Safer In Korea Than On N.S.W. Roads SYDNEY, Monday
Accidents on NSW roads in 1950 took the lives of 627 people, the greatest number in the history of the State. More than 10,000 people…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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“Ghost Train”
LONDON, Tues.: Railway staff and passengers on the platforms of three London stations stared in amazement yesterday when…
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NEW YORK, Tues.: In the United States 281 were killed in automobile accidents during the three-day New Year’s holiday…
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SYDNEY, Tues. : The killing of 628 and injuring of more than 10,000 people on the roads during 1950 was an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga and District Section Wodonga Athletic Club Plans to Train Youths of Town
If Wodonga Athletic Club plans are realised soon, the majority of youths in the town will benefit from training which club secretary, Mr Bob Emery, believes is almost essential to the early make-up of good citizens…
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Mr. Ron Wilson, secretary of the Hume Boat Club, said yesterday that in no field of sport was motor engine tuning carried out with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring in Heal Wave
Thousands of cars have been held up in recent hot weather by vapor lock and on the first hot day in Sydney, December 8, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For the MOTORIST The British Ford Factory
Mr. Higgins, of Blacklocks, Albury who has just returned from a trip abroad, naturally visited many motor car works. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Record Total of Road Deaths in NSW
SYDNEY, Wed.: A .record number of 632 deaths in road accidents in N.S.W. is reported today in the amended figures for 1950, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Items of News Aerodrome Extension
Mr. D. E. Fairbairn, M.H.R., has been advised by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. White) that survey plans for the extension of…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Many interstate hauliers would be forced off the roads as a result of the Transport Department’s new…
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Before the old Municipal Council went out of office arrangements wore completed for a number of roads in the irrigation area to be brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hit Bridge Pylon Head-on
The cabin of this semi-trailer was wrecked when it crashed head-on into a pylon on a concrete bridge on Hume Highway, near Woomargama Hotel, on Wednesday evening. Two men trapped in the cabin were hacked out by a team of…
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A Leeton youth, Stanley Herbert Davies, was killed instantly when 2 motor cycle he was riding collided head on with a car near Kiama last…
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The N.R.M.A. forecasts that thousands of motorists will be sleeping in their cars or on the roadside in the next few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urges Scheme to Train Builders
SYDNEY, Fri.: A scheme to train civilians for the building industry should be introduced by the Federal Government. the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A motor cyclist, John Miller, aged 25 years, electrician, of Rocky Valley, Bogong, was injured when he fell from his machine when it…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A motorist who yesterday drove a car while under the influence of liquor was today sentenced to a month’s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of the Road Killed When Car (Rashes Through Bridge
TAMWORTH, Sun.: A man was killed and another seriously injured when a car crashed through a bridge eight miles…
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LAUNCESTON, Son.: A 22-year-old man died a few minutes after his small sedan ear crashed into line side of a train…
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