Footway For Bridge At Towradgi
The City Council voted £600 last night for the construction of a foot-bridge on the Towradgi…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
794 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 40
A Motorists's Thanks (To the Editor)
Sir—Just a line of appreciation for the great kindness shown us by residents of Bulli, near Wharton's Creek bridge…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. — The Commissioner for Railways, (Mr. R. Winsor) announced today that on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wentworth Urges Need to Overhaul Railway System
"The chief difficulty with the railways is they are doing a job for which they are not fitted," Mr. W. C. Wentworth, M.H.R., declared in an address to…
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A drastic cut in their main roads works programme was reported to Shellharbour Council this week. They were told that the programme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Train May Run for A.b.c. Concert-goers
The Director of Music for the A.B.C. (Mr. W. G. James) outlined the A.B.C.'s plans for the 1953 celebrity concert series at the annual meeting of the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid-Summer Motoring Has Problems
The N.R.M.A.'s chief engineer, Mr. C. H. Napthali, offers some advice to motorists to overcome…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring News and NOTES New Traffic Rules In Victoria
Extensive revision of Victoria's motor vehicle regulations has brought interesting changes in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wollongong Motor Cyclists in Orange Grand Prix
Two Wollongong motor cyclists will compete at the Grand Prix races at Orange this weekend. They are Bill Morris and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Road Safety Council Warning
Greater automobile speed means greater chance of death. That warning to motorists was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Learn Traffic Rules "On the Road"
It's never too early to learn the rules of traffic safety. At least that is a theory being practised at many of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£50,000 to Be Spent on Road
Widening and repair work proposed to be carried out on the Wollongong-Port Kembla Road is estimated to cost…
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At its January meeting, the Russell Vale Progress Association decided to call on the Commissioner for Railways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOTORING News and Views "Stop" Instead of "Halt,'
In order to fall into line with other Australian States, N.S.W., has amended its Motor Traffic Regulations to…
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Greater Wollongong Council will make representations to the Commissioner for Railways for a train service at about 11…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Concrete System In New U.S. Bridge
A British method of pre-stressing concrete is to be used in the U.S. for the first time in the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suspended Sentence for Illegally Using Motor Truck
"I would not have taken the truck only I had had too much to drink," a man charged with illegally taking and using a vehicle had told him when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Guard's Leg Amputated
Doctors at Bulli Hospital last night amputated the leg of a railway guard whose right foot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Fined On Driving Charge
John W. McAndrew, of Victoria Street, Wollongong, was fined £3/18/-, with 12/- costs in Wollongong Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Useful Makeshifts For Motorists
All too frequently in the early days of motoring, drivers had need to exercise their ingenuity in devising makeshifts on the road; upon their success in that…
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