Wollongong Motor Cycle Club
The fortnightly meeting of the Wollongong Motor Cycle Club was held last Thursday night and a good attendance was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 14 of 42
Was Only Having [?]—Said Motor Cyclist
A motor cyclist who was questioned by the police for making an undue noise with his machine gave as a…
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Fines and costs totalling £[?] were imposed on six motorists and motor-cyclists at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday who…
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The death of a 19-year-old motor cyclist may have been caused by a faulty dimmer switch in the headlamp coupled with…
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For driving a motor car along Crown Street, West Wollongong at 9.5 p.m. on January 26, with his lights on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Failed to Give Right of Way; Motorist Fined
A Port Kembla motorist was fined £4 with 10/- costs at the Wollongong Court on Monday for failing to give right of way…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Forced Police Truck Into Gutter; Motorist Fined
A motorist, who allegedly veered across a roadway forcing a police truck into the gutter, was fined £10 at the Wollongong Court on Monday for driving under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A.L.P. Criticises Fairy Meadow, Corrimal Roads
Residents from all parts of Ward 7, at a meeting of Fairy Meadow A.L.P.,bitterly attacked the Wollongong Council, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Progress With Council Road Sealing
Seven roads in the Greater Wollongong district were sealed during April. This was announced by the City Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smoke Pall Caused Fatal Collision on Port Kembla Road
At the Wollongong Coroner's Court yesterday a witness told how a motor cyclist had crashed into the back of his car on the Port Kembla Road while he was travelling through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Killed In Glasgow Train Smash
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—At least three men were killed and 69 football fans injured some seriously, in a three-train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Fatality Sets Problem For Doctors
Doctors last night were still puzzled over the cause of death of a man who died in Wollongong Hospital after walking into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fettler Killed In Head-on Collision With Train
GRAFTON, Sunday.—Geoffrey James Buckmaster, 36, married, railway ganger, of Flowrence Road, Grafton, was killed when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Was Watching Road But Did Let See Car
A motor cyclist involved in a accident told police be was watching the road carefully, but did not see a car standing in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A 'South Coast Times' Road Test Up Cordeaux Rd. in a "Skoda"
This week I drove a "Skoda" sedan from Wollongong to Kembla Heights which meant traversing one of the district's most rugged thoroughfares Cordeaux Road. I returned to Wollongong…
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A motor cyclist died of injuries received when his machine crashed into a car, both vehicles being enveloped in a pall of smoke. This was stated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Mam's Death
Walter McKane, 65 of Taronga Avenue, Woodlawn, died in the Wollongong Hospital yesterday…
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The N.R.M.A. does not think any worth-while contribution to road safety would follow compulsory fitting of speed goverors to motor cycles or institution of a special speed limit of 40 or 50 m.p.h. outside built-up-areas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring News and Views Wonder Synthetics in Cars
For decades past, a U.S. firm has produced an extraordinary material about which relatively few people have ever heard. Called Micarta, this product is made from paper and resin to form a tough, laminated plastic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunt's Superb Sprint Finish Wins 38 Mile Cycle Road Race
With a supurb sprint, Jack Hunt won the Illawarra Amateur Cycling Club's senior 38-mile mass start race, after being in a seemingly hopeless position 200 yards from the finishing…
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