Motor Cyclist Fined For Two Offences
At an ex-parte hearing in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Kevin G. Webster, of Lismore Street…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
833 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 42
One Dead In scottish Train Crash
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—One person was killed and at least 18 were injured when a Perth-Glasgow express and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Assured Of Large Bitumen Supplies For Roads
For the first time for years, the Greater Wollongong City Council has been assured of Adequate supplies of bitumen to re-seal reads. This has been disclosed by the Mayor (Ald. J. J. Kelly.) Ald. Kelly issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Two Hurt in Train and Truck Smash Gatekeeper's Watch Stopped
Two men, the fireman of a train and the driver of a motor lorry were injured in a level crossing smash at the Five Islands Road level crossing at Unanderra shortly before three o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Walls and Roads Crack in N.z. Earthquakes
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Widespread damage, in some cases serious, but no casualties, resulted during seven hours of earthquake jolts and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Months' Flight From England in Midget Aeroplane
DARWIN, Sunday.—Two West Australian sheepfarmers arrived here yesterday in a midget single-engined Miles Mercury aircraft after more than two months' flight from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train & Truck Collide at Crossing Porter Charged
At Wollongong Court on Friday a [?]g railway porter, Richard Harold Cotton aged 22 years, of Corrimal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parking Advice To Motorists
Here is some advice from the N.R.M.A. on the subject of car-parking. Never assume a state of transverse distortion, by which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicle Rise
Last year the number of motor vehicles in the world rose by about 10 per cent, according to the latest figures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Margaret's Column "Road Comradeship"
ON THE WAY to Albion Park Show the other day I couldn't help hearing the conversation of two men behind me in the bus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"No Hope of Federal Road Grant"
The Premier (Mr. McGirr) has informed Greater Wollongong City Council no good purpose would be served by seeking a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrorists Derail Coal Train
SINGAPORE, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Seventy terrorists attacked and derailed a colliery train at Rawang, near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ran Truck Into Bridge — Man Fined
A man, who ran his truck into the side of a Figtree bridge on Saturday evening, was fined at the Wollongong Court on Monday for driving under the influence of liquor…
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Although he pleaded that the damage was so slight that he did not consider it necessary to report the accident to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hits Bridge And Breaks Leg
A 23-year-old labourer at the Kemira Tunnel fractured his right thigh yesterday morning when his motor cycle struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →72-Year-old Motorist Exonerated
A 72-year-old motorist was dismissed on a charge of driving under the influence on New Year's Eve, at Bulli Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cyclists Fined £20
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Cocks, S.M., fined three young motor cyclists £20 each for dangerous driving, in the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Roads Main Problem," Says Ccl. Candidate
Confirming that he is a candidate An the City Council by-election for Ward 12, Mr. G. S. Parker said last night he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.m. Plans Heavier Road Fines
Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., a Bulli Court yesterday issued a warning he would increase traffic fines in an effort to lessen road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elderly Pensioner Ran Gar Off Road, Lay Down
A 72 years old former council employee and pensioner pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol at Bulli Court on Wednesday. It was alleged he steered his car into the embankment…
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