Motoring. Then and Now
Twenty years ago, on November 14, 1896, motor cars were free to run on all roads in England for the first time. To-day motor cars are playing a foremost part in the greatest…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250
Wanted Railway Crossing
For the convenience of a large number of the employees at Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's, the Prospect and Sherwood Progress Association has been urging the…
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On Wednesday morning last (3rd January) a man, whose name we have been unable to discover, had the misfortune to lose his life tragically…
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A shocking railway fatality occurred at Tascott, near Gosford, this afternoon. Mrs. Alice Branscombe was cut to pieces by a passing train. The deceased lived at 120…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway and Tramway War Fund
From Nov. 24 to Dec 21 the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund collected £588/14/1, and with the amount carried forward from the last account there was £650…
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Now that Randwick-road has been turned into thoroughfare which is a credit to the city, and might almost hold its own with what is the finest road in the Southern Hemisphere…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chaos in Greece Reservists Destroy Bridge People Want Blockade Ended At Any Price Constants Rejects Allies' Demands London
Mr. Jeffries, "Daily Mail" correspondent at Syra, says that it is reported that the Greek Reservists have blown up the bridge south of Larissa. in order to impede the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charing Cross to Bagdad Britain Linked to the East Post-war Railway Routes
Great schemes for after the war should bo thought out and planned now, says a writer in tho Daily Chronicle. The Prime Minister has recurved a deputation on a proposal, considered for many years in this country, long since accepted and now ardently desired by France, about which a decision should…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Railway Construction Lines in Progress
The Circular Quay-Central Station section of the City Railway, running via Macquarie-street, is being carried out by Messrs. Norton Griffiths and Co. There is some heavy tunnelling to be…
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The Automobile Club and the Motor Yacht Club co-operated yesterday afternoon and treated a party of wounded soldiers to an outing on land and water, together with…
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The arrival on Wednesday of hospital transports with 500 returned wounded men offered a fine opportunity to note the organisation of the Red Cross motor transport…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Hope Not Abanboned Mosman Boats and Trams Midnight Steamer to Run
No decision has yet been reached between the Tramway Department and Sydney Ferries, Ltd., as to what alteration. if any, can he made in the transit services between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seventy Put Off No Work for Printers Shortage of Railway Material
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Assistant-Treasurer, who is Ministerial head of the Government Printing Office, stated yesterday that a number of men temporarily employed at that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Run Over Railway Fatality at Tascott GOSFORD
This afternoon Mrs. Alice Branscombe, who lived at Grafton-street, Woollahra, was killed instantly by a train at the Tascott platform, three miles from Gosford. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smashes Little Girl Killed Companion Seriously Hurt
As the result of a motor accident yesterday in King-street, Newtown, a five- yeur-old girl was killed instantly, while another child, a little girl of nine years old;…
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Mrs. Franceska Romburg, while on a visit from her home In Charters Towers, Queensland, travelled In the 11.40 a.m. train from Lideombe to Sydney on Friday. She alighted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Botany Cemetery. a Road Sought
A deputation representative of various South Sydney municipalities yesterday watted upon the Minister for Local Government on Friday for the purpose of emphasising the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raised His Hat. Annoying Girls Om Railway Station
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merrylands Railway Station
The Prospect and Sherwood Progress Association has been agitating regarding the condition of affairs at Merrylands Railway Station during Wet Weather. Representations have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Traffic. Cheap Trips to Randwick. the Oxford-st. Procession. Why Not a Twopenny Minimum Fare?
[?] officials who are always [?] admit the co[?] sancrtion that [?] by racecourst…
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