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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

227 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 12

Railway Fatality Killed at Helensburgh

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 3

On Friday morning last a man named Pierce Williams, 71 years of age, unmarried, and an old-age pensioner, left his but near the railway…

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Danger on Country Roads

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 3

That in many of the country districts carts using roads at night without a rear light of any description provide a menace to motorists is reported by a…

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Bad Roads Mean Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 8

The Secretary of the British Roads Improvement Association has prepared some notes dealing with the relation of road accidents to the lack of…

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Motoring Streamlined Cars. Radical Changes in Some Models

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 9

Some of the 1931 American cars will be so different in design to anything yet marketed in Australia, that the advent of these machines on…

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District Court Wollongong.—monday. (Before His Honor Judge Neild.) Motor Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

Mrs. Annie Duncan proceeded against Kenneth J. Turner claiming£400 damages for Injuries, etc., arising out of a motor accident on Cliff Road…

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Wombarra Motor Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

Archibald Austin proceeded against A. J. L. Linsdowite claiming £30 damages, as the result of a motor accident. Mr. Duncan appeared for the…

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German Motor Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 11

The bold experiment made by Herr Hitler in abolishing the h.p. tax on new cars appears to have brought' immense benefit to the German motor…

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District Court Wollongong—monday (Before His Honor Judge Neild.) Motor Accident £200 VERDICT

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 5

Mrs. Annie Duncan proceeded against Kenneth J. Turner, claiming [?]400 damages for injuries, etc, arising out of a motor accident on Cliff…

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Aerodrome Needed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 3

IN all civilised parts of the globe, it is now recognised that an aerodrome, properly equipped, is essential in any thickly populated area. For some years the Illawarra Chamber of Commerce has been engaged in the matter of providing an area in this district…

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The Early Days a retrospect In reference to Illawarra Railway Service

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 8

In "The Retired Railwayman" a publication devoted to the Interests of men who have retired from the railway service, the following interesting…

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Motor World "Motorists' Week" Ends

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 13

The N.R.M.A. has received advice from kindred bodies in all States of the Commonwealth that "Motorists' Week," which was conducted…

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Motor Cars Collide Man Severely Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 3

George White, of Bourke Street, Wollongong, sustained severe laceraled scalp wounds, a dislocation of the great toe of teh right foot, a fracture…

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Dog Menace on Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 10

An appeal to dog owners to keep their animals off the road is made by the N.R.M.A., which asserts that dogs which rush from footpath to bark at…

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A Sky Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 1

A motor car service "to the roof of the world" has been started in Soviet Turkestan. Engineers have cut a road for 500 miles through a land of…

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Road Safety Campaign

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 1

The first move in the great Road Safety Campaign in Great Britain has been launched by the Automobile Association. Millions of extracts from…

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Motor World News and Notes From N.r.m.a. First Aid Classes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 10

The Safety Department of the N.R.M.A. is of the opinion that every motorist should be qualified to render first aid in an emergency, and in…

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Keira St. Road. Special Meeting of Wollongong Council

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

A special meeting of Wollongong Council was held on Wednesday afternoon to consider a petition received from residents of Keira St. North…

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Autumn School Vacation MAY 11th—28th Railway Excursions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

Public schools will close for the Autumn vacation on May 10, and, so that teachers and parents may make their holiday arrangements well in…

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Anzac Day. Railway Excursions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

Attention is drawn to the official announcement that special excursion tickets will be issued from and to Sydney and other stations within the…

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Municipal Aerodrome. Mooted for Gerringong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 2

At the meeting of the Gerringong Council on Tuesday last, a letter was received from the Commonwealth Defence Department, sending particulars of…

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