Rabbits on Roads and Reserves. Government Help Wanted Wagga
[?] Pasture's [?] further representations in the [?] Department to provide funds to [?] for the purpose of [?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Great Golfer Killed. James Braid's Tragic End. Fell Off Moving Train
It will come as a great shock to golfers the world over to learn that James Braid, the famous professional player, met with a fatal accident at Waterloo Station yesterday…
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The next cycle racing for members of the New South Wales League of Wheelman will be held at Parramatta on February 24. It will wind up the track racing season…
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CAPTURED FROM GERMANS IN FRANCE…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Timber Tramway Proposed
M [?] has asked his [?] upon the question of a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Exhibition. Art Union Drawing
The railway [?] and [?] exhibition at [?] City, as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Unit. Farewell Ceremony
The members of the second New South Wales Railway Unit, numbering three officers and 266 men, were farewelled by their comrades in the service on Saturdoy night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russian Railways. New York, Jan. 27
Russia is seeking quotations in Pittsburg for 800,000 tons of rails and trucks. Russia plans spending £20,000,000 on railway construction…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycling. 100 Miles Race. Lithgow
Under the auspices of the Lithgow Motor Cycle Club a 100 miles race took place on the course de circuit, Hartley, this afternoon. The track was in good condition, and the weather fine. There was a large crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bolting Motor Waggon
The driver of a motor waggon proceeding along Alfred street, North Sydney, had a sensational experience this morning owing to the chain of the waggon breaking. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Military Unit
At the Railway .and Tramway Exhibition on Saturday night Mr. Fraaer, Chief Commissioner, made a presentation to the officers of tho railway military unit, which is about to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dusty Roads
The difficulty of effectively dealing with the dust nuisance is an ever-present one in North Sydney. Aldermen point out that much of the traffic which causes the dust belongs to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Fatality. Australian Officer Badly Injured
Second-lieutrnant C.B. Fenton, an Australian, of the Royal Flaying Corps, met with a sensational accident in England on wednesday last. He was flying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recruiting. Appeal to Young Men. Proposed Recruiting Train
It is stated in a circular issued by the State Recruiting Committee that Australia is so many thousands of miles from the actual scene of hostilities that it is difficult for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Not an Outrage. Spanish Train Episode. [?] Monday Afternoon
An official statement has been issued denying the reported attempted outrage on the Royal train, by placing leaden bars across the rails. It is explained that a thief, while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways and Tramways Decrease in Revenue. Effect of Coal Strike
A report made by the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways for the second quarter of the current financial year—October to December, 1916—shows that whilst there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Financial. Railways and Tramways in the Past Half-year
The records of the Railway Commissioners for the second half of 1916 are not a little disappointing. There was, of course, the coal strike for some five weeks to hamper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Institute
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway institute was held last night. Mr. J. Spurway presided. Mr. James Fraser, Chief Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troubles of a King Attack on Alfonso Attempt to Derail Train LONDON, Monday Night
Reuter's correspondent at Madrid reports what is believed to be an attempt to wreck a train carrying King Alfonso. A mass of lead weighing a hundredweight…
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