Run Over by Train
The circumstances surrounding the death at Wollongong on April 21st, of Mr. Harry Matuschka, refreshment room manager at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
106 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 6
Trespass on Railway Young Woman Fined
Sylvia Sparks, of Coledale, was fined 2/6, with 13/ costs, at the Bulli Police Court on Friday, for trespassing on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fernhill Railway Platform
In furtherance of the campaign to secure the erection of a railway platform at Towradgi-road, Fernhlll, between Balgownie and Corrimal, for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality
At the Wollongong Court House last Saturday, the deputy coroner, Mr W. S. Musgrave, held an inquest touching the death of Harry Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fernhill Railway Station Mr. Hartigan in Favour
On Thursday Mr. Howard Fowles M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the North Illawarra Council to the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Crossings Provision of Warning Signs
The Illawarra Public Vehicles Com-mittee recently wrote to the Railway Commissioner requesting the provision of additional warning signs at railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-time Road Carelessness
Disturbing reports are reaching the N.R.M.A. of increasing carelessness of all types of road-users because of wartime conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Vehicle Parts
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists that, except in the case of reconditioned batteries or second-hand tyres and tubes, no permit is required for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wollongong Court Monday (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.m.) Motorist Fined
William Stanley Massey, charged with failing to stop to avoid an accident, pleaded guilty and was fined 20/- with 8/- costs…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Traffic Toll Up Bad Country Figures (Issue by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
In provincial towns and country areas of New South Wales road accident casualties have commenced to increase. In the first 3 months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Accidents
Why do road accidents to children occur? It is not because of juvenile fault but because of the neglect of parents and others in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illegally Use Motor Cycle
At the Wollongong Police Court on [?]day, before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., [?] Miller Elliott (28), wharf labourer, was charged with illegally using…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Road Accident
Two men were injured, one fatally, in a road accident at Figtree shortly after midnight last Friday, when a utility lorry crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rehabilitation the Road Back
To date much progress has been made in this district in rehabilitation, and committees have been formed in every centre. Shortly a central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Hartigan Explains Restricted Train Services
In a statement issued this week, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said that for many months past he had noticed in the Press…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Charged and Given Bond
At the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, Raymond Seaton Barbee pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. Mr. T. McInerney appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Restricted Train Services Mr. Hartigan's Explanation
In a statement issued to the "Independent" this week, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said that for many months past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along at track on the edge of a 30-ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death,…
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