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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

226 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 12

At the Crossroads — Beware Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents…

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60,0000 Trained Men. General Motors’ Requirements

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

More important than machines to the defence programme are the men who run them realising the need for proficient workers to speed the…

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Road Accidents Decline (Issued by the Road Safety Council.)

The Bega District News · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 1

In the first quarter of 1641 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent, from 678 in the first three months of 1940…

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Road Accidents Decline (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 5

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent., from 578 in the first three months of 1940…

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Bridge At Floodgates Will Not Be Closed South Shoalhaven Council Agrees to Take Control

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 9

The notification that the Brundee Swamp Drainage Trust intended to close to traffic the bridge over the embankment at the floodgates caused…

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Road Accidents Decline (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 3

In the first quarter of 1941. road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent., from 578 in the first three months…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 6

The announcement of the Federal Cabinet’s decision to implement a plan for the production in Australia of efficient producer-gas outfits on…

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Railway Excursions in June

The Bega District News · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr T. J. Hartigan, has approved a general series of excursion trains which will he run in the second week…

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Road Accidents Pile Up Again (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 12

Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during last week-end. These are only…

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Railway Excursions for June

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 1

In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations within the tourist area, there will be an…

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Road Accidents Pile Up Again (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during last week-end. These are only…

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Road Accidents Pile Up Again (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 6

Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during last week-end. There are…

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Railway Excursions for June

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations within the Tourist Area, there will…

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Distraction Big Cause of Smashes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 12

Most of us can remember the time when motorists involved in an accident lost their tempers and heatedly accused each other of being the…

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The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”).REPRIEVE

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 14

My little “jay-walking” episode has ended happily, and I am now free from the shadow of gaol. Fortunately, the Police Superintendent of…

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Distraction Big Cause of Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 5

Most of us can remember the time when motorists involved in an accident lost their tempers and heatedly accused each other of being…

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Bega Court. Heavy Fines for Running Against the Railway. (Before Mr Harris, Relieving Police Magistrate.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 2

At Bega Court on Tuesday, Max D. Nobinson was fined 10s and 5s 6d costs for neglecting to renew his motor license within the prescribed…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 4

Before the war is. many months older, the chartering of oil tankers to bring to Australia adequate supplies of petrol, etc., to meet the nation’s…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of 31 a month,…

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Local and General Main Roads Gang

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 2

The main Roads gang have been a work [?]the week on the western end of Queen Street [?] material on each side of the…

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