"Error of Judgment" Motorist Fined
Asked why he had crossed the double yellow lines on the Pacific Highway on a blind corner near Mooney Mooney Creek, on January…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Motorist Blames Speedometer Exceeding Speed Limit
Asked why he was exceeding the speed limit on the Pacific Highway, near Mount White, on January 14 last, Thomas Smith said to…
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"I did see a 30 miles an hour speed limit sign on the road back a bit, but I thought it was only for that locality," James Douglass Bibby…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Don't Know What Speed I Am Doing"! Motor Cyclist's Admission
"I have no speedometer on my motor cycle and I don't know what speed I am doing," Keith Henry Fisher told Constable C. Swadling,…
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"I realise I have done wrong. The trouble was I didn't see the 30 miles an hour signs," Leich Dealtry told Constable C. Swadling, of the Police…
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Pulled up by the Police Patrol and asked why he was exceeding the speed limit along the Pacific Highway south of Gosford, John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Excessive Speeding Brings Fine Motorist Didn't Know Built-up Area
Charged with having driven a motor car at 55 miles an hour through a 30 m.p.h. speed limit area on the Pacific Highway, on January…
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Nicholas Arthur Bellis was fined £2/4/- in the Gosford Police Court on Friday for travelling at a speed of 44 miles an hour through a 30…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents to Children on Roads
Requests have been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council branches of the Road peal should be made to all parents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Avoca Beach Road Main Roads Department Says "Not Up To Standard"
The Department of Road Transport has informed the Erina Shire Council that it cannot consider the tar-surfacing…
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Our inimitable contemporary ("The Wyong Mirror") reports on road dangers:— "This week's Main Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Motor Fuel Tests In America
An interesting new motor fuel, known as liquid coal, is being tested in America, as a substitute for petrol, according to advice received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTERS To the Editor Road Transport V. RAIL
Sir,—I was reading in the last issue of "Fruit Culture" a motion which the Fruitgrowers' Federation has passed to ask the "Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Death Inquiry Newcastle Coroner On Bench
The Newcastle Coroner, Mr. Chiplin, will hold an inquiry at the Gosford Court House to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woy Council Health Inspector Assaulted Bridge Builder Bound Over
"'E was drumstickin' me in the face with 'is finger, an' shoutin' out at me so's I threw up my arm't' knock 'is arm outer my face, and 'e fell over. 'Ere, I says, leanin' down to 'elp 'im up. Mind, out, Mr. Blackewll, or you'll be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tennis Match Railway Team v. Woy Woy
An enjoyable tennis match was arranged by the Gosford District Tennis Association on the Railway Tennis Courts on Sunday between a team…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sequel to Road Fatalities Lorry Driver Fined
Following the deaths of a man and a girl in a motor accident on the Gosford-The Entrance Road, near the Tumbi Umbi aeroplane landing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wyee Road Work Shire's Share £1300
A deputation of four members of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council waited on Erina Shire Council on Monday with a request that Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quotations for Gravel Wanted by Council Reconstruction Of Roads
The Municipal Council's engineer (Mr T. M. Wilson) last Tuesday night was given authority to invite quotations for gravel on a yardage basis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Straying Stock Causes Accidents Road Safety Council Report
Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…
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