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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

323 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 17

Motor Cycling Wollongong Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Geoff Martin, the well known club member who went to England with Aub. Lawson as his mechanic, when he went there to race on the dirt…

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Tuesday a Motor Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 11

David Adie, carpenter, of Balgownie, sued Doris Schubert for an amount of £36/8/l damages, arising out of a motor collision…

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A Motor Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 20

David Adie, for whom Mr. A. G. Higgins appeared, claimed £30/8/1, from Mrs Doris Schubert, as a result of a motor collision at the…

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Open Road is Danger. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 4

On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…

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Opening of the Kiama Railway. IN 1887

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 1

With the present cutting-down of the railway service to and from Kiama on account of the coal strike, it is interesting to recall tile opening of the…

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Car Overturns On Appin Road

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

Olga Muriel Hodgkson, 85 New South Head Road, Edgecliff, was admitted to Bulli Hospital on Sunday afternoon with concussion and…

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Wollongong to Port Kembla Railway Cessation of Work

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 3

In Parliament, Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A. asked if the Minister for Transport would indicate to the House whether or not it is a fact that the duplication…

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Motor Cycling Wollongong Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

The long wanted and very welcome rain fall is just what was required to put Parmenter's quarry hill, Corrimal, in perfect condition for the motor…

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50 Railway Trucks Burnt On Bulli Jetty

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 9

Fifty empty coal hoppers, the property of the A.I.S. company on the railway line leading to the Bulli jetty were destroyed by fire…

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Motor Cycling

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

Tho very welcome rainfall is just , that was required to put Parment's Quarry hill, Corrimal in perfect condition for the Motor Cycle Hill…

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These Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 2

Most unusual accident of the month is the of injuries caused to a women through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…

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Open Road Is Danger (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 13

On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…

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Motor Cycling Championship Hill Climb Huge Success

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

Favoured once more with wonderful weather the members of Wollongong M.C.C. promoted the motor cycle hill climb…

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Motor Drivers Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 20

Walter Harry Birch, of Kogarah, was fired £3 with 8/- costs on a charge of negligent driving. Sergt. Kennedy said on Feb. 1st…

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Motor Mishaps

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 14

Two motor cars were extensively damaged in a head on collision opposite Barton's garage at Fairy Meadow yesterday afternoon. On…

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Parents Cause Deaths? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 4

Parents, more than any others, could have helped in preventing most of these accidents:— Children under seven years of age…

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News and Notes From N.r.m.a. New Road to Kanangra Walls

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 11

An inspection of the new road to Kanangra Walls was carried put recently by an officer pf the N.R.M.A. To reach Kanangra Walls the Great…

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Motor Cycling

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

The members of the Wollongong Motor Cycle Club had a day to themselves last week-end, to enable them to prepare for the forthcoming…

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Motors & Motoring

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 11

As the important subject of financing Australia's importations of petrol is much in the limelight at present, some details as to exactly what…

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