TRAIN & Bus Collide Coniston Level Crossing Accident
Twelve passengers in a workers' bus, travelling from Port Kembla to Corrimal, had lucky escapes when the bus was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
174 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 9
Money Needed for By-roads
"In my opinion a further 3d a gallon should be made available by the Commonwealth Government from the Petrol Tax, and given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus Stoppage Threatened Improvements To Roads Wanted
A twenty-four-hour stoppage of all buses in the district is threatened for the first week of February if not effort is made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Fined on Two Charges
Leonard John Mitchell (27) pleaded guilty to (1) driving a car along the Wollongong-Port Kembla road on January 4th whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gloomy Road Position
Unless the Federal Government disgorge some of the many millions of pounds it [?] from motorists through the [?]trol tax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Road Safety Campaign
Mechanical devices are teaching hundreds each day how to keep death off Britain's roads. They are part of an instructive show for school children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling
The Wollongong Motor Cycle Club is in action again after the Xmas holidays and a large programme has been arranged for the new year—one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Service For Local Motorists
As with so many other things that we used to say "can't be done"— science has again confounded all our pre-conceived ideas, and this time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aerodrome for Wollongong!
There is still a possibility that Wollongong may have an aerodrome or at least a landing strip on the racecourse reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Inner Harbour Area May Become Aerodrome
A Public Works Department official advised members of Wollongong City Council, at a conference last week, that his department had no immediate plans for constructing an inner-harbour at Tom Thumb lagoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Complete Train Disappeared
During the German occupation of Holland an effort was made by the Nazis to transport the machinery from the world-renowned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Move for Road Works Policy
At Monday night's meeting of the Bulli-Woonona Progress Assn. it was decided to make a move regarding the formation of a road works policy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motors and Motoring Petrol Tax
The proposals for a better deal for Australian motorists laid before the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) by the Australian Automobile Association on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jumped From Train
Miss Edna Stevenson (19) of Main Road, Figtree, jumped from a train passing through Lysaght's platform on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towradgi Road Station
Despite the fact that twelve months ago the Railway Commissioners intimated that money had been placed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Realistic Road Safety
The N.R.M.A. urges the public not to miss seeing the M.G.M. short, entitled, "Traffic with the Devil," now being displayed in the current M.G.M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cut Grass or Make Roads
When the question of cutting paspalum grass in the streets of Central Illawarra Shire was discussed at a meeting of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jumped From Train Girl Injured
When a 19-years-old girl jumped from a moving train at Lysaght's siding on Monday she sustained injuries which necessitated her removal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Council
A branch of the N.S.W. Road Safety Council was formed at a public, meeting held at Wollongong on Wednesday night. It was also decided to form…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motors & Motoring Car Design
One reason why there is not likely to be any radical changes in the design and styling of popular types of new motor cars for a year or two is…
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