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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Serious Motor Accident. Bulli Pass Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 13

The crash of the motor lorry, with 36 passengers, at Bulli Pass Road last Sunday, at about 12.30 p.m., was an unfortunate incident…

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Motor Car and Bus Collide

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 10

On Friday of last week Margaret Walton, of Balgownie, sustained injury to her right shoulder, as the result of a collision between a motor car and…

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The Unemployed. Debarred From Work on the Cross Country Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 10

The local unemployed are practically debarred from work on the Port Kembla to Mossvale railway, and the result has caused dismay in their ranks,…

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Purchase of Motor Lorry

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 11

On the motion of Ald. Macpherson, it was decided to refer the question of the purchase of a 30cwt. lorry to the Works Committee.—Tenders to be…

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Frightful Accident. at Wollongong Railway Station

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 11

Joyce Mary Honey, aged 12 years, a student at the Technical College, Wollongong, lost her life on Monday at a result of an…

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Motors and Motoring

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 12

The need for regulation of the motor truffle in this district is growing day by day. A motorist this week end brought under our notice his…

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Bulli Pass Motor Fatality Many Fortunate Escapes

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 11

One lad was killed and 30 persons more or less injured—16 of whom were admitted to Bulli Hospital—on Sunday last, as a result of being…

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Dodge Brothers Motor Body Work

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 16

It is characteristic of Standardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as fitted to Dodge Brothers products…

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Railway Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 19

The unfortunate railway fatality that occurred at Wollongong station on Monday afternoon, when Joyce Honey (14), of Kiama, a school…

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Lake Illawarra Bridge

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

The Secretary of the Port Kembla Progress Association visited the township last week to interview the members of the local Association with a view…

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Dodge Brothers' Motor Body Work

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

It is characteristic of the Standardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as fitted to Dodge Brothers' products, and…

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Report upon Inspection of Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

The Mayor reported;—Your Committee of the whole acting under instructions from last Council meeting carried out an inspection of the roads of the…

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Road to Macquarie Pass. Suggested Reconstruction

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 9

At the Shellharbour Council meeting on Wednesday, Ald. O'Keefe moved that the Main Roads Board be communicated with and asked if it is…

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Engineer's Reports. Motor Truck

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

The matter of purchasing a suitable motor truck should be decided immediately, instead of relying on hired trucks. A two-ton truck is really…

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Motors and Motoring. News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 12

Local governing bodies of New South Wales, says the N.R.M.A., are co-operating in an endeavour to have excessive speeding and record-breaking…

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Motor Lorries of the Future

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 12

A lecture by Captain C. H. Kuhne before the Royal United Services Institution, London, contained many points of interest for motor manufacturers,…

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Motors and Motoring. Huge Xmas Party Held by Goodyear

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 7

More than 10,000 Children filed past Santa Claus to receive their gifts at the annual Christmas party of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., held…

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Dodge Brothers Motor Body Work

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 7

It is characteristic of the Standardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as fitted to Dodge Brothers products, and…

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Radio Exhibition. Railways First Display

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 8

One of the largest and most interesting exhibits at the Radio and Electrical Exhibition now being held in the Town Hall (March 21st to 31st), is that…

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Port Kembla Railway. Unemployment

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 16

Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed at the action of the railway athorities in giving preference to Sydney men on the above works…

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