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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

8,077 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Bank Notes Cut in Two Man Attacked at Bondi. Tram Run Over Vest. an Extraordinary Happening

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

During a [?] in the [?] House Hotel, at Bondi [?] and 11 o'clock on Thursday night Mr. John Dovan, who lives at [?]…

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Starving Stock. Ste[?]age of Railway Concessions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

The Wagga district stock inspector has received official notice to discontinue the issue of certificates for straving stock to he carried by rail at reduced rates to relief…

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Fatal Accidents The W.A. Railway Smash Crave Charges Uttered at the Inquest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

At the inquest in Perth (W.A.) concerning the death of James M'Keown, Patrick Hall, Thomas Brodrick, and Thomas Keainey, who were killed in the railway…

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Knocked Down by a Motor Car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

While cycling near the Extension bridge at Bathurst, a young man, Walter Baden, was knocked down by a motor Car and seriously injured. He…

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Horses v. Motors. Position in London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

The other day as I was going along Groat Russell—st., I saw painted up on some windows: Simplified Speling Societi." And 1 got quite a shock…

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Armored Motor Cars

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

The English war authorities now realise the value of the armoured motor car for scouting and other purposes, and are rushing armed cars for use…

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Motor Ambulances. Sir Edwin Smith's Offer. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 9

Sir Edwin Smith, president of the United Commercial Travellers' Association, has offered £100 to the Travellers' Association in each of the Australian States (a total of…

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Railway Smash. Near Cowan. Two Trains on One Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 9

About 1.50 a.m. yesterday an empty stock train, when between Cowan and Boronia South, was overtaken by a returning "bank" engine, which had taken a train to Cowan…

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Motor Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

Kate Maddocks, 60, on the night of the 9th inst, while crossing Goorge-street, near the railway, got in front of a moving motor car, and sustained injuries from which she died…

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Collided with a Motor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

When riding a motor cycle along George-street West, near Wattle-street, yesterday, Alfred Leigh, 32, a landscape photographer, residing at 178 Castlereagh-stjeet, city, collided…

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Port Moresby. Proposed Railway Delayed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

The fact that the Government did not intend to continue with the building of the railway from Port Moresby to the copper mine, 18 or 20 miles out, was announced by the…

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Police Courts. Motor Cyclist Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, Otto Bheuben pleaded gu[?] to a charge of driving a motor cycle at a faster rate than six miles an hour, at the intersection of Oxford-street and Jersey-road,…

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Motor Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 7

Amount previously acknowledged, £106/10/; Turner Bros., Hay-street (for Belgian Fund), £30; Staff of Turner Bros, (for Belgian Fund), £8/1/. Total, £1093/11/…

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Legal Profession Motor Ambulance Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 7

Messrs. John Williamson and Sons beg to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions:- Amount previously acknowledged, £306/6/; J. A. Richardson, £1/1/: F. W. Barker, £1/1/; C. Statham,…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, January 22, 1915. Railway Reductions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

Now that the Railway Commissioners have been forced to consider their position, in view of a substantial reduction in revenue, the travelling public will find it…

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Motor Lorries. Public Respond Well. Wehicle Shipped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

Members of the executive committee of the Red Cross Society are [?]eeply grateful for what they term the "wonderful response" which they have received to their appeal…

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Further Progress. Enemy Repulsed. More About the Air Raid. Motor Car As Guide. Russian Advance. Heavy Losses of Enemy. 171st Day of the War

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

The latest official bulletin from Paris relates little beyond news of artillery work. Small gains are reported in the districts of…

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Signals From Motor Cars. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

Mr. Ingleby, M.P. for King's Lynn, says that a Zeppelin hovered round Hunstanton and adjoining places for nearly an hour, apparently undetermined what course to…

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Bank-roll Cut in Two. Riot at B0ndi. Tram Passenger Attacked

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

A riotous mob got into holts outside the Cliff House Hotel, Bondi Beach, late last night, and during the brawl a roll of notes, totalling £113, which was contained in a…

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