I Alleged Embezzlement by Railway Official
At Bulli Court on Tuesday, Percy William Riach was charged with em-bezzling the sum of elevenpence while employed as night officer at Bulli, on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
246 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 13
Kembla Heights Motor Fares
At the Centra Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday the Health Inspector submitted a long report on the motor ear service to Port Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Via the Lake Entrance
The proposal to open up a road to the Lake Entrance and to instal a punt there has met with opposition in some quarters, the logic of which one cannot comprehend. The idea seems to be that the construction of such a road would be detrimental to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape. Motor Car Somersaults
Several passengers in a Studebaker car had a miraculous escape from serious injury on the Main South Coast Road, near Yallah railway station on…
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The appalling number of motor accidents that are recorded almost daily directs attention to the fact that the time has arrived when it stricter control should be exercised over motor traffic, more particularly in regard to the question of speed and cureless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unlicensed Motor Bike
W. J. Lynch pleaded guilty to riding a motor bike without being the holder of a license. Constable Featherston gave evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirroul Railway Institute. Annual General Meeting
The annual meeting was held in the Institute on Monday, 18th February. Mr. C. J. Williams occupied the chair. The annual report submitted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Stolen
On Tuesday Mr. J. W. Ballantyne, of Upper Crown Street, Wollongong, reported to the police that his motor car had been stolen from the back of his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Construction of Roads
The Department of Works and Railways advises the Hon. Austin Chapman an under:— "With reference to your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in Railway Traffic
The frequent ventilation of the many grievances associated with the railway passenger service in this district is the only means of hoping in the end to have them remedied, and the growing population of all South Coast districts catered for in a measure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors & Motoring. a Million Cars
One million cars built and sold in the first nine years and eleven days of production. This is the latest achievement of Dodge Brothers, Detroit, who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Cases
Harold Anderson for travelling between Woonona and Bulli on February 2nd, without previously paying his fare, and with intent to defraud the…
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Guard Tom Lloyd who has been attached to Thirroul for many years has been transferred to Sydney. Guard Stan Walker, Wollongong, who…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wombarra Railway Station
The secretary of the Wombarra Progress Association, Mr. J. B. Benny, has been notified by Mr. W. J. Morris that the Railway Commissioners have…
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Mrs. Kappler, wife of guard Kappler, Thirroul, met with a severe accident to her face on Tuesday night, when travelling with her husband in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Port Kembla Railway Station Masked Increases
[?] appreciable increase in the tonage and revenue at Port Kembla sta[?] for the months of February, 1923, 192,respectively, is revealed in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulli Court. TUESDAY. Railway Offences
Harold Anderson, William Dixon, and William Hilton, were each convicted of travelling without paying fares, and fined each £1, costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aldermen Disagree. As to Hire of Motor Car for Inspecting Roads
At the Shollharbour Council mooting on Wednesday last an Hem of £5 in the accounts for motor car hire aroused si great deal of discussion. The car…
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Mr. W.J. Kitchen was in the district last week arranging for agencies for the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., and Messrs. Ford and Smith, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Handy Booklet. Motor Tours in N.s.w
As so many of our district folk travel on tyres nowadays, with the number daily increasing until the buggy and sulky threaten to become as…
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