First Aluminium Bridge Opened
The port of Sunderland, in north-eastern England, now has the world's first movable bridges constructed of aluminium alloy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1949
293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 15
The Week From the Inside Fast Train [?]
A visitor to Wollongong during the holidays was discussing the South Coast railway service with a friend and mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Motorways for Britain
One of the many more or less uncontroversial Bills announced in the King's Speech, which which has been presented to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors & Motoring Price of Petrol
The mooted increase in the Ausiralian retail price of petrol, which at present sells for 2/8½d per[?]gallon in metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A London Letter Father of Railways
The lives of millions of people all over the world have been in-lluenced by the life and work of a Northumberland pit-boy, Geo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Run Over on Road
Police are investigating the death of Sidney Selway (53), a worker inmate of the Waterfall sanatorium, who died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious Motor Regulation Goes
mysterious motor traffic regulation regarded by experts as being totally unnecessary and quite extraordinary is being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Year Motoring Prospects
Naming the most important motoring objectives for 1949, the N.R.M.A. general secretary, Mr. H. E. Richards, said: "A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicle Breakdowns
Motor vehicles, both old and new, are breaking down on the roads in record numbers. New vehicles involved are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Insufficient Petrol Taxis Off Road
The city was without a taxi service on Friday afternoon and Saturday, because of insufficient petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Government Slated on Line Gauge Widening "Hideous Scandal," Says Ex-railway Chief
"The Act which went through the Federal House authorising the widening and unification of inter-State Railway line guage at a cost of £200 millions is the most hideous public scandal I have ever heard of, and is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steam Trains Upset Former Railway Chief
The terms in which Mr. W. W. Myers, retired Chief Electrical Engineer of the N.S.W. Government Railways, described a journey by steam train from Sydney to Wollongong to address a meeting on the electrification of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cannot Restore Train
The Commissioner for Railways considers that there is Insufficient traffic offering to warrant the restoration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Need for New Highway Prince's Highway Reached "Saturation Point" Declares Main Roads Department Engineer
The portion of Prince's Highway passing through Greater Wollongong has "reached saturation point" and it is now necessary to proceed with the construction of sections of the proposed motor highway, which has been planned for some time by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Higher Motor Tax Feared
A new move to increase motor vehicle taxation is feared by the N.R.M.A. Mr. H. E. Richards, general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong Motor Cycle Club
Monday saw a few of our club members venture to the Poplars course at Blacktown. The members were W. Morris, F. Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dangerous Practice To Fish from bridge over Crooked River
At the last meeting of the Gerringong Council, the Electrical Engineer (Mr. W. G. Dodd) stressed the danger in the practice of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coniston Railway Bridge
"It is with great pleasure that Coniston School Mothers' Club at last see work begun on the railway bridge at Coniston…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coniston Railway Bridge Improvements
It is with great pleasure that the Coniston School Mothers' Club at last see a start on the work on the Coniston railway, bridge, writes the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed on Port Road
A man was killed on Thursday afternoon after his motor cycle and sidecar collided with a motor car on the Port…
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