Motor Cyclists Injured
Two motor cyclists were injured yesterday when they fell from a motor cycle in Prince's Highway, Fairy Meadow…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 42
Child Hurt In Fall From Motor Cycle
Kenneth Child, 4, of Fairy, Meadow, was admitted to Wollongong Hospital on Saturday with general abrasions and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Proposals to curtail the mounting number of accidents involving motor cycles have been referred…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A motor cyclist was killed instantly, and his pillion passenger fatally injured when their machine…
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The general meeting of the Wollongong Motor Cycle Club was held on Thursday night and attracted a good attendance…
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A rather Interesting comment on was published in a recent issue of a British motor cycle…
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The following are a further selection of helpful hints sent in by readers to a recent issue of the "British Motor Cycle". TIDY FINISH In order to prevent insulating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclists' 70 m.p.h. Race Down Crown Street
The story of a 70 miles per hour motor cycle race down Crown Street, Wollongong, was told at the Wollongong Court on Thursday when a 19-year-old car calesman appeared on a charge of driving at dangerous speed. He was Kevin Wyatt of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring News and Views New Senior Executive for Ford of Australia
Appointment of Mr. James M. Ferris as Assistant Managing Director of the Ford Motor Company of Australia was announced last week by Mr. C. A. Smith, Managing Director of the company. Mr. Ferris currently is…
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SYDNEY, Monday. —Hundreds of motor tyres scattered along the road between Camden, Moss Vale and Mittagong solved the…
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The Engineer (Mr. S. Smee) reported to the last meeting of Shellharbour Council that the following works had been carried out:—…
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High-compression automobile engines capable of using 100 to 120 octane petrol and giving upwards of 30 miles to the gallon are sitting in the plants of several car makers in the U.S.A…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A young engaged couple and a married woman were killed when a carl collided head-on with a tram in…
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Speeding in built-up areas cost two men £6 each in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…
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William Dalby, of Cross. Roads, Wollongong, was fined £2 with 10/- costs in the Court of Petty Sessions for failing to…
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In N.S.W. last year 327 fatalities, nearly 60 per cent of the total number of persons killed on the roads, occurred during the…
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At last week's meeting of the Southern Zone Committee of the Greater Wollongong Council, additional works were…
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A 19 years old youth was injured on Tuesday night when involved in a motor cycle accident at Unanderra…
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When tested by police the footbrake on a West Wollongong man's car were found to be useless…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The total of road fatalities for last month was one of the highest on record, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Skeahan) said today…
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