Motoring News and Views Paugeots Selling at Rate of One A Day in Wollongong
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 5
Since the showing of the first model earlier in January, Hicks and Company (opp. Commonwealth Bank, Wollongong) have been selling Peugeots at the rate of one a day…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 10
A charge against Gordon Ronald Baxter (30), Engineer, of driving along the Port Kembla Road, Wollongong on October 27, whilst under the influence of alcohol, was dismissed by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hesitancy on Uniform Railway Plan
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 3
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Federal Cabinet today decided to re-examine the scheme for the standardisation of rail gauges in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Fined £3 for Failing to Give Right of Way
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2
Thomas Hynd, of Kembla Street Wollongong, was fined £3 at the Wollongong Court yesterday for having failed to give the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Road
Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2
The road from Shellharbour to Shellharbour Station came in for some criticism at last meeting of Shellharbour Council…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2
Traffic became disorganised as a result of an accident yesterday afternoon on the Tom Thumb bride on the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Editorial the Air Conditioned Train
Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3
When the new air conditioned train was put on the Illawarra line in November last, residents hailed is as being a great improvement in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balt Unconscious Beside Road Near Steelworks
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3
A 23-year-old Bait labourer was found unconscious near his damaged cycle outside the Steelworks late yesterday afternoon…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 1
Four prominent golfers were injured last night when the car in which they were travelling to Wollongong for the South Coast golf championships overturned at the top of Mount Ousley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. J. Blake with Motors & Machinery
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 7
Mr. Joe Blake—who recently took up the appointment of Service Manager at Motors and Machinery Pty. Ltd…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1
Newly-weds Mr. and Mrs. John Blake about to enter a 'plane at Wollongong air-strip on the first stage of a honeymoon trip to Perth. They flew to Sydney on Thurs. after being married at St. Francis Xavier's Church in the morning, and boarded the 'Orcades' which left on Saturday. Mrs. Blake was formerly Miss Marie Hannan and was…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 23
Sir,—It is difficult to understand by what process of reasoning, the official mind justifies continual neglect of the basic…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →C.m.f. to Train at Singleton
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 5
A Third Ba[?]alion spokesman said last night the training areas at Singleton, when the battalion goes to camp on February 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Vigorous Action' Needed To Stop Road Fatalities
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More vigorous action would have to be taken if the wastage of human life was to be stopped, the…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4
Word was received yesterday that Mr. Arthur Hardwick, of 35 Scott Street, Mortdale, who was injured in an accident at…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3
Owen Isedale, of 36 Virginia Street, Wollongong, was seriously injured yesterday when the motor cycle on which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Derailed by Rain; Flood Warning
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Heavy rain throughout New South Wales today dislocated communications, closed aerodromes, and caused the derailment of a passenger train near Muswellbrook. A Solent flying-boat on its way to Sydney from New Zealand had to return to New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car and Motor Cycle Collide
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2
A small late-model tourer car and a motor cycle came into collision at the intersection of Market, and Keira Streets a…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5
Highway transportation reached a new high in the United States during 1949, with more than $3,000,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring News and Views Victoria leads way in reducing Holiday Road Toll
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5
Victorian drivers take honors for holiday road caution. New South Wales drivers go to the bottom of the class. Such is the situation indicated…
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