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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 20

The N.R.M.A. says that the bridge in course of erection over the Wagonga River on the Princess Highway at Narooma, to replace the power…

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Motor Cycle Capsize

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

William Kennedy, mechanic, employed at the Kiama Motor Works, had a narrow escape, form a serious accident shortly after mid-day yesterday…

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Boy Shot Dead. - Youth Killed at Wollongong. Sensational Motor Accident at Stoney Range. Boy Shot Dead. Accident in a Camp

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

The accidental and sudden death of Matter Charles Freeman ranks as one of the most pathetic incidents associated with the New…

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Moss Vale-port Kembla v RAILWAY

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 8

Although £781,980 has been spent on flic construction of the Moss Vale—Port Kembla Hallway, it is estimated that an additional amount of £390,859…

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Road Work

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 12

The work of cutting down the road and widening same at Reidtown, is progressing at a very rapid rate, together with the footpath being…

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Sensational Incident. at Cross Country Railway. Good Ambulance Work

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 11

Suffering from an attack of D.T's., Patrick Ryan, aged 40, labourer of No. 6 Camp, Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway, rushed into…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

The Netherlands Association for East Motor Roads is backing a scheme to build through roads devoted exclusively to car traffic. The plan is to…

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MOTORS & MOTORING 150,000,000th Tyre Made by Goodyear

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

Something of the remarkable progress made by the automotive industry and its allied rubber industry in the past few years can be gained from the…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 10

The N.R.M.A. reports that the repair work on the main western highway over the Blue Mountains, which has been in progress for some…

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Toll of the Motor Two Lives Lost

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 20

Two young men lost their lives in Wollongong within four days of each other this week, as a result of motor collisions…

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Tom Thumb Bridge. Repairs Started

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Tom Thumb bridge, near Port Kembla, is now undergoing repairs at the Wollongong end, the bridge gang starting operations yesterday…

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Serious Motor Smash at Yallah

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

On Sunday evening a motor car containing four, men went over embankment of the over heart railway bridge at Yallah under sensational circumstances. It appears that the car left No. 9…

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Motor Cycle Accident. James Bryson Loses Leg

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

As the result of a motor cycle colliding with a motor lorry on the Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow, on Friday last, James Bryson, of…

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Two More Deaths Results of Motor Smashes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

In the Wollongong Hospital last night two more men passed away as the result of motor accidents. James Townsend, who was injured at Yallah on Sunday, James Bryson of Corrimal, aged 20…

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Motor Fatality. at Nowra. Mrs. G. Woodhill Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

It came as a great shock to the friends of Mr. U.J. Holland, of Wollongong, to learn that her mother, Mrs.G. Woodhill, of Nowra, had been…

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Motor Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 8

A fatal motor accident occurred last Thursday three miles from Tumut, on the Adelong-road. A car owned and driven by Mr. Noel Harris, grazier, of…

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Breaches of Motor Regulations

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Wyndham L. Beecham pleaded guilty to driving motor car No, 45278 down Crown Street, Wollongong, at 9.30 p.m. on December 13th without having a…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

New York officials are becoming alarmed by the problem of what to do with motor cars that have outlived usefulenss. Recently the city…

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Road Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

Riding a motor bicycle on Thursday last, Ernest Cleall, labourer of the Main Roads Board, crashed into a motor lorry in Crown Street, Wollongong,…

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Safety on the Road

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

"There is a wonderfully human appeal in the doctrine of the road safety movement—unselfish and universal," says the acting-chairman of the…

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