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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 15

Five Islands Road Reconstruction Reclassification of Main Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 8

The base of Five Island Road was so shattered that the re-sheeting would not provide any permanency of construction, was the opinion expressed at a conference between the Works Committee of the City…

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Elder St. Bridge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 7

The City Council will advise the Commissioner for Railways that it is willing to carry out the work of forming the…

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Council Wants Bridge Toll Abolished

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 2

The City Council will ask all councils south of George's River to petition the Federal Government to pay off the…

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Damage by Buses to Country Roads

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 27

The Local Government Association of N.S.W. intends approaching the Minister for Transport on the question of…

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Wollongong Railway Approaches Work Deferred

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

Work on the approach to the eastern side of Wollongong railway station will be deferred, pending the finalisation of…

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To the Editor Railway Travelling Facilities. (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 11

Sir,—During the past few week many travellers to the City, by train, have commented on the slow pace of the train when passing…

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Drinking in Railway Carriage

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 28

Four young men were charged at Bulli Court last Friday with trespassing on the railways. They were Noel Victor Alexander…

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Train Restored to Week-end Service

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 13

The Department of Railways has announced that one train has been restored to the Illawarra week-end service from Pt. Kembla to Sydney…

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Light and Dark in Road Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 9

Night accidents on the roads, which always are higher in winter than in summer, are increasing still further this year because of the…

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6d. Toll on Tom Ugly's Bridge Wasting Petrol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 21

The Greater Wollongong City Council decided last week approach "all councils south of Tom Ugly's bridge", to join in a concerted move to have the 6d. bridge toll on the bridge abolished…

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Motorists Fined Traffic Breaches

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

Three motorists were fined at the Wollongong Court on Monday for having glaring headlights and were each fined £1…

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Two Charges Motorist Fined

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 10

Charged with negligent driving and tailing to stop after an accident, Lyle Malcolm Davis appeared before Mr. J. Fleeman,…

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Motorists Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 6

On charges of negligent driving and failing to stop after an accident, a motorist was ordered to pay £7 in fines and costs at…

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Port Kembla News £2,650 Bridge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 8

It is proposed to spend £2,650 to erect a bridge over the Wollongong-Port Kembla road to accommodate double - decker…

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Railways Institute Eisteddfod

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 9

The secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas) advises that the 21st Annual Railways Institute Eisteddfod will be held…

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"Bush Roads" Commission Sudivision

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 9

In one subdivision the Housing Commission was putting down roads, which could only be described as bush roads, Ald. L…

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Not Even Metal on Commission Roads

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

The Housing Commission is not even putting metal on roads it constructs when it opens up new housing subdivisions, it was…

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Photographs Taken to Check on Road Damage

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

The City Council has had photographs taken of all sealed roads which will be traversed by lorries transporting sand for the A.L & S. Ltd's. project of reclaiming portion of Tom Thumb Lagoon…

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Collision on Bridge May Lead to Action Against Council

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

A solicitor intimated in court last Thursday he intended to recommend that his client take certain legal action against the City of Greater Wollongong Council. The solicitor, Mr. R. Watson…

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Council Not Cyclist to Blame for Road Accident!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 21

A solicitor at Wollongong Court last Thursday defending a charge of negligent driving against a motor cyclist told the S.M. that the real defendant was not his client, whose motor cycle struck a pothole, but the…

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