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Railways, roads & transport, 1916

7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Womens Sphere The wide world is all before us. Would Drive a Tram Sydney Woman Volunteers Replacing Men for Firing Line

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 18

Miss Sylva Waugh is, as far as can be ascertained, tho first Australian woman to volunteer to drive a tram in order to release a man to go to the war. Miss Waugh…

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Railway Institute Retirement of Mr. E. B. Taylor Mr. Eddy's Selection

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. E. B. Taylor, the Chief Examiner of Accounts, hose, retirement from the railway service took place on January 1, was a well-known figure. He was appointed on the…

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Higher Wages Railway Service Discontent

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 4

Discontent still prevails among a big section of railway and tramway men owing to the lack of success which has attended their efforts towards bringing about a hearing of…

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Motor-cycling

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 9

The Cumberland Club held a motor cycle petrol consumption tost in the Parramatta district yesterday afternoon. Each rider was supplied with a tin holding a pint of…

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The Harvest Premier Claims Credit Railways and Loans

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 5

In a leading article printed in the Sun on Friday concerning the wheat harvest, the sentence occurred: "High prices induced by war are the main cause of this huge increase,…

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To Constantinople Train From Berlin

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 7

The first train for Constantinople left Berlin on Saturday. It will travel by way of Dresden, Vienna. Belgrade, and Sofia. Such of the cable news on this page an is so…

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Jostled Off Train Soldier's Leg Broken

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 3

William Bowron, a private in the 4th Battalion, 14th Reinforcements, encamped at Liverpool, sustained severe injuries as the result of a train accident on Saturday night…

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Greece Upset. Destruction of a Bridge, Macedonian Link Severed, London, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

A message from Reuter's correspondent at Sat[?] that the destruction of the bridge at [?] Hisser, 45 miles north-east of sal[?] by the Allies, caused a sensation…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 6

A motor cycle ridden by Charles Cook, 25, senior clerk as the Vac[?] Oil Company, Melbourne, and a side car in which Luke Prender, 48, foreman mechanic, at Hawthorn Telephone…

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For Railway Travellers

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 7

Attention is directed he the Railway commissioners to the following [?] was recently gazetted:— "Any passenger intending[?]…

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Western Railway Traffic. Bathurst, Monday

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 8

[?] week there was a mar[?]…

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Compulsion. Railwaymen's Opposition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 9

The Railwayraen's executive has passed a resolution urging Labour to unitedly oppose compulsion, involving the confiscation of men's lives, leaving the nation's…

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Egypt. Railways Taken Over. Cairo, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 9

The military authorities have taken over all the Cairo, Port Said, Suez, and Ismailia trunk railway lines…

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Wheat Yield. Railway Factor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 10

The Premier on Saturday expressed himself as "immensely pleased with the prospect of a record wheat harvest in the State, and claimed that the Government had largely…

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Returning To-day. More Wounded and Sick. Notice to Motor Car Owners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 8

A transport will arrive in Sydney to-day having on board a fairly large batch of wounded and sick for this State and for Queensland. The vessel is expected to warp…

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Russians at Lemberg Residents on the Run Enemy Active on Strypa Constructing New Railways London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 1

M. Ludovie Naudaud, the Paris Journal's correspondent on the eastern front, writes:-- "The Russian offensive has reached Lemberg, and the residents are fleeing…

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Unruly Tram Passenger

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

There was an exciting scene in a tram-car on Friday, and the result was that Albert Pretty, aged 21, came before the Paddington Police; Court to-day on three charges…

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Line Clear Western Railway Traffic a Marked Improvement Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

'There is no doubt that the railway authorities are making a determined effort to cope with the western wheat season. During last week there was a most marked…

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Lady Tram Conductor Volunteer From the Country

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

The Minister, for Works has received a letter from another young woman in the New England district who seeks employment, as a tram conductor or in some other outdoor…

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Motor Car Turns Over Two Men Injured

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 8

While driving a motor car along the main road at Blacktown this morning, Sidney Green, motor mechanic, Parramatta-road, Burwood, came across another motor car…

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