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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

174 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 9

Deputation to Minister on proposed Express Road Special Keiraville Meeting Presses for Foothills Route

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 3

A special committee meeting at Keiraville on Monday night decided to send a deputation to wait on the Minister for Transport with the object of haying the location of the proposed…

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Motorist Fined

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 9

John Spears O'Brien, charged with negligent driving, was fined £2 and 8/ costs at the Helensburgh Court on Tuesday, by Mr. M. S. Meagher, S.M…

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Two Motorists Remanded

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 6

Two motorists were remanded at Wollongong Court on Monday on charges of driving under the influence of liquor and negligent…

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Express Motor Road Protest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 3

The Minister for Transport Mr. O'Sullivan) is to be invited to Wollongong to meet a deputation from district councils…

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Cyclists Losing Good Road Record

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 9
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Pedal cyclists were once known as the problem children of the road and once again they are tending to lapse into dangerous…

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By-pass Road Deputations To Be Arranged

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 6

At the request of the Keiraville Progress Assn., Wollongong City Council is to call a meeting to arrange a deputation to meet the…

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Five Injured in Motor Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 9

Five persons who were injured yesterday, when a collision occurred between a timber lorry and a car on the Mount Ousley rd., were all…

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"Corgi" Motor Cycle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 12

Mr. Ben Kay, junr., of Austinmer, created much interest in the various towns through which he rode last week on his "Corgi" motor cycle…

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Motorcycle Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 6

On the night of June 26 John Bryce Paton (20), of Prince's. Highway, Dapto, was travelling into Wollongong on his motor cycle. On the bend at…

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Modern Auto Camps The Solution of the Motorists' Accommodation Problem

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 8

What is to be done for the touring motorist in Australia? The question poses itself urgently as one learns that the number of motor vehicles registered in New South Wales is now well over 350,000, as compared with 329,000 in the immediate pre-war years…

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Railway Stoppage Averted Shunters Defer Action

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 10

A stoppage or shunters at Thirroul railway yards was averted at a special meeting of Thirroul sub-branch of the ARU…

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Search Continues For Stolen Motor Cycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 9

Wollongong Police are still searching for the 1946 Matchless motor cycle number UL 19, which was stolen from Crown…

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Motorists' Duty in the Bush

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 6

An appeal to motorists to protect the bush, particularly in view of the arrival of wildflower time during the present unprecedented dry period, is…

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Motorists' Duty in the Bush

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 2

An appeal to motorists to protect the bush, particularly in view of the arrival of wildflower time during the present unprecedented dry period, [?]…

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Railway Excursions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 1

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced this week that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at single…

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"Railways at War"

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced this week that the story of the part played by the N.S.W. Government Railways in…

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By-pass Road Protests

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 8

The Fairy Meadow P. & C. [?] Progress Associations have ad[?] Wollongong City Council they sup[?] the Keiraville Progress Association…

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Church Street Bridge To Be Demolished

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 6

The traffic bridge in Church st., across the Keira line, in Wollongong, is to be demolished as early as practicable, owing to its…

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Keiraville Bye-pass Express Road

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 3

Mr. W. Davies M.L.A. has advised Wollongong Council he has requested the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) to visit…

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