The Origin of the Motor Car Interesting Address
Rotarian W. Larke, a member of the Sydney Rotary Club, gave an interesting address to the members of the Wollongong Rotary Club on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
323 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 17
Motor Notes News & Notes From N.r.m.a. Motoring with Difficulty
Drivers who disregard signals given by the operator of a car ahead of them should be severely dealt with, declares a statement issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Midsummer Madness. (Issued by Road Safety Council, N.S.W.)
A holiday is the average person's opportunity to get away from the job—from the office, factory or kitchen—to take to the highway and become…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traffic Regulations. Advice to Motorists
With the class for ladies now being commenced for Ambulance drivers under the National Emergency. Services, the following extracts from Amended…
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Motorist consider that the time has come for many improvements on the Port Kembla-Wollongong Road. The edges of the road are becoming worse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed By Fire at Cliff Road
At 9.56 a.m. on Wednesday, the Wollongong Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak of fire at No. 8 Cliff Road, the premises being…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Cycle Fatality At Level Crossing
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. S. R. Musgrave) held an inquest at the Court House, Wollongong, on Wednesday touching the death of Gerald…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes by "Carbon" Sunday Petrol Ban
The topic every motorist is discussing at the moment is, of course, the proposal to close garages on Sundays. It is by no means a new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Toll. Grows in Country
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is less now than…
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During the holiday week-end there were fortunately few road accidents in this district. Early on Saturday morning, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor of To-day. Ignition Coils
The materials used in the construction of an ignition coil are a soft iron core, a primary winding consisting of about 200 turns of insulated copper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Express" Road Proposed. Nth. Wollongong to Cross Roads Wollongong Council Opposed
At the meeting of the Wollongong Council last night, the Works Committee submitted a report with reference to an "Express" road which the Main Roads Department proposes should be constructed from North Wollongong to the Cross Roads. The proposal did…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Along Prince's Highway Two Motor Cyclists Killed Collide with Truck in Smoke
Bush fires have raged over many square miles on the ranges near the Bulli Pass during the week. As the result of a head on collision…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minnamurra Bridge. Proposed Footway
The proposal to construct a footway over the Minnamurra bridge was again before the Kiama Council at its meeting on Wednesday night, when a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Deaths in Country. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent of the fatal accidents are occurring outside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor of To-day. Octane Rating
Many cars are now fitted with a vacuum spark control unit or an octane selector, some being equipped with both. The vacuum spark control unit is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Train Services
Bulli Shire Council was advised at their meeting on Monday that in view of the growth of the industries in the Newcastle and Wollongong Districts,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Deaths in Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent, of the fatal accidents are occurring…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Notes
Although fires seldom follow motor collisions, there is the hazard of petrol being ignited in the event of a bad smash, thereby endangering the life of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Thirroul News Railway Institute Social Club
At the monthly social of the above held in the Railway Institute on Saturday, the gentlement's committee entertained the ladies. They attended to…
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