Recruiting. More Tramway Men. 200 Men for the Day
There was a number of men from the Tramway Department at Victoria Birracks yesterday, all anxious to join the Tramway Battalion under Lieutenant Wells. There…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Railway Block
Owing to an engine breaking down on a section near Seven Hills railway station last night, severnl trains were held up. The Dubbo and Mount Victoria trains were both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Free Railway Fares
Approval has been given for the payment of fares of officers, warrant, and non-commissioned officers of the perrannont forces doing duty at A.I.F. ramps when granted leave of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Service. Employment of Sing Men. Premier's Action
The Premier has been in [?] with the Railway Commissioners and the War Council respecting the [?] men of military ago on railway and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gift of Motor Ambulance
The military authorities were presented with another motor ambulance yesterday at Victoria Barracks. The car, which is a 20-h.p. one, fully equipped, is the gift of Mr. L. J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Smash. Many People Injured
Two trams came into collision at Rose Bay last night, and about a dozen passengers were injured, the majority slightly. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock. One…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Destroyed. Liverpool
A fire broke out yesterday morning in the stables at the rear of Rafferty's Railway Hotel in Scott-street and destroyed a motor car valued at £250, which was not insured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Linking Railway Systems Brisbane
The Queensland Commissioner for Railways favors Mr. Cann's idea for linking up the New South Wales and Queensland coastal railway systems by a line from Kyogle to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport Fund
Sergeant A. G. Campbell, secretary of the Motor Transport Comforts Fund, states that 52 large cases were sent to France by the Medina and 15 by the Orontes, and a cable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Smash Rear Collision List of the Injured
Additional particulars have been made available in connection with the tram smash at Rose Bay last night. Two cars were going in the same direction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on Railway Line Fatality Near Berowra Black Watch Soldier's Death
Henry Bruce, about 36 years of age, was run down and mangled by a train near Berowra station early this morning. The police believe that the fatality…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fatality at Arncliffe
At about 12.15 this morning a taxi-cab containing Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their daughter, residents of Frederick St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia's Railway to Ice-free Port
A railway to an ice-free port, a matter of profound importance to Russia in her intercourse with the world, was opened the other day from Petrograd to Ekaterina on the Arctic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramcar "Safety" Device
Experiments are being made by the "Tramway Department with a safety device, the purpose of which is to prevent passengers from, hoarding and leaving tram cars on the wrong side. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rail and Tram Service. Employing Men of Military Age
The Premier has been in communication with the Railway Commissioners and the State War Council respecting the employment of men of military ago on railway and tramway service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work on the Big Railway
PERTH, Thursday.--Mr. Watts (secretary of the A.W.U.) telegraphed from Melbourne in reference to the Trans -Australian Railway work: "Received wire from Mr. O'Malley…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Management
"Traveller" writes from Parkes from Parkes on the in[?]dequacy of the railway service, which, he says, is manifesting itself daily to all those who have business relations with it. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Motor Ambulance
Yesterday at the barracks a 20 h.p. motor ambulance was presented to the military authorities by Mr. L. J. Davies, and was accepted on their by the P.M.O. There were no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clyde Railway Bridge
On Saturday afternoon Clyde railway station staff were engaged pulling down linking boards hanging from underneath the overhead foot-bridge at the station. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Fatality at Granville
On Thursday evening Sybil Woodman, 12 years of age, whose parents reside at Margaret-street, Granville, was travelling from Sydney by a train bound south. She did…
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