Taxi- Cab Hits Bridge Passenger Killed
A taxi- cab carrying the driver and Mr. William Armitage, of Frederick- street, Rockdale, his wife, daughter, and Miss M'Lean, ran into a bridge on the Rocky Point- road,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
Soldier Falls From Train Parramatta
The death of David Whan, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, was inquired into by the District Coroner, at the Parramatta Court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dinner to Mr. Lionel J. A. Bridge
A dinner was tendered at Paris House last night to Mr. Lionel Jas. A. Bridge, chairman of directors of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., by his co-directors and the heads of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Run Over by Train Little Girl's Death
Cybil Woodman, aged 10. living at Margaret-street, Granville, fell oft a moving train at the Granville Station last night and received severe injuries to the right leg and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under a Train, Girl Fatally Injured at Granville
Sybil Woodman 10, Living with her stepfather, Andrew Scott, at Margaret-street Granville, was run over by a train at the Granville Station into yesterday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hole in the Road Objection to a Dairy
Mr. Upcroft, health officer of the Granville municipality, states that the council did not object to the registration of Mr. Gorvock's dairy premises solely on account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Self Help." Railway and Tramway Institute
The technical training of the employees of the Railway and Tramway Department, which is undertaken by the Railway Institute, classes established at every depot. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldier Engineers. Ideal Camp at Moore Park. Bridge Building and Bomb Throwing. Men of Many Trades
The Engineers' Depot, Moore Park, has developed into one of the most important centres in Australia, so far as the training of men for the front is concerned. It is here that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Scheme. Wheat Traffic. What the Railway Is Doing. Larger Country Depots
The Railway Department has made elaborate arrangements for dealing with the wheat traffic, but owing to the limited amount of shipping space available,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring. Price of Petrol Increased
As a result of the application of the Vacuum Oil Company, supported by the British Imperial and Texas Companies, to the Necessary Commodities…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dirty Trams at North Sydney
Owing to the dry season and an altogether inadequate system of street watering, the North Sydney and Mosman trams—themselves among the greatest dust-raisers—are dully in [?]ess of the cars. Men are equal sufferers but their clothing is not so spoiled as that of the fairer sex. It is an every-day experience now to see ladies alight from the trams…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams Collide. Sensation at Rose Bay. Four Passengers Injured
A collision between two trams occurred in New South Head-road, Rose Bay, about 11 o'clock last night, and resulted in four passengers receiving injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Tram for East Hills. Advisory Board's Report
The Transway Advisory Board some months age visited [?] in inspect the proposed rests for the suggested vamway from Rankistown to [?] hills. The roats in Ave mlled,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality at Berowra
Heary Brows to a laborer, employed on the poultry farm of Mr. Hedlew, Borowrn, was found mut[?] the rails outside the railway station at Barowrs at six o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling. Baker Breaks World's Record
Edwin G. Baker, the American motor cyclist, who last week created a fresh record at Mortinke, Vic., essayed a further attempt on Tuesday last at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fraud and Theft Railway Ticket Swindle Racing Men Conspire with Officials
In the Toowoomba (Q.) police court on Wednesday, Leslie Reuben Glover, railway employee, James Smith, licensed bookmaker, and Alexander H. M'Cleod,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Motor-car Accident
At Port Melbourne on Tuesday, Albert Charles Glazebrook, a boy of seven years, was knocked down by a motor-car. The child was crossing the road with his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Running the Railways
Our railways are muddled. Even the Minister admits "there is a shortage of everything." There are 900 or 1000 engines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Congestion
According to the Railway Department, there will be no further necessity to suspend loading or produce at Wallangarra, because of congestion. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Railways. the New Dill. Reform Proposed
The railway control is to undergo reform I The one thing clear is that there is need for reform on the railways. They have got into touch a muddle that…
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