Knocked Down by Motor Car
Charles Duckett (62), Russell st., Balgownie, was conveyed from his home to the Wollongong Hosipital by the Illawarra…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 15
MOTORS & MOTORING Price of Cars
Behind the cabled report from New York that some of the leading American automobile companies are considering [?]…
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The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that all garages in N.S.W. will be closed against the sale of petrol, oil and accessories all…
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A 23 years old labourer, David S. L. Garde, was charged at Wollongong Court on Monday with the manslaughter of Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Not Observing Rights of Pedestrians
"I've experienced it myself," Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. said at Wollongong Court on Tuesday, when told by Prosecuting Sgt. W. J. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy Killed by Train
William James White, aged two years and three months, was run over by a train near his home at Kembla Grange…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Holiday Road Death
Although road traffic this Easter was the heaviest on record, this district had only one road fatality and five accidents where medical or hospital treatment was required. Police motor patrols were on duty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil on Road Causes Accidents
A motor cyclist was injured and taken to hospital and several other riders were thrown from their motor cycles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Train Boy Sat on Line
A two years [?] boy, William James White, of Prince's Highway, Kembla Grange, who sat down a railway line near his home on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Road Accident At Fairy Meadow
John Joseph Browne (16), of Bundarra ave., Wahroonga, died in the Wollongong District Hospital on Good Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tried to Jump From Train—fined
A man who attempted to jump from a moving train at North Wollongong, and a few minutes later was pulled from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Hogs Are Causing Accidents
Since autumn weather has lengthened the hours of darkness long distance hauliers have been increasing the dangers of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Who Made a "Proper Nuisance" of Himself, Crawled Beneath Train
Magistrate J. Fleeman slated and fined a man at Wollongong Court. last Thursday, who was stated to have used…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mr. Chifley "Passes the Buck" to State on Road Grant Issue "States Collect Considerable Revenue Themselves," He Claims
Just before he left Australia for the Empire talks in London last week, Mr. J. B. Chifley, in his capacity as Treasurer, signed a letter in which he refused to make Greater Wollongong a special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improvements at Railway Station Caution By Engineer
The Commissioner for Railways is prepared to grant the City Council the sum of £1,500 towards the cost of effecting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Excursions
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements have been made for the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorists Fined Crossed Double Lines
A man who was stopped by police when driving his motor vehicle on the incorrect side of the double lines at the Devil's…
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Failing to stop whon directed to do so by a police constable on point duty at the Crown and Keira streets intersection on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Offensive Words in Railway Carriage
A fine of £5 was imposed on Roy Walter Bailey at the Wollongong Court last Thursday after he had pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wombarra Fatality Manslaughter Charge Against Motor Cyclist Dismissed
On the afternoon of Saturday, April 2, 1949, David Stephens L. Garde, of Mt. Keira, was riding his motor cycle in Lawrence Hargrave drive, Wombarra, with Miss Annie Isobel Scott as a pililon passenger, when he…
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