Motor Accident at Berry
A fatal accident involving the death of Stuart Stevenson, aged 11 years occurred on Saturday, just on the Sydney side of Berry…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
214 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 11
Main Road Board Horses and Reserves
It was reported at the Stock Board on Tuesday that men working graders for the Main Roads. Board, had been placing their horses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snake In Aeroplane
Flying at 2000 feet with a brown snake bidden among the rudder controls of his private flying machine, Dr Clyde Fenton crouched on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More About Road Machinery Motion to Dispense with Man and Horses
At the South Shoalhaven Council meeting, on Thursday last, the question of road making machinery was again discussed. The Clerk introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Interviews With Death. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
In the file of the Road Safety Council there are some amazing stories of violent deaths, and yet all of them have explanations that are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interviews With Death (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
In the [?] of the Road Safety Council there are some amazing stories of violent deaths, and yet all of them have explanation; that are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Buses in Australia
As a motorised nation, Australia ranks high among the nations of the world, having one motor vehicle to every 8.37 of her population, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes
In view of the fact that rubber will play an important part in bringing the war to a successful termination for the Allies, for without th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Creek Bridge Timber
At a meeting of the Cambewarra Shire Council, held some months ago, Cr. Butler, sen., asked to be supplied with a report concerning the timber…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Road Accident Car Overturns—young Woman Killed
A fatal motor car accident hardened on the Jervis Bay Road on Thursday night last, as a result of which Miss Rhoda Madeline Herlihy, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Deathless Easter. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
All road users and holiday makers are urgently asked to support the appeal of the Road Safety Council for a deathless Easter on the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes
The announcement by the Commonwealth Statist that Australia’s population has reached the seven million mark, and that the growth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fatality on Point Road
The District Coroner (Mr. Reuben King, J.P.) held mi inquiry on Wednesday last into the circumstances surrounding the death of Miss Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Child Accidents On Roads (By the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Conservation Before Scenic Roads
“We want water conservation before the construction of scenic roads and swimming baths; we want conservation of soil, extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There Is Motor Fuel in the Bush Charcoal Gas for Combustion Engines
Surely some more virile and resourceful attitude towards the future of motor transport in Australia should be adopted than mere…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Motors’ 25.000,000th Car
General Motors produced its 25,000,000th car on January 11, 1940. [?]s milestone in the Corporation’s history, reached at 11 a.m., had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”). ACHIEVEMENT
Thanks in a very large measure to the splendid support accorded to the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and the Road Safety Council by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Alterations to Train Service Effects of Coal Strike
The curtailment of the train services of the State, the effect of the present-coal strike, has been extended to the South Coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Real Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
The Question has often been asked: What is the moat serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more than 200 causes…
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