Motorist Fined on Three Charges
Fines, costs and witness' expenses totalled £12/8/6 were imposed at Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 15
Letters to the Editor the Railway Service. (To the Editor)
Sir,—The new Railway timetable, is now on sale to the public, and it is astounding to see that no improvement has been…
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The new air conditioned Sydney-Nowra express, which commenced its regular daily service on Monday, will be…
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Scores of people lined the platform at Wollongong railway station on Monday morning to witness the arrival of the new air-conditioned, Sydney-Nowra train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council not prepared to fight on roads question Bus Employees' President Declares
"We don't think the Greater Wollongong City Council is prepared to put up a fight on the question of maintaining roads on the sand route at Port Kembla, so we've come to the conclusion that we're going to do something about it ourselves," the president of the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong's "Dirty, Slow" Rail Service— Council Discusses New Air-conditioned Train
Greater Wollongong has the "rottenest, dirtiest, slowest" train service in New South Wales, according to Ald. R. Brandon, at Wednesday, night's City Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Ultra - Modern Motor Showrooms
To-day, the South Coast Tyre and Retreading Co., a Division of Dwyer's Garage), opens to the pubic its new, modern American-designed showroom. Twenty-six years ago Dwyer's Garage was known as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Miss on Slacky Flat
Motor cyclists will not be permitted to use the Slacky Flat trotting track for racing "at present."…
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We have been advised by Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A., that a grant of £1,580 has been made available to the Gerringong Municipal Council by the…
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At the last meeting of the Port' Kembla—Wollongong State Electoral Council of the Australian Labour Party, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bad Motoring Manners Cause Road Accidents
DISPLAY OF DISCOURTESY and bad manners by motorists is responsible for a large percentage of road accidents now occurring, in the opinion of the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. Mr. H. E. Richards. N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spend on Roads Not Footpath Competitions (To the Editor)
Sir, In your issue of 21st Nov., you state that the sum of £111 was paid to resident in various arts of the city during last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buses Again Use the Springhill Road Route
Buses resumed running along the Springhill road route past Lysaghts works on Sunday, following a joint inspection by representatives of the Bus Employees Union, South Coast Labour Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Traveller on New Train's First Run Compares Conditions in 1891
On Monday, November 28th the new South Coast daylight Express had its inauguarl run. Bruce Etheredge and technician, Max Frew, travelled on this train and made very interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pedestrian Struck by Motor Cycle
A man knocked down on the Prince's Highway, Fairy Meadowy a motor cycle last Wednesday light, was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Port Kembla Man Attends Motor Convention
Port Kembla garage proprietor, Mr. F. C. Maywald, recently attended a York Motors distributors' convention in Adelaide. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning on Heat-wave Motoring
The onrush of summer is causing many cars to be held up by vapour lock, according to N.R.M.A. engineers. They say that excessive heat causes petrol in the fuel line to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorcore Radiator Coy. Is W'gong's Latest Service
A new service has been provided for South Coast motorists with the establishment of the Motorcore Radiator Company in Burelli Street, Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclists Injured
When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a horse on the Main Road, Dapto, early yesterday morning, Robert Lewis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Traffic Counts Wanted By Main Roads Dept
The Department of Main Roads has asked the Greater Wollongong City Council to [?]ake a traffic count…
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