Motor Car Jaunts. Extraordinary Retrenchment. Federal Ministers Criticised
STRONG public criticism has been engaged in lately in regard to the expenditure on the upkeep of motor car services for members of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
905 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 46
Serious Motor Accident
A sensational motor accident occurred at Footseray, near Melbourne, on. Sunday afternoon. Clifford Sydney Hiddlestone, a jeweller, 32, of St.Kilda,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Ford's New Motor Tractor. (To the Editor.)
Sir—Twenty-four years ago Henry Ford, of Detroit, U.S.A.. built his first motor car. He now turns out 3000 cars a day, employs a staff of 41,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Revenue. Increased Earnings
The report of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December 31st, was issued yesterday. In spite of the fact that the period covers the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trouble at Rockhampton. Train Service Disorganised. Thirty-five and a Half Inches of Rain in Three Days. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
The Rockhampton train service is disorganised. At Byfield 3570, points of rain fell in three days…
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At the meeting of the Executive Council of South Australia, it was decided that in view of the report of the Royal Commission on Hannaford's quarry, Mr. M. M. Stevens,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of Motor Car. Procured by Fraud
Charles Reader (23) was fined £20, with an alternative of four months' imprisonment by Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Men Restless. London, Wednesday night
The "Times" correspondent cit Copenhagen says that the German railwaymen are restless and threatening in attitude. It is feared in Germany that will join in the strikes.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Shires. Road Grants
The Hon. Walter Bennett member for Durham, sends us a copy of the mains roads allotment for 1917-18 in the various shires in the district to which the usual conditions are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maerannie Road. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—During the Christmas holidays-1, lad the pleasure (or otherwise) of travelling out to Maerannie. The journey was accomplished in a sulky, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millionaires in a Day. Quick Road to Fortune
To the man who may toil 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…
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It is with great regret we record the death by accident of the bright little son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Weidmann, of Hill Street. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safe Breakers. Railway Station Burgled. Melbourne
Early this morning a gang of safe-breakers broke into the parcelsoffice at the Carlton railway station. Opening a small iron safe with a duplicate key, they secured £138/10/…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trans-australian Railway. Pastoral Prospects
The opening of the Trans-Australian railway gave me an opportunity of taking a long contemplated holiday in our Western State. A few hours' break enabled me to pay a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French Air Attack. Fires Enemy Railway Station. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night
A French communique says: French aeroplanes bombed from the lowest altitude the station at Thioncourt, causing a great fire…
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The Under-Secretary of the Local Government Department, Mr. J. Garlick, has written as follows to Lieut,-Col. Nicholson, M.L.A., Under date February 1:—"With…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Aircraft. Strafe Enemy Aerodrome. (Australian. Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
The Admiralty reports: Our aircraft bombed the "Varssenaere aerodrome yesterday. We scored a direct hit, and a fire broke out. We destroyed one enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked ! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."
John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write : We have never failed, when the true interests of wool growers have been assailed, to utter timely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market Regutlar Supporters Sidetracked! Emphatic Protest from "John Bridge."
John Bridge and Co., Ltd., write:— "We have never failed; when the true interests of wool growers have been assailed, to utter timely warning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Freights. North Coast Line Possibilities
Mr C. James, District Superintendent of Railways at Newcastle, recently attended a meeting of the Kempsey Chamber of Commerce, at…
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