Britain's Railways All Steel Carriages
A new type of passenger coach is being designed for the railways of Britain. It is made entirely of steel and can be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1949
293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 15
Britain's Railway Workers Create Record
Men working for British Railways have just created a record in track reconstruction. During 1948, they renewed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Motorist Dies
Mr. Robert Sheppard (29), of Stanhope St. Woonona, died in St. George Hospital last Friday. Mr. Sheppard was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From Train Only Slight Injuries
A man who fell from the 9 a.m. train to Sydney near Bulli on Sunday morning escaped with only slight injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorcyclist Injured
Suffering from abrasions to his legs, arms and body a motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to the Wollongong District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Silly Piece of Riding" Motor Cyclist's. Explanation
A motor cyclist who rode at 45 m.p.h. four feet on the incorrect side of the roadway on the Lawrence Hargrave drive,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Motor Cycles
The City Council will draw police attention to the noise caused by motor cyclists on the Prince's Highway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Work At Shellharbour
At the meeting of Shellharbour Council last week, the Engineer (Mr. S. Smee) reported that the following road works had been attended to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash At Kiama No One Injured
On Saturday night last the workmen's train bringing shift workers home from Port Kembla collided with a goods train standing in Kiama…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Fined
John Noel Shiels, labourer, was fined f3 with 10/- court costs at Wollongong Court last week, after he had pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Works Authorised
The following programme of works was adopted by Kiama Council to be carried. out during the next four weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World
Declaring that absence of an official left-turn signal confuses motorists, the N. R. M. A. has decided to ask the Government to amend the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pensioners' Train Fares
A reply to a request for the extension of the old age and invalid pensioners' metropolitan rail concessions to the City of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Como Bridge (To the Editor)
Sir.—A few months ago there was a good deal of publicity given to the electrification of the South Coast Line from Sutherland to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train Accommodation Overcrowding Until New Rolling Stock Received
First class accommodation on trains on the Illawarra line is sufficient to meet the demand, and the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Staggering on Road "Not Uncommon" Says Detective
"It was not an uncommon practice to see men from the Waterfall Sanatorium staggering about on the Prince's Highway and even lying asleep on the roadway after being at the hotels, Det. Anderton said at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Didn't Know He Was Speeding While Doing 62 m.p.h
A motor cyclist, who allegedly crossed four intersections at a speed of 62 miles per hour while carrying a female pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Road
M. E. Staples told Gerringong Council last week he didn't know what Werri Beach residents were growling about. "Their road might…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist in Trouble No License for 12 Months
Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. fined a motor cyclist £10 and disqualified him from holding a license for 12 months after he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Additional Train On Friday Nights
The Department of Railways has filled a long felt want by placing an additional train on this line on Friday nights…
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