Road Safety
The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention during the 12 months ended 30th June, 1938, was 1,819 in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
413 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 21
Rugby League Country Champions Clash All Roads to Showgrounds Great League Fixture Ten Local Cracks Represent South
The greatest Rugby League attraction in the history of the code should pull a record crowd at the Showground, Wollongong, next Sunday. Ten Group Seven players have won their places in the Southern…
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Geoffrey Victor Wilkinson, aged 22, died in the Wollongong Hospital, during the early, hours of Monday morning as a result of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Old Bush Track Omitted the K -Feeling Father's Pulse -A Tactful Tramp -Cause and Effect - Golden Bones -Counterfeit Gold. Omitted the K
She was a bright, vivacious, young intermediate graduate, and she had recently secured a position as typiste and stenographer with a big retail…
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Engineers in motor manufacturing Centres are beginning to appreciate how important a factor is oil temperature in governing cylinder bore wear…
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At the District Court, Wollongong, on Tuesday, before His Honor Judge Nield, G. J. Timbs, of Dapto, claimed £30/19/3 damages from T. C. Edmonds,…
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As stated in last issue, the N.S.W. Championship Hill Climb meeting, promoted by the club at Mount Nebo on Sunday, May 7th [?]…
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The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention during the 12 months onded 30th June, 1938, was 1819 in which 115 persons were…
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Mr. Lloyd Dingwall, of Kiama, sustained a fractured hip and concussion in a motor accident at Unanderra early on Saturday morning, when he was a…
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"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure of…
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Speaking in Parliament Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., referred to the sale of 1665 acres at Port Kembla to the B.H.P. Co. Ltd., and asked the…
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At the Port Kembla Police Station on Tuesday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, conducted an inquest on the body of William Robert…
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It was disclosed at the Coroner's Court, Wollongong, on Saturday, at the inquest conducted by the Deputy. Coroner (Mr. S. R. Musgrave, J.P.) that…
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The members of the W.M.C.C. were very energetically engaged on Saturday and Sunday afternoon last preparing the track at the Wollongong…
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Lionel Vincent Wilcox was killed on Cobbler's Hill, Princes-highway, on Friday night, as a result of the motor car he was…
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Lionel Vincent Wilcox (24), of Wollongong, received fatal injuries in a motor accident on Cobbler's Hill about 11.30 p.m. on Friday…
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The death of William Robert Johnson (18) of Park street, Port Kembla, which occurred on May 17th, following injuries received when his…
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At Wollongong Courthouse last Saturday, the deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave held an inquest loncerning the death of Geoffrey…
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The Chief Traffic Manager of' the Railways has written to the Kiama Council, through the acting Director of Education, regarding the conditions on…
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