On the Road to Moscow. Huns Capture Borisov. Soviet's Executive Not Unanimous
A Petrograd message states that the Russians hurriedly evacuated Orsha and Smolensky. The Germans captured Borisov…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1918
864 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 44
Local and General. the East-west Railway
A return was issued on Wednesday showing the results of the first quarter's working of the East-west railway. The working expenditure amounted to £68,450,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Guard Killed. Sydney
George Benjamin, a railway guard at Penrith, who was crushed between an engine and the staging at Wentworthville yesterday, died this morning, leaving a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Capture Railway Bolsheviks Rout the Cossacks
"The Times" Petrograd correspondent reported, that the Germans have captured Dno, an important railway centre, being the junction of the direct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trampled to Death. Hundreds of People Burned. Shocking Accident at Hongkong. London
Reuter's Hongkong correspondent reports that a terrible catastrophe occurred while the jockey club's races were in progress. The Chinese public stands, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wolfe. Story of the Wairuna. Stopped by an Aeroplane. Ladies Complain of Their Treatment. London
Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent says the mate of the Wairuna stated he was on the voyage from Auckland to San Francisco when stopped on March 31st by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inverell-tableland Railway
The special commissioner to the Tamworth "Daily Observer," who recently wrote up Inverell, made the following comments concerning a project much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegraphic News. Motor Boat Overturns. One Man Drowned. Sydney
Whilst three men were fishing in a motor launch near Day at the entrance to Broken Bay the boat overturned, and one man named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America Restores Spanish Railways
A Washington message says that America has agreed to restore the Spanish railways, thereby ensuring large supplies for General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dorrigo Railway. Bulk Handling of Timber. Untold Wealth Undeveloped. Deputation to Minister for Lands
An influential deputation, including pioneers and prominent settlers of the Dorrigo, the Mayor of Grafton (Ald. D. McFarlane), Dr. Page, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Floods. Inspection of Railways. the Commission's Report. Brisbane
Messrs. R. E. (Sexton and J. W. Davidson have returned from the Central Division, where, with Mr. C. Pemberton (Deputy- Commissioner for Railways for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Delegates at Brest-litovsk. Request for a Train. Also an Escort
A Russian report states that Lenin has received a message from the Brest-Litovsk delegation requesting a train with an escort. Lenin comments on this, and says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Construction. Private Loans to Finance Works
A recent political sensation was the railway-construction policy of the N.S.W. Minister for Works (Mr. R. T. ball). On its face it looked like a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dragged by a Tram. Young Woman Injured. Sydney
A young woman named Harrison was alighting from an electric tram when her dress caught and the tram dragged her for thirty yards, almost severing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£50 in a Suit Case. Stolen From Railway Station
A suit case containing £50 was stolen at the Central Railway Station on Saturday night by a man who signed a declaration that he was the owner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Expired Motor License
Bertreaux Strong was charged with failing to deliver to the registrar, an expired motor licence. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 or seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General. Motor Service Abandoned
Mr. Jack Taylor (late A.I.F.) who has conducted a daily motor service between Coff's Harbor and Grafton for the past couple of years, has decided to abandon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car and Horse Collide
While proceeding to Coff 's Harbor jetty on Sunday afternoon, Messrs. Wilson and Co.'s service car came in contact with a horse coming in the opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cars and Mud
As a direct result of the unsatisfactory condition of the Coff's Harbor-Jetty road, communication between the two centres has, to a large extent, been cut…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Siberian Railway. Anarchy and Chaos. Developments in Japan
The Japanese Embassy in London has learned that anarchy and chaos have now affected the far-eastern branch of the Siberian railway, and it is impossible to…
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