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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 244

Cards Auction Bridge: Bad Players Who Never Improve

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 3

Bascule, the widely-read writer on auction bridge, in the. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, declares that a bad player, not an absolute beginner, will never become a good one,…

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Motor and Railway Express

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 42

For the first time in the history of motoring in Australia, the same car and tyre combination now holds the three classic interstate road records. The "Talbot" once held the…

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Tyre Blew Out. Motorist's Lucky Escape. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

A [?] accident happened [?] traveller on the North [?] for a leading brewery, as he was jour[?]ing from Tenterfield to Cas[?] by motor car…

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Sir Eric Geddes. Remarkable Career. Railway Worker to Head of Admiralty

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 6

The meteoric [?]sreer of Sir Er. Geddes, the great industrial organiser of Bri[?] sea and land forces, reads like a romance and proves once more the truth of the old [?] proverb…

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Motor Car Stolen

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

A [?] motor [?] Darlinghurst-road [?] quarter-past 10 last night [?] dark-grey color, and is…

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Round the Kennels No. 5—Mr. H. L. Sims Railway Hotel, Fairfield

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 10

Last week my trip was to Fairfield to inspect the inmates of the kennels of Mr. H. L. Sims, of the Railway Hotel. This Is ever amongst the most enjoyable of my various tours of…

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The Australian Motoring World Speed Judging Contest Postponed

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 13

The speed judging competition of the Northern Suburbs Club, arranged for Saturday last, had to be postponed until this weekend owing to the heavy rain. A big field is…

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Manly Hold-up. Attemp on Tramway Depot. a Man Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 12

Evidence regarding the alleged attempt to hold-up the tramway dopot at Manly on Boxing Night was heard by Mr. W. Clarke, S.M., at the Manly Police Court yesterday…

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Missing Motor Car

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

Constables N. James and J. Wilson, of the Darlinghurst police division, are anxious to locate the whereabouts of a dark-grey double-seated Oakland motor car, No. 11,870…

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Manly Tram Robbery. Cosgrove Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 9

William Cosgrove (56) appeared before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the Manly Police Court yesterday to answer two charges--one of having. in company, assaulted Edmond John Want Be,…

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Heavy Tram Traffic

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 49

The tram traffic in Sydney during the recent busy season affords an excellent indication of the increase that may be expected in the revenue during the present year, in consequence of the…

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Removing the Railway Station. a Protest From Cootamundra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners are reported to be considering the removal of the Cootamundra Railway Station to the North-road of the town. At present the line runs practically through the…

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Railway Pilfering. Losses on South Coast

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 10

Railway pilfering has increased on the South Coast line of late, and business people at every township from Helensburgh to Nowra are continually reporting losses to the railway officials…

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Motor Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 41

A series of new world's short, distance track records have recently been established on the Sheepshead Track (New York) by Rader aboard a Packard -- equipped with a 12-cylinder aviation…

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American Motor Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 42

Some remarkable figures relating to America's motor export trade are issued in the official returns of the trade of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1917, which have…

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The Western Front. More Aeroplane Raids. London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Sir Douglas Haig reporting at noon to to-day,states:— [?] is the usual [?] firing. Our aeroplanes last night dropped a ton…

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To Train Cadets. Physical Culture School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. James, Minister for Public Instruction, yesterday visited the summer school of physical-instruction tor teachers, which is in progress at Victoria Barracks…

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England at the Cross Roads: Ireland as Ally or Victim?

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 19

Daily the situation in Ireland gets more critical. Amongst the Sinn Feiners, the bulk of the Irish population now, distrust of England continues to grow, and it is not an…

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New Men for Armies. Miners and Railwaymen. London, [?] Evening

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 1

There [?] little [?] railway workers will a [?] proposals by which Sir [?] National service [?]…

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Motor Shortage. Local Trade Concerned. No American Cars Till May. Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

The American railway embargo the [?] in securing shipping space, and many other factors, are causing a considerable amount of concern in the motor trade in Victoria. The…

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