Railway Crain Traffic. Improved Western Transit
There is no doubt says a message from authorities making a determined effort to cope with the western wheat traffic…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250
Military Railway in Egypt
A Cairo message states that the military authority have taken over all the Cairo, Port Said, Suez and Ismailia trunk lines in preparation for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Scheme. Railway Transport
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, who is administering the wheat scheme for the State Government, said yesterday that it was now working smoothly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car Afire. Passengers' Terrifying Experience. Cobar
Mrs. Huckle and three little children were being driven in from Bourke to Cobar yesterday by motor car, when, about 62 miles from Cobar, the car caught alight. Mrs. Huckle…
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A motor car, in which W. E. Smith, of Waverley, and S. V. Gale, of Meadowbank, were riding, came to grief on the main road at Blacktown yesterday morning. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North of Salonica British Smash Railway Guns Streaming in London, Monday Night
An Athens message states that the British blew up the Kilindir and other railway stations and depots, and also destroyed the railway at Kilindir and Demirhissar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Siege of Kut-el-amara Garrison Hard Pressed Relieving Column's Task Allies at Salonica Enemy Railway Stations Smashed 534th Day of the War
A message, dated January 15, has been received from General Townshend, who is hard pressed at Kut-el-Amara. General Aylmer's relief force has made progress, having captured positions closer to Kut-el-Amara. Bad weather is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Misconduct on a Tram Car
Albert Pretty (21) was before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.. at the Paddington Police Court, on three charges, alleged to have been committed on a tramcar on January 14. The charges were:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liverpool Railway Returns
The number of railway tickets issued at Liverpool railway station last month was 46,700. In October last the number, was over 90,000. The revenue for December from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Railway. New Arcade in George Street. Saying in Resumptions
Mr. Cann, Minister for Works, is doing all in his power to safeguard the taxpayer in the matter of resumptions in connection with the City railway. He got into the field early, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jumping on and Off Trams
The practice of boys jumping on and off trams to the risk of their lives and to the annoyance of passengers is becoming so common that Mr. Hoyle, Minister for Railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Proposed Hewlands Bridge
At the Parramatta Council meeting on Monday, when orders of the day were reached, the Mayor and aldermen considered at some little length the plans for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of Demir Hissar Bridge
A message from Reuter's correspondent at Salonika states that the destruction of the bridge at Demir Hissar, 45 miles north-east of Salonika, by the Allies, caused a sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North Shore Bridge. Lord Mayor's Recommendation
At the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night, the Lord Mayor (Alderman [?]) expressed the view that it would be desirable for the City Council to promote a bill for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waverley's Roads. Shortage of Blue Metal. Engineer's Difficulties
The Waverley Council recently [?] make the Municipality a model to others in the metropolitan [?]. It borrowed the sum [?] and immediately put [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Bridge. Question of Cost. Greater Sydney Scheme
The Minister for Works stated yesterday that he has for some time been engaged preparing the details of a bill to be submitted to Parliament for the building of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Turkish artillery crossing the celebrated Bridge of Boats at Bagdad
in the picture can be seen the "gu ffas" or coracles, curious round craft used by the natives on the Tigris…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Russian Captures in Galicia: How Prisoners Are Treated. German Aeroplane Brought Down in the Russian Lines
IT has been mounted on a railway truck to be taken to the base, where, no doubt, it will be repaired and added to its captors' air fleet. Among the interested onlookers are several types of Russian soldiers. The men in the sheepskin caps and the tight-waisted coats are the famous Caucasian Cossacks. There are several well-authenticated stones of women serving in the Russian Army, the most extraordinary being that of 12 Moscow schoolgirls, who at the beginning of the war purchased uniforms and boarded a troop train. They reached Lemberg, where the soldiers welcomed them as comrades, and concealed…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway and Tramway Institute
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the New South Wales Government Raliway and Tramway Institute was held last night. Mr. Jas. Fraser Deputy Chief Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →By Rail and Road Boomerangs Start Out First Stage Completed Forbes
Today is one of the big days on the calendar at Forbes and Parkes, for the central western route march has now been launched and the Boomerangs are on the road. People…
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