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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

123 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 7

Visit of Railway Commissioner Metropolitan Fares For District Consideration to Be Given

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 October 1943 · page 5

The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, was in Wollongong yesterday on his annual inspection. At last night's meeting of the Wollongong…

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Record Year N.S.W. Railway Annual Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1943 · page 5

The annual report of the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, just presented to Parliament, discloses the best year's operations…

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Train Service To Industries At Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Public Vehicles Committee, the chairman (Aid: J. J. Kelly) reported: Since last meeting the industries at Port Kembla…

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Striking Figures Railway Commissioner's Report

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 2

The total of 237,441,277 passenger journeys made during the year on N.S.W. railways exceeded by 18,594,823 the previous year's record figure, and…

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Balgownie Railway Station (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 2

Sir.—The travelling public are greatly misled and much, inconvenienced by the fact that the Railway Department call the railway…

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Conference of District Councils at Gerringong Roads, Electricity, and Health Joint Action Advised

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1943 · page 1

Representatives of half a dozen district Municipal Councils, meeting in conference at Gerringong Memorial Hall on Thursday night…

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Bulli Colliery Overhead Bridge Contemplated

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 4

Bulli Colliery contemplates construct-ing an overhead bridge across the Prince's Highway at Bulli, to replace the present railway line which runs…

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Children Refused Transit On Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 1

On Friday last the .pupils of the Wallonsgong High School were given a half holiday by the Minister for Education (Mon. Clive Evatt)…

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Motorist Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 November 1943 · page 2

Keith Gordan Fraser, (31) of 276 Main Road, Corrimal, pleaded, guilty before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M. in Bulli Court last Friday to…

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Train Driver Saves Airmen V.A.O.C. Co-operates

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 10 November 1943 · page 3

How the engine-driver of a train in Western Australia co-operated with the Volunteer Air Observers Corps in assisting two airmen when…

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Railway Truck Robbed Near Coalcliff

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 November 1943 · page 6

A number of bags of beer, motor tyres and tubes and other goods were Stolen from the goods train which reaches Coalcliff about…

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Tom Thumb Bridge New Constuction

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 5

The Council of the Shire of Central Illawarra has arranged with the Main Roads Department for the construc-tion of a first class bridge on tho Port…

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Railway Services Curtailment Questioned

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Transport in the House whether it is a fact that the Commissioner for Railways has curtailed…

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New Tom Thumb Bridge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 2

The Main Roads Department is now constructing a first class bridge oil the Port Kemfala Road at Tom Thumb Lagoon in lieu of…

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Thirroul Railway Depot

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 7

The Railway Department has advised the A.R.U. that the Commissioner has approved of the installation of standard type drop pit lighting in the…

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Corrimal News Electric Motor Stolen

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 7

Sometime on Friday or Saturday morning of last, week the garage of William C. Platt, Main-rd., was entered and a lathe and electric motor…

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Commercial Motor Vehicles The Post-War Period

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 4

The automobile industries of Great Britain and U.S.A. are deeply concerned as to what is to be done by the respective Governments with military…

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Stealing Charges Against Railway Employees

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 5

At the Wollongong Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., Earle Murray Innis (23), relieving porter, and Stanley Ernest Brown (32),…

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Ten Charges Against Railway Employees

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 9

Yesterday at Wollongong Court Stanley Ernest Brown (32) a railway guard, and Earle Murray Innes (23) a railway porter…

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Stealing Charge On Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 3

At the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, Stanley Ernest Brown, guard, Kiama, and Earle Murray Innes, relieving porter,…

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