding motor cycles with noisy exhausts would be severely dealt with in future states the…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for…

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Water Supply Railway Agreement

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

At the Kiama Council meeting last week, the matter of the agreement to supply the railway with water was referred to, in…

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PARLIAMENTARY Suggested Motor Train to Mount Murray

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Railways Commissioner: With reference to your personal…

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Trespass on Railway Property

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 6

Harry Cahill, Claude Usher, Ray Lowe, Alex Sheppeard, Charles R. Luke, Albert Cahill, John Patterson, Stanley Spinks, Leslie W. Creamer…

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Wollongong Court MONDAY. (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Railway Prosecutions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 18

The following were each fined 10/- with 10/- costs on charges of trespassing on railway property:—Harry Cahill, Claude Usher, Roy…

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Local Paper Is Your Best Bet Says General Motors Corporation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

In a rodent issue of "Pointers," a magazine for the motoring trade, issued, monthly by General Motors Holdens Ltd., the big firm, under the…

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Motors & Motoring Sodium-cooled Valves

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 8

In the early days of motoring, burntout, exhaust valves were a fairly frequent occurrence and a source of trouble. Heat resisting steels and…

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Excursion Fares For Railway Travel

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 7

It is announced that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for February, but on certain days…

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A Bad Bridge "Worse Than Terrible"

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

Judging from reports made to the Gerringong Council at its meeting this week, the insertion of new girders in the bridge at Foxground came…

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Bulli Court FRIDAY. (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Railway Prosecutions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Fines of 10/- with 10/- costs were imposed on the following defendants on charges of trespassing on railway property: Samuel Docwra, Eric…

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Road Blackout Warning by Minister

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 3

The blackout of road traffic came into force on Monday night in all areas from the coast to the Great Dividing Range, and…

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Tongarra Mine Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

The need for a better means of access to Tongarra mine is demonstrated by the fact that it takes laden coal lorries half an hour to descend 1[?]…

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N.E.S New South Wales Control of Light on Motor Vehicles, Horse or Hand Propelled Vehicles and Pedal Cycles, on and From 2Nd March, 1942

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 10

Mr. Huntley, District Operational Controller, reports that the Regulations published in Gazette No. 28 on 20th February, 1942, amond…

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National Emergency Services N.S.W. Control of Light on Motor Vehicles, Horse or Hand Propelled Vehicles and Pedal Cycles, on and From 2nd MARCH, 1942

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

The Regulations published in Gazette No. 28 on 20th February, 1942, amend Regulation 1 of the Lighting-Restrictions Regulations and provide…

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Road Signs Removal Order

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 3

All road and direction signs, also any advertising signs indicating the names of towns, are to be" removed by Government order, the object…

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