Left Railway Platform At Wrong End
An Austinmer man was fined £2, plus 10/- costs and 21/-witness' epenses at Bulli Court on Friday for using the wrong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 42
Naval Men In Road Smash
Two petty officers of H.M.A.S. Albatross were injured, one seriously, when a motor cycle they were riding got out of control at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Zone Move For Permanent Road Work
Aldermen comprising the Central Zone Committee decided last night to take immediate steps to formulate a policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists' Safety
The N.R.M.A. does not think any worth—while contribution to road safety would follow compulsory fitting of speed governors to motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists Hurt in Crash
A motor cyclist and his pillion rider received severe head injuries when they crashed into the railway gates at Unanderra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weekly Traffic Talk Is the Road Safety Campaign A Waste of Time?
Do you consider that the Road Safety Campaign is a waste of time ? This was the question put to Sergt. Adams recently, and in answer to this problematical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Outstanding Performance by Citreon Light Fifteen Excellent riding ability the keynote Performance revealed in "Times" road test
A British assembled, French product, the Citreon Light Fifteen amazed me last week, when, at the invitation of Russell Gellatly, of 178 Corrimal St., Wollongong, I went for a trial run over some of Wollongong's roughest roads and up the Bulli Pass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Fractures Leg
A motor cyclist who was admitted to Wollongong District Hospital on Saturday after he had fractured his leg in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Crashed Into Motor Cycle
A lorry driver whose truck crashed into a motor cycle was fined £10 at the Nowra Court on Thursday for negligent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Crusts Injured
When a motor cycle crashed into level crossing, gates at Unanderra on Friday night, the rider and pillion passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waller jnr. of Wollongong, who were married at St. Michael's Church on Saturday afternoon are off on a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring News and Views Petrol Saving Hints
Here is a further collection of hints on petrol saving from the N.R.M.A. engineers: Most obvious transgressions by car drivers are rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Councillor Criticises Judge
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Parramatta of the Road Safety Council was concerned at the leniency shown to drunken drivers by Judge Nield Mr. F. Quealey said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →6 Dead, 7 Hurt In South Coast Road Smash
NOWRA, Monday.—Three men and three women were killed and seven others were injured when a semi-trailer loaded with wooden poles crashed into a tourist bus on the Prince's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From Motor Cycle
Hugh O'Neil, about 20, of Robinson Street, North Wollongong, was admitted to Wollongong Hospital last night with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Responsibility of Motor Mechanics
The N.R.M.A. makes an appeal to motor mechanics for the greatest care in attending to the safety equipment of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1950 Year Of Records For U.S. Motor Industry
The last U.S. cars of the 1951 model season are making their appearance on the automotive scene. Among these are Chrysler's new Plymouth and Dodge, neither of which shows the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smash on North Bridge
A man was injured when his car collided with a P.M.G. truck on North Wollongong overhead bridge at 7.30 last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Fined Following Fatal Unanderra Road Smash
Following a road collision at Unanderra last August, in which a pillion rider on a motor cycle was killed, the rider of the cycle was fined £3 and ordered to pay £18/19/8 witnesses' expenses at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collision on Picton Road
A utility truck carrying workmen to Picton was extensively damaged when it collided with a lorry travelling in the same…
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