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Railways, roads & transport, 1917

6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Motoring Value of Systematic Service Grinding with Diamonds the Army Motor Oars 100 Cars a Day

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 2

The Grant Motor Corporation marks the opening of its fourth year of growth, phenomenally rapid even for the automobile industry, by removal from Findlay, Ohio, to…

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The Soil. Railway Manure Rates. Burden on Small Producers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 9

The executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday issued a statement on the effect of the new rates for the carriage of manures on the railways, in the course of…

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Motoring. Mr. Jules Maillard Farewelled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 6

Some 30 members of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales entertained Mr. Jules Maillard at luncheon at Paris House yesterday. Mr. Maillard, who is an old…

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"Go-slow" on Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 12

Mr. A. Reed, the selected National candidate for Rozelle, opened his campaign in St. Thomas' School Hall. Rozelle, last night. Mr. Reed, who announced himself as a straight-out,…

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Baulkham Hills. the Tram Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 8

Recently the Baulkham Hills Council received a letter from the Tramway Department, and the council decided to convene a public meeting for the purpose of…

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A Railway Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 11

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday a case inviting questions as to the work at the Rooty Hill station was heard. The case was listed: Railway…

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Railway Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 6

Mr. Albert Herbert Crossingham, railway shunter, residing at Carrington, met with a fatal accident at the Newcastle railway floods shed on Tuesday. He was…

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Railwaymen for the Front

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 5

The Australian Railway Unit for active service in connection with the railroad transport of troops to the Westarn Front (France); etc., will…

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Motoring Motor Cars Are Not a Luxury Imports Should Not Be Prohibited Rule of the Road and the Footpath Condition of Inter-State Route

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 13

The secretary of the Automobile Club of Australia, upon being asked if he would express an opinion upon the suggestion which had been made, to include motor cars among the luxuries…

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Norton Griffiths' Railways 4566 Workmen Employed

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 8

The latest return of workmen employed by Messrs. Norton Griffiths and Co. on their various railway works in New South Wales shows the total to be 4566. This number is…

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Badges for Motors

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 2

The State Recruiting Committee is now issuing to proprietors of motor cars some "stickers" to be fixed to the glass wind-screens of their cars. There is a variety to choose…

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Western Progress the Allied Advance. French Drive Back Foe. Aeroplane Activity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday.--A French communique states:--"We repulsed with loss two German raids west of Soissons. "We raided a German trench near Vauquols…

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Railway Rolling Stock Proposal for Port Augusta Why It Should Be Prevented

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 9

Up to the present the Federal Government has left to private enterprise the manufacture of all railway rolling stock. Even in the piping times of peace, amid…

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Railway Commissioners on Tour

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

Three of the Railway Commissioners— Messrs. Fraser (Chief Commissioner) Mile and Cann—are on tour this week. They will travel over the Dunedoo, Blayney, Cowra,…

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Effect on Tram Revenue

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 4

It might have been thought that one effect of the Daylight Saving Act would have been to increase the tramway earnings But the Treasury returns show that, while in February, 1916,…

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Ryde Branch Tramway

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. E. J. Doran, Tramway Traffic Superintendent wrote to the Ryde Council at its last meeting that arrangements had been made for the 10.46 a.m. tram from Ryde Station to wait…

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Recruiting Motorists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 8

The State Recruiting Committee are now issuing to proprietors of motor cars some "stickers" to be fixed to the glass wind-screens of their cars. There is a variety to…

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Railway Rates. on Artificial Manures. Protest From Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

The farmers are protesting strongly against thenew railway rates on artificial manures. A special notice issued for the information of farmers by the Railway Commissioners…

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Produce. Railway Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 9

The market for forage at Alexandria on Saturday was brighter. The attendance of buyers was larger than is usual on a Saturday morning, but very few sales were…

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No Steel for Railways. Coonabarabran-burren Line

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 4

MUDGEE, Saturday.--A deputation comprising residents along the surveyed railway line from Coonabarabran to Burren Junction waited on the Minister for Works and Railways, to…

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