No Money for Main Roads
Shire Councils everywhere are vigorously protesting against the reduced State vote for Trunk and Main Roads…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
794 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 40
"Better Living Through Better Roads"
Keynoted by the Slogan "Better living through Better roads, the formation of the Australian Road Federation, Ltd., a national organisation dedicated to fight for better roads throughout Australia, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Double To N. Rogers
Norm Rogers won the Wollongong Motor Cycle Club's accelerated quarter of a mile yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist For Trial On Two Harm Charges
Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Petty Sessions yesterday, committed for trial Allan Francis John Knowles, of Loftus Street, Wollongong, on two charges of causing grievous bodily harm while driving under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist's Licence Suspended For Speeding
Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court yesterday suspended a motor cyclist's licence for six months for speeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor's Report Bridge Work Ended
In his report to Gerringong Council last week, the Mayor, Alderman G. E. Chittick, said that public Works staff had been concentrated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Committee Report on Road Surface
Following an invitation from a resident to the Mayor of Kiama and the Town Clerk to take ,their wives for a walk after dark along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist For Trial On Two Charges
At the Wollongong Court on Monday, a 23 year old telephone mechanic, Allen Francis John Knowles, of 27 Dora Street…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →M.p. Urges Big Railway Improvement Works
A programme of rail standardisation involving about miles of line over a period of three years is advocated by the Member for MacArthur, Mr. W. C. Wentworth. Mr. Wentworth, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Consequence of Road Economy
In his report to Jamberoo Council on Wednesday, the Engineer, Mr. Smee, foreshadowed staff cuts following the reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Road Is Worst In This State"
Jerrara Road was named as the worst in New South Wales by Alderman C. R. Chittick, Mayor of Jamberoo, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anger Grows Over Drastic Road Finance Cuts Call For State-wide Protest
Bitter feeling is spreading among Municipal and Shire Councils of this State as a result of drastic reductions in government funds available for main roads this year. On all sides aldermen and councillors are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concert Train Timetable
The timetable for the special train to leave Wollongong after the A.B.C. Celebrity Concert on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Some Odd Facts on the Motor Car
In several states in America it was found necessary to make legislation prohibiting the installation of television screens in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shift Worker Committed For Alleged Theft Of Motor
A 29-year-old shift worker was committed for trial at Bulli Court last month on a charge of stealing an electric motor valued at £170. Kenneth Oswald McCabe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOTORING News and Views "Buyers Market" For Motor Cars
Although a "buyers market" has developed in Australia for the motor vehicle industry, there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MOTORING 50 Years Ago Was motoring an aid to health?
Looking back some fifty years ago the car, or, as it was then more commonly known, the automobile, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Voluntary Help Wanted for Road Repairs
Reporting to Jamberoo Council on the road works which it was envisaged would be done in the coming month, the Engineer, Mr. S. Smee,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speed Up in Road Works Urged
In speeches to electors at South Coast centres, Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A. State. member for South Coast, has stressed the need for more money…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alderman Calls Road "A Disgrace to Municipality"
In a discussion on local road conditions on Wednesday at Jamberoo Council meeting, Alderman H. L. Fredericks said that Fountaindale…
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