Dilapidated Bridge
Marshall Mount bridge which spans the creek that forms the boundary of Central Illawarra Shire and Shellharbour Municipality is in a very bad…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
303 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 16
Road Accident
On Saturday, Keith Newman (19), of New Dapto-road, Wollongong, was riding a motor cycle over the North Wollongong bridge, when a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pedestrian Road Accidents
The improvement in the general road accident situation last year, although not as great as was hoped, was not extended fully to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Are Country Motorists Reckless? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Although there were only 2,118 accirents in country towns and rural areas last year against 8,188 in the County of Cumberland, persons killed in those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Chief's Inspection Tour Mr. Hartigan in North-west
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, on his return to Sydney after an extensive tour of the North-western portion of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accident
All the members of a Shellharbour family were admitted to the Wollongong District Hospital as the result of an accident near the Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Night Train to Munich. Thriller at Cinema
One of the greatest pictures ever to come out of the British Studios has just finished a long run at the Sydney St. James, where it broke all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy at Berry Station Man Killed by Train
Charlie Kinnear was killed by a train at Berry railway station on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, a single man, 46 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Motorists' Cnr. "Carbon" Appointed Royal Empire Show Commentator. Show Memories
The Royal Empire Show from 7th to 15h April will be outstanding in many respects, chief of which is the tact that the Royal Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motor Accident Three Cars Involved
At the Wollongong Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.M., James R. A. Kale was charged with negligent Iriving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes
It is not surprising that there is an increasing demand for low-priced used cars in Australia when one considers that many tens of thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Where Men Are Killed. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
More people are killed on the roads of the country than in the whole of the City of Sydney and its suburbs, even though only one third…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where Men Are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
More people are killed on the roads of the country than in the whole of the city of Sydney and its suburbs, even though only one third of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motors & Motoring
A feature of the U.S.A. automobile business in 1940 was the remarkable expansion of used car ownership among wage earners of modest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Institute Dance
The fortnightly dance of the Railway Institute Auxiliary was held on Saturday night, when the music was supplied by the Melodymaids…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Wollongong -- MONDAY (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Compete with Railways
Arthur Baratta pleaded guilty to operating a nubile vehicle in compet[?]tion with the railways, without paying the tax and was fined £1 with 8…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tongarra Mine. Proposed Road. Council Discussion
There was a good deal of discussion at the Shellharbour Council meeting on Wednesday regarding the proposed new road to the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Work
The main road from Albion Park to Jamberoo is at present under repair. So far, the Shellharbour Council's plait is engaged on the section…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sign Sneakers Are Pests. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
There is a new pest on the roads. He has earned for himself the name of "sign sneaker", and he is the motorist who will not heed the signs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Mechanics' Examination
Mr. W. Hamer, foreman mechanic of Kiama Motor Works Pty. Ltd., who recently sat for an examination by the Motor Mechanics Certification…
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