1950 Record Year For Road Accidents
SYDNEY, Monday.-Death on New South Wales roads in 1950 took the lives of 627 people, the greatest number in the history of the State. More than 10,000 were injured in road accidents…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 42
Road Deaths "Appalling"
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The killing of 628 and injuring of more than 10,000 people on the roads during 1950…
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Commending Greater Wollongong citizens for their caution on the roads over the Christmas and New Year holiday periods…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A new scheme for motor lorries will operate from January 8 for the carriage of goods in the south…
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A MOTORIST touring in the west coast State of California, in the Un[?]ed States, stops his car in a…
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The N.R.M.A. estimates that thousands of motorists will have slept in their cars or on die roadside during the festive season. "Faced with the greatest…
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An employee of Greater Wollongong Council, Leslie Chilby, aged 50, of 6 William Street, Bulli collapsed and died on…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Motorists and Daylight Fogs
During daylight fogs, motorists often switch their lights on with the idea of making their vehicles more conspicuous to other drivers. Tests have been made by Britain's Road Research Laboratory…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — Eleven people were injured, one seriously, when the Gympie Express crashed into the rear…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A scheme to train civilians for the building industry should be introduced by the Federal…
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BAD ROADS — those with bad surfaces and those that have deteriorated to such an extent that they are no longer suited to the traffic they have to carry — are too many in number along the coastal areas, and unless there is an immediate move to…
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Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, has advised South Coast State Member, Mr. J. Beale, M.L.A that the Transport Department consider that carriages operating on the Nowra line are kept in the cleanest condition possible and the staff available at…
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An order valued at more than our million dollars for British cars—one of the largest single dollar orders for cars ever…
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One man was killed and a motor cycle and a car destroyed by fire in a collision on the Prince's Highway, near the Panorama Hotel, yesterday afternoon…
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LISMORE, Sunday.-A motor cyclist from Port Kembla was fined £10 at Lismore for driving while under the influence of…
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On opening any Monday morning paper, one reads of the alarming number of road accidents in which motor cycles are involved. Looking through these reports…
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Emily Post possibly better known for her books on general etiquette added yet another book to her list of what is and what is NOT to be to done entitled "Motor Manners". Some of the suggestions for good manners on the road are…
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Judging by the number of cars on the roads to-day, with a definite uncared for appearance many motorists must not be aware of the need for cleanliness of a car externally as well as internally…
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THE Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders gave the following round-up on the Earls Court Motor Show following its ten day run: Exhibitors' general reactions to this year's Show was that it…
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MADRID, Monday (AAP). —A 21-year-old senorita "took on" all-comers in a hectic free for all on a crowded tram here…
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