Woman Drowned-several Motor Cyclists Injured
A woman was drowned and several persons were injured in road accidents over the New Year holidays. WOMAN DROWNED…
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Collision With Phone Booth Cost Driver £60
Appearing in Wollongong Court on Thursday morning, Edward David Missingham, 28, painter, pleaded guilty to having…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—An official inquiry will be made into the drowning of 17-year-old lifesaver Mervyn Fletcher at the…
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An ambulance officer and friends of a boy who had broken his leg white swinging on "monkey ropes" under Sublime Point…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured in Bicycle Collision
When two push bikes collided at Towradgi Park shortly after 9 o'clock on Thursday night, both riders were injured…
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NO matter how painstakingly police prepare a case against a driver who has been involved in a motor accident in which a life has been lost, and, in their opinion the facts warrant a charge of manslaughter being made against him, juries are [?]th to return a verdict of guilty…
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Injured in an accident on the Prince's Highway at Fairy Meadow on November 30th, Joseph Cowperthwaite, of Daisy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Speed Cyclist Wins Appeal
Bobby Vidler who, after falling heavily while racing at McCabe Park on Saturday night, was fined £2 for riding a tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News in Brief Bob Hope Injured
HOLLYWOOD, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Comedian Bob Hope was admitted to hospital yesterday with a dislocated shoulder,…
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On New Year's Eve three motor cyclists were injured on a culvert on Shellharbour Road, Lake Illawarra South, near the Oak Flats turnoff…
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At the inquest at Wollongong on Thursday it was stated that Miss Joan Jardine (57), who was discovered drowned in the sea off Coniston Beach on New Year's Day, had attended a New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argue Brothers' Quick Action Averts Drowning at Austinmer
Answering a telephone call for assistance, Colin, Robbie and Errol Argue dashed a quarter of a mile by car to Austinmer Beach…
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One man was killed and several others injured in motor accidents which occurred in the Illawarra…
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At an inquest at Wollongong last Friday, it was stated that the rider of a motor cycle who met his death on the Port Kembla…
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Kala Mian, 36, a sailor on the s.s. Hazelbank, at No, 4 jetty, Port Kembla, was hit by a flying chain on the ship yesterday…
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At the Coronor's Court, Wollongong, yesterday, it was revealed that the rider of a motor cycle knocked down and fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speedway Rider Killed; Two Injured
SYDNEY, Friday. — Ray Dugan, 32, was killed at a speedway meeting at the Sydney Sports. Ground tonight…
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A finding of accidental death was ...returned ...by ...the ...Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) at the conclusion of an inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Keiraville Fatality "Accidental Death" Says Coroner
An elderly man who received fatal injuries whilst walking along Gipps Road, Keiraville just after midnight on Xmas Eve, on his way to attend Xmas Mass, had impaired eye sight and faulty…
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William Jefferd, aged 72, of Princes Highway, Unanderra, was knocked down by a motor car at Unanderra about…
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