Struck by Train. Seriously Injured
Lance McNamara (24) of Second Avenue, Port Kembla, was struck by a train between Flinders street railway crossing and Port Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
174 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 9
Local Govt. Roads Case For Commonwealth Assistance
"It seems impossible to drive home to those in authority, that unless substantial funds are made available to councils, either from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hit by Passenger Train Shunter Critically Injured
A Public Works Department shunter was critically injured early on Wednesday morning when he was struck by a passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Imprisoned "Mania For Stealing Motor Cycles"
A solicitor defending a 19-years-old youth at tho Wollongong Court of Potty Sessions, on Thursday of last week, stated that his client…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Sentence for Motor Cycle Thefts
Refusing an application by a solicitor for a bond to enable treatment of a 19-year-old youth by a psychiatrist, the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →No Money for Roads
"The State Government recently announced its intention to spend £300,000 on the Art Gallery," said Cr. Carter in an interview last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia's First Motor-ways Welcomed
Details of the Main Roads Department's plans for the construction of Australia's first ultramodern 'Motor-ways' are hailed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Need M-A-T-L-A
A long last motor cyclists have an opportunity of becoming a member of [?] that will fill a long-fell reed in giving him…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Headlight Glare Prevention Motorists' Co-operation Sought
During the next few months there will be a serious rise in the road accident graph for night accidents unless motorists co-operate in preventing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stolen Motor Cycle Recovered by Smart Constable
A labourer, who was charged at tho Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, with stealing a motor cycle from Wollongong on April 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shops on Jubilee Bridge
Ald. R. A. Brandon suggested to n meeting of Wollongong City Council last week that shops should bo constructed by council on either side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re Shire Roads To the Editor
A petition signed by fifty odd residents and ratepayers of McCauley. and Bath sts., Thirroul, was presented to Bulli Shire Council in October of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirroul Railway Institute C.c
The dinner and presentation of Thirroul Railway Institute C.C. was held a the Railway Institute last Saturday, and was opened with the National…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trespassed on Railway Two Fined
A railway [?]spector stated, at Wollongong Court on Monday that the fence between Coni[?]ion, and Unanderra stations had been cut a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Guard Dead on TRAIN
The guard of the Sydney-Kiama train yesterday afternoon, Marcus Graham (62) attached to Sydney Central Station, was found dead…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Aerodrome or Inner Harbour
Recently Wollongong City Council had before it a comprehensive plan drawn up by Civil Aviation authorities showing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Objections to Route of Proposed By-Pass Motor Road Keiraville Protest Meeting
A detailed explanation of the route of the proposed bye-pass or motor road from North Wollongong through Keiraville and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →By-pass Road Protest Well Attended Meeting at Keiraville
Many organisations were represented at a conference, at the Keiraville Mechanics' Institute Hall, on Monday night, which was convened to protest against the proposed route of a by-pass road, for which the Department of Main Roads has already begun the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stole Motor Cycle
Edward Charles Webb (22), labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing a motor cycle, valued at £156, the property of Raymond Charles R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Under Train—Uninjured Girl's Lucky Escape
A sixteen year old girl bad an amazing escape from death when she fell under a train on Friday night between…
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