Lets Think About Highways Concl. Motor Transport Diverts Millions Of Acres To Human Food Production
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 5
THE benefits from motor tranport extend far beyond the functions of transportation. The United Nations Organisation has issued a statement that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Partisans Smash Stalin's 'Birthday' Train
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 10
UELZEN (East Germany, Monday (A.A.P.).—An East German refugee revealed yesterday that 25 armed Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Loads, Bad Roads Cause Bus Delays
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 7
Big loads, mechanical trouble and bad roads, were reasons mentioned for bus timetables not being adhered to by drivers,…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2
CANBERRA, Monday.—The National Security Resources Board today began planning the readjustment of the public and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reidtown and District Girl Injured by Motor Cycle
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 31
Last Friday afternoon Marjorie (Patty) Dickson, none year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickson of Towradgi Road…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Fatal Skid On Wet Road At Unanderra
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 18
The driver of the car, Vladymir Pyrich, had been somewhat careless, in his handling, of the car, particularly considering…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 13
A complaint against Housing Commission roads was made by aldermen, at the meeting of the Central Zone Committee…
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Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4
Declaring the Gilmore Street bridge "dangerous," Ald. C. R. V. Johansen alleged at the meeting of the Central Zone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Win Senior Road Race
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 10
Illawarra junior cyclist, Q. Fahey, won the second road race of the current road racing season conducted by the South,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electric Light Pole Beside the Road Is Source of Danger
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 6
The proximity of an electric light pole to the bitumen section of Five Islands Road Unanderra, was referred to at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hints for Motor Cyclists
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 5
A number of helpful hints directed primarily to the motor cyclist but equally helpful to the car owner. NEVER USE metal polish of…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 5
Nearly two million dollars in motor vehicles and equipment were destroyed by fire in the U.S.A. during 1946, says an Inter-State Commerce Commission report. Some of these fires the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring News and Views Cook Strait Car Ferry Possibility
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4
The possibility of a "Bristol" freighter car ferry over Cook Strait, New Zealand, is discussed by the "Wellington Evening Post" in a recent issue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →So you want to buy a second hand motor car!
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4
I ADVISE prospective second hand motor, buyers that when you attempt to secure your vehicle you will need to carry a large bank roll, a supply of A.P.C., powders, and a line of business talk. When I recently decided to venture into a transaction of this nature I needed all three, for in buying a second hand car in the not excessive price group, it isn't all "beer and skittles"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Firms' Grand Display of 1951 Models
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 13
A feature of Wollongong's Jubilee Show was the grand display of 1951 model cars and trucks, many of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hints for new motorists
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 6
Some sound advice to new motorists on the subject of gear, changing is given by the Chief Engineer Of the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£150,000 Loan Propsed for Insustry Roads
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 2
Representatives of the heavy industries at Port Kembla have conferred with the City Council, regarding a proposal to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Parking Pleased Road Safety Council
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4
The car parking arrangements for the Wollongong Show, supervised by the Illawarra Branch of the Road Safety Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured in West Wollongong Road Collision
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 17
A man and a woman were injured on Tuesday night when their car collided with a crowded bus at West…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motorists Secure Bonds
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 7
In a number of appeals heard by Judge O'Sullivan at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday against traffic convictions His Honour found the offences proved, but…
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