Motor Cyclist's Death
Last Saturday at Scarborough, the Coroner, Mr. R. B. Dunlop, J.P., conducted an inquest into the death of A. J. B. Dunn (29) of Sydney…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
303 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 16
Motor Car v Horse-drawn Vehicle
The extent to which the automobile has ousted the horse-drawn passenger vehicle from the American highways is revealed by recently issued Census…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors & Motoring
The suggestion made in some sections of the press that the petrol rationing plan was not bringing about the desired one-third reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Excursion Train for February
In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations wholly within the tourist area, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pedestrians Who Are Killed. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Pedestrians who were killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167 and of these nearly four-fifth were either over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Car Ran Off The Road. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road", and end with such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Vehicle Speeds
One important result of petrol rationing in the opinion of the. N.R.M.A. is a considerable reduction in the speeds travelled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Excursion Train for February
In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations wholly within the Tourist Area, there will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Car Ran Off the Road
Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road," and end with such phrases…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.s.w. Railways
For nearly 70 years after the arrival of Governor Phillip's fleet in Sydney Harbour, in 1788 trade in New South Wales was unassisted by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors & Motoring
The term "machine tools" has been used so frequently of late in connection with America's production programme to aid Britain's fight for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Help Your Neighbour" Motoring
A scheme has been adopted in England by the Minister of Transport, whereby motorists living within a 20 miles radius of London and who drive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways in Flood Time How The Safety of the Track is Ensured
The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience, while greatly benefiting the man on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shelter Shed for Tramps
The proposal of a ctiy estate agent to build a "Rest House" for tramps at Mt. Victoria, was received with very mixed feelings by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motors & Motoring News and Notes From N.r.m.a. Highways and Defence
Interesting opinions on the part played by roads in a nation's defence programme are contained in an article by Mr. R. E. Harper, Director of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Motor Taxation
The State Government, in response to N.R.M.A. representations, says that it is not possible to consider any reduction in motor vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overseas News Britain's Electric Motor Fleet Will Save 6,000,000 Gallons of Petrol A Year
Six million gallons of petrol will be saved in Britain this year by the fleet of electric vehicles which will be operating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motoring Industry
IT is an indubitable fact that the automobile is a necessity to Australia, and that anything which threatens and jeopardises the stability of the automotive industries and the economic efficiency of the Commonwealth's 820,000 motor vehicles is a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Resumption for Road
Waters, Parsons & Co. Ltd. applied for compensation for an area of land resumed for road purposes. Mr. Malor, instructed by Russell and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads to Jervis Bay Resurfaced
The N.R.M.A. Touring Department reports that the re-surfacing of the main road from Prince's Highway at Falls Creek, south of Nowra, through…
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