Local and General News. Motor Launch Drivers
The British Red Cross Society has cabled to the Australian branch for drivers of motor launches in Mesopotamia…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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Chichester Dam. Tramway Wanted
Reported that eighteen traction motors are to be constructed at Walsh Island, to convey sand, cement, etc., to the Chichester dam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America's War Work Control of the Railways
Washington, Sunday.—President Wilson, addressing Congress, said it was a duty to do everything to secure the complete mobilisation of the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Overturns. Whole Family Injured
A motor car completely overturned on Saturday night opposite the University Hotel, in Globe Point-read. The occupants were thrown to the roadway and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hallway and Tramway Time-table
We have received from the Hustler of the well-known drapery firm in West Maitland, copy of a very handy and useful pocket time-table, showing the departure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Yarrabong Bridge
The construction of the new Yarrabong Bridge, which crosses Wallis Creek on the West Maitland to Mr. Vincent-road at Louth Park, has been commenced. The contractor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Escapes. Jumps From Train at Dungog
William James Cheers on remand from Lithgow to Gloucester, escaped from the custody of a constable at Dungog at 12.30 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Smash. At Central Railway Station
A good deal of excitement was caused at the Central Railway Station early on Tuesday morning by a collision between a number of railway carriages,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father of the Railway Honoured
The Merriwa Railway League honoured the worthy President and Father of the Railway at his residence in town recently, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Chronicle Saturday, Jan. 12, 1918 Local and General News. Large Stone on Railway Line
John William Kerr and Leslie Morley were before the Glen Innes Police Court on Saturday, charged with having placed on obstruction on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Overturns. Whole Family Injured
A serious accident occurred in Glebe Point-road, Sydney, on Saturday night, when a whole family was injured as a result of their car overturning. Mrs. Ada…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Morning Smash. at Central Railway Station
As a result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early on Tuesday between a number of railway carriages, a train timed to leave at 2.30 with newspapers and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Railways. Passenger Trains Withdrawn. Washington
Hundreds of passenger trains on the rail-roads west of the Missisisppi are to be withdrawn from service soon. It is announced by Director McAdoo that many offices in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Australians. New Aerodrome Occupied. London
The Australian Flying Corps has achieved its cherished ambition, and has its own aerodrome in the Midlands, where the principal training will henceforth be caried out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy's Campaign. Aeroplane Attack. London
A British-Italian [?] message states:—Our aeroplanes attacked seven hostile [?]chines, destroying two and driving down two. Our losses were all. It is freezing hard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Who Pays? Sinn Fein Motor-cars, Sunday Joy-rides
Somewhere in this mysterious island the Sinn Fein goose which lays the golden eggs sits and broods (wrote "Daily Mail's" correspondent from the West of Ireland)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millionaires in a Day. Quick Road to Fortune
To the man who may toll through a long lifetime in order to save a few hundred pounds to leave behind him there is something breath-taking in the very thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Arab Allies. Hedaz Railway Damaged. London, Sunday Night
It is officially announced that confirmation has been obtained of the success of the Arab operations against the Hedjaz railway, north-wards of Mann. During three gays in the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Enterprise. Private Loan of £100,000
Not being content to wait for the Government to find the money to construct the proposed railway from Barmedman to Rankin's Springs, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Recruiting Train
A recruiting rally was held in front of the West Maitland Post Office on Monday night, when stirring addresses were delivered by Sergt. Salisbury…
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