Manly Tramway Hold-up. An Arrest Made. SYDNEY
Detectives yesterday arrested a man at Botany in connection with the Manly tramway hold-up of December 27th. The arrested man will appear before the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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Taking Over the Railways. Only a Temporary Measure. New York
President Wilson, addressing Congress, explained the taking over of the railways. He states that appropriating one hundred and fifty million dollars would…
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Reports from Washington state that an Administration Bill, legalising President Wilson's message and suggestions, has been introduced in Congress: this will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Accident
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Alfred McEwan, of Petersham, was driving a motor car along Broadway, near Sydney, when he tried to avoid running into a sulky in front. Swerving…
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Sir,—Allow me space in your valuable columns to express my views on the Coombell road, which now stands in a disgraceful manner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Service
The following passengers have travelled from the district per New England motors since last issue :-Mesdames Knighton, Wilson and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attacked in a Train. Typists's Terrible Ordeal
Miss Edith Phillips, aged 20, a typist, of Alston road, Barnet, had sufficiently recovered from the twenty wounds on the head and face from which she was suffering, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switzerland's Boy Soldiers. Begin to Train When They Are Eight
It is a fact not generally known that Switzerland maintain the largest armed force in Europe in proportion to her size and population. It can place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Smash. Brakes Fail to Act. SYDNEY
While a locomotive was delivering carriages to No. 1 platform at the Central Station shortly after midnight, the brakes failed to act and the carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Tram Traffic. Twelve Million Passengers in a Fortnight SYDNEY
The trams carried nearly 12 million passengers from December 18th January. 1st, this shows a decrease of one million, but the increased fares produced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Soldier Killed. Run Down by Motor Car. LONDON,Tuesday
Private Lane Mitchell a New Zealander, while walking along a dark lane in Essex was accidentally killed by a motor car, which overtook him. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →That Motor Ambulance
Some time ago an endeavour was made to secure a motor ambulance waggon for the Casino district, but owing to so much money being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Revenue
Mr. G. A. Mitchell kindly supplies us with the following return of revenue received at the local railway station during the month of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision
SYDNEY, Tuesday,—As the result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early his morning, between a number of railway arriages, a train timed to leave at 2.30 with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brisbane Tramways. Queensland Government's Confiscation Proposals. Alarm Many British Shareholders. LONDON
The Directors of the Brisbane Electric Tramway Company have circularised the shareholders, pointing out the seriousness of two Bills now before the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Cross Motor Launches
The British Red Cross Society has cabled to the Australian Red Cross to know if they can supply drivers for Red Cross motor launches in Mesopotamia. The salary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Holiday Jaunt. Bush Tracks and Bad Roads
It is fashionable to get out of Casino at Christmas time, and the writer was one who sought fresh fields and pastures new during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sensational Motor Accident
A most sensational motor accident occurred on the Black's Spur at 5.30 on Saturday evening, when the mail coach running between…
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The following passengers have traveled from the district per New England motors since last issue:— Mesdames Opic, sen., Opic,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arabs Again Active. Successful Raids on Railways. LONDON
A Palestine official message reports renewed Arab activity near the Hedjas railway and northward off Maan. The Arabs carried out several successful…
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