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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 42

Lets Think About Highways Concl. Motor Transport Diverts Millions Of Acres To Human Food Production

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 5

THE benefits from motor tranport extend far beyond the functions of transportation. The United Nations Organisation has issued a statement that…

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Partisans Smash Stalin's 'Birthday' Train

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 10

UELZEN (East Germany, Monday (A.A.P.).—An East German refugee revealed yesterday that 25 armed Polish…

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Big Loads, Bad Roads Cause Bus Delays

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 7

Big loads, mechanical trouble and bad roads, were reasons mentioned for bus timetables not being adhered to by drivers,…

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Priorities For Steel, Power and Main Roads

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—The National Security Resources Board today began planning the readjustment of the public and…

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Reidtown and District Girl Injured by Motor Cycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 31

Last Friday afternoon Marjorie (Patty) Dickson, none year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickson of Towradgi Road…

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Fatal Skid On Wet Road At Unanderra

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 18

The driver of the car, Vladymir Pyrich, had been somewhat careless, in his handling, of the car, particularly considering…

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Commission Roads Criticised

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 13

A complaint against Housing Commission roads was made by aldermen, at the meeting of the Central Zone Committee…

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Bus Passengers Walked Over Bridge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4

Declaring the Gilmore Street bridge "dangerous," Ald. C. R. V. Johansen alleged at the meeting of the Central Zone…

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Junior Win Senior Road Race

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 10

Illawarra junior cyclist, Q. Fahey, won the second road race of the current road racing season conducted by the South,…

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Electric Light Pole Beside the Road Is Source of Danger

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 6

The proximity of an electric light pole to the bitumen section of Five Islands Road Unanderra, was referred to at…

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Hints for Motor Cyclists

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 5

A number of helpful hints directed primarily to the motor cyclist but equally helpful to the car owner. NEVER USE metal polish of…

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Fires in Motor Vehicles and Tyres

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 5

Nearly two million dollars in motor vehicles and equipment were destroyed by fire in the U.S.A. during 1946, says an Inter-State Commerce Commission report. Some of these fires the…

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Motoring News and Views Cook Strait Car Ferry Possibility

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4

The possibility of a "Bristol" freighter car ferry over Cook Strait, New Zealand, is discussed by the "Wellington Evening Post" in a recent issue…

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So you want to buy a second hand motor car!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4

I ADVISE prospective second hand motor, buyers that when you attempt to secure your vehicle you will need to carry a large bank roll, a supply of A.P.C., powders, and a line of business talk. When I recently decided to venture into a transaction of this nature I needed all three, for in buying a second hand car in the not excessive price group, it isn't all "beer and skittles"…

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Motor Firms' Grand Display of 1951 Models

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 13

A feature of Wollongong's Jubilee Show was the grand display of 1951 model cars and trucks, many of them being…

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Hints for new motorists

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 6

Some sound advice to new motorists on the subject of gear, changing is given by the Chief Engineer Of the N.R.M.A…

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£150,000 Loan Propsed for Insustry Roads

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 2

Representatives of the heavy industries at Port Kembla have conferred with the City Council, regarding a proposal to raise…

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Show Parking Pleased Road Safety Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

The car parking arrangements for the Wollongong Show, supervised by the Illawarra Branch of the Road Safety Council…

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Two Injured in West Wollongong Road Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 17

A man and a woman were injured on Tuesday night when their car collided with a crowded bus at West…

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Motorists Secure Bonds

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 7

In a number of appeals heard by Judge O'Sullivan at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday against traffic convictions His Honour found the offences proved, but…

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