Tram Troubs
"Blathering Bill's" ruminations and lucubrations:—"To-night (Wednesday), 14th inst., a benefit in aid of W. (Bull) O'Connor,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250
Motors and Motoring What Makers and Motorists are Doing. Increased Car Imports. a Censored Interview. The Coming Commercial Car. Motor Cycling—trade Notes. a Censored Interview
The Consor got busy on the long interview with Mr. Alick McNeil which appeared in this months "Australian Motorist" and the latter portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited
It is our desire to make this column of real use to motorists. Every car owner or driver has occasional troubles with his car and is puzzled to di[?]se the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Workers' Passes
Mr. H. Lawton, secretary of the Grand Council, comprising the Railway Traffic Employees, Enginedrivers, Firemen, and Cleaners and Tramway Unions, has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waggon and Tram Collide. Two Persons Inured
A meat waggon came into collision with a tram in Parramatta Road, near George Street, Camperdown, last night, with serious result. William Jackson (31), the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Women
Practically all our women employed in the Railway Department, even in the clerical branch, have entered the service, to release men for military duty. About 50 are now on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmanian Railway Accident. Runaway Van the Cause. Five Persons Injured
ZEEHAN, Tuesday.--A railway accident occurred this morning at the Lynchford railway station, three and a half miles from Queenstown. The Mount Lyell Company's morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Commissioners and Fanners
The suggestion that bush fires are caused toy sparks from railway engines, or when clearing by burning off, was referred to by the New South Wales Railway Department on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor and Cycling Notes
It is just over a hundred years ago since the first man propelled himself on two wheels. Thar was in Paris in 1816. The machine was the hobby-horse, which consisted of two wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →East-West Railway
Mr. Connolly, honorary Minister in the West Australian Government, who recently accompanied Senator Lynch (Federal Minister for Railways and Works from Kalgoorlie (W.A.) to…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Tram Kills Horse
Mr. E Parry writes:—"The tram on which I was a passenger to Ryde on Thursday evening ran over and killed a horse. This is not the first thing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auburn Roads. Aldermen and a Steam Boller
At the last meeting of the Auburn Council the works committee submitted the following report:— With reference to Alderman Webber's motion that the council take into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Runaway Truck. Collision with Passenger Train. Hobart
Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning a loaded truck, containing 18 tons of flour and cases of ale, got away from Queenstown raliway station whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Guarding a Mail Train. Anonymous Warning. Lithgow
A report from Wallerawang states that for several nights last week the railway fettlers and the local police were guarding the viaduct at Cox's River. It is understood that an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Pudding
Take 1½ teacups of flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 small teaspoon baking powder, 1 or 2 eggs, loz. butter, ½ cup milk. Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and eggs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Uncompleted Railway. Botany to Sydenham
A [?] recently [?] Works to [?] with the partly[?] railway from [?] three held up by [?] it was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Watson's Bay Trams. Open Cars Desired. Credit for the Department
[?] type of [?] used on the Watson's [?] not [?] with the approval of the [?] Council, and efforts have been [?] on several occasions to get the department to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Judge Docker.) Motor and Bicycle. Downes v Coombes
Mr. Cowan, instructed by Messrs. D. M. Myers and Hill, appeared for Arthur Rawson Downes (who sued, by Edwin William Downes, of Marrickville-road, Marrickville,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trades and Labour. Tramway Employees' Union
The members of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employeess' Union employed in the electrical and power-house departments are dissatisfied with the present rates of pay and certain labour conditions in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reaching the Limit Shortage of Railway Men Wellington (N.z.)
The Railway Department applied to the Wellington Military Board to-day asking for the exemption of 50 men who had been ballotted for service…
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