Eastmud a Slough which was Eastwood Road of Sure Adventure
To those about to hazard a passage through the syivan village of Eastwood, our advice is DON'T. The maps show a regulation road through…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250
Motoring Destroying Caution Youthful Joy Riders
The Automobile Club of Australia has gone to considerable expense in having special road caution signs made for erection on the roads at places where a certain amount of care in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Harry Becket Killed Result of Motor Car Accident
The death of Mr. Harry Beckett, examateur champion boxer, occurred yesterday at St. Marys, as the result of a motor accident. His car skidded on a patch of sand at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Produce
Extremely quiet conditions continued to rule at the Alexandra produce auctions last week. Heavy supplies of all descriptions of forage were again offered, and as the inquiry was dull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Industries Paper Board Mills Where Railway Tickets Go
When you throw down your docket in the shop where you have bought goods, if you think about it at all, you are probably under the impression that someone sweeps it up,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Military Trainee Killed Knocked Down by Motor
Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday Selwyn Lloyd Smith left his home in Toothill-street, Petersham; to attend a military parade at the Addison-road camp. He did not alight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brick Roads
The use of brick for road surfaces is winning wider attention in America. Continuing its advice on road building, says the Washington "Times," the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cycle and Motor
Some good racing is promised at Paramatta on Saturday, when a carnival will be held on the local oval. The proceeds are to go towards paying for a home for a returned…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tramways
In November, 1914, the Governor in Council granted authority to the South Melbourne Council to construct an electric tramway from a point in Patterson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Railway Workers. Ask for Increases. London, Sunday Night
A [?] meeting of railwaymen at Briming [?] at the refusal of t he companies [?] sliding scale of wages, to meet the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by Motor Car. Redfern Boy Injured
[?] who lives with his parents at in Bernitt-street, Redforn, was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday afternoon and Severaly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dead Baby in Basket Found at Railway Station. Many Months in Lost Property Office. Melbourne
The body of an infant so decomposed and [?] as to be almost unrecognisable, was yesterday found in a dress basket at the Lost property Office Spencer-street Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waiting at the Church. Motor Driver's Excuse
Colin Roderick M [?] guilty at the Newtown Police Court in morning to driving a motor-car on [?] Petersham, on January 20, at a speed when was dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Robbers. Safe Stolen and Blown Open. What Police Believe. Cessnock
[?] stationer master's office at [?] one mile from [?] and carried out an [?] it open, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed. Motor Car Accident
The overturning of a motor-car, which he was driving, resulted in the death on Saturday afternoon of Henry Beckett, for many years stevedore for Messrs Dalgety and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Boy Killed by Motor Lorry
Selwyn Lloyd Smith, aged 15, who lately resided with his widowed mother at 7 Toothill-street, Petersham, met his death on' Saturday afternoon by jumping from a moving…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Porter Killed. Newcastle
A young man named Walter Desreaux, son of Councillor Desreaux, president of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, was killed in the railway goods yards at 5.45 p.m. yesterday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burglary at Railway Station CESSNOCK
Between midnight last night and 6 o'clock this morning burglars broke into the station master's office at Caledonia railway station near Cessnock, forced a cash till, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"John Bridge" Reports. Wool
The work of appraising the values of wool clips has ceased for the time being. An interval of a fortnight is to take place before the appraisements…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A New Wool Appraiser. Mr. John L. Bridge Appointed
Mr. John Leo Bridge has been appointed an appraiser under the war precau-tions wool regulations for the State of New South Wales…
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