Five Millions for the Roads Home=made Motor Spirit. Tyre Security—Trade Notes—Motor Cycling. Five Millions for the Roads
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 8
No; we have not got it yet; bat it is at least pleasing to learn that that somewhat somnolent body, the Local Government Association, actually advocates the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 1
A Swedish Red Cross train, which was conveying exchanged German prisoners from Russia, left the rails in the provineo of Nurrland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond. Rockmore Beats Small Field. Brooklyn Blocked Twice. Amy Ribbons Does 2.15. Improved Train Service
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 3
The Richmond Club's meeting on Monday was fairly well attended. The special train from Sydney carried a majority of the visitors and competitors and…
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Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 6
Mr. T. Ha[?] writes:— It has long been any unpleasant experience, while [?] on Saturday evenings in a [?] with my [?] child…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Accident at Randwick. Electrician Fined £10
Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 5
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Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 5
There were 114 new [?] the traffic branch of the [?] New South Wales [?] day. Averaging the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trucks Break Away. Railway Smash Near Carcqar
Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 4
A goods train, consisting of 20 trucks and a guard's van, with two engines, was approaching Bisyney from [?] at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the acuplings at the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Motor World Racing Motorists Well Catered for at Easter Reasons Why Motor Imports Should Not Be Prohibited
Referee · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 13
Prime Minister Hughes seems to be lending a sympathetic car to deputations which wait upon him preaching economy. Replying to a deputation from the Australian Protectionist…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Smash. Engine Couplings Break. Trucks Attain Terrific Speed. Carcoar
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 12
A smash occurred on the Carcoar to Blayney railway line at the 184 mile peg this morning. A goods train, consisting of 20 trucks and a guard's van, with two engines, was on its way…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 13
At the 26th annual conference of the N.S.W. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association the following resolution was carried:—[?]t this conference,…
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Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 8
The scarcity and high price of petrol are stimulating invention and discovery in many ways, and special attention is now being paid to the extraction of motor spirit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Troubs. Blathering Bill's breezy budget:—
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 5
Duster raids have been the order of the day for the past week or two, and some of the "gold crowns" are using up much stationery. In the share of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 8
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 diagnose the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Floating Mines" on the Railways
The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 4
The Carcoar-Blayney railways smash follows close on the breakaway of trucks on the Illawarra line-- too close to be pleasant. Railway travelling in New South Wales may become as exciting as a voyage to England, with the repeated possibility of loose trucks racing at large over the railway map. It may be sheer mischance that engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Trucks. Serious Railway Accident. Guard's Lucky Escape
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 6
CARCOAR, Tuesday.--A railway smash occurred near Carcoar early this morning. No. 34 up goods train from Cowra to Blayney. drawn by two heavy T class engines and loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. Railway Shunters Death
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 7
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Alfred Crossingham (30), a married man, employed by the Railway Department, died in the Newcastle Hospital today from the effects of Injuries received this…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 51
A tramp was lying on a tit of grass at a place where three roads met. A weary cyclist stopped, and asked the way to his destination. The lazy one jerked the toe…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →Officers of the N.S.W. Railway Unit which recently sailed for service at the Front
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 16
Lient. W.H. Newman Captain W. James. Lient. H. E. Cockram…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 9
The following particulars show the wheat traffic death with by rail in the metropolitan district last week:--…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 43
Convenience and compactness characterise a camp bed for motorists which, is so constructed that it can be laid across the tops of the seats of an automobile whether the top…
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