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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 244

"Tough Your Cap." Tram Trusts Instructions. Causes Surprise and Resentment. [?]

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 1

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Motoring Registrations

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 1

[?] registration of [?] Traffic Depar[?] four weeks up to January [?]…

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Tram Tickets and Cork Legs

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

It seems a far cry from [?] to co[?] Eng[?]…

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Motoring to Church. Is It a Household or a Spiritual Affair?

The World's News · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

MRS. HETTIE LIPSETT, aged mother of General Lipsett. Canadian Forces, resident at Merthyr (Wales) recently hired a motorcur te attend Holy Communion at Cyfarthfa…

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Safe Motor Cars

The World's News · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 11

MR. S. A. DEANES, Box 165, West Point, Missouri, U.S.A., has patented an invention to provide a device which may be used in connection with automobiles, by means of…

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Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 19 January 1918 · 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…

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Railway Dingy Club

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

The heavy breeze was responsible for a good many capsizes during the race for the 6ft dingles, Myra, Edna, Kangaroo, and Livonia all turning turtle…

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Motor Cycling. The Camphor Dope

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 8

What appears to be a satisfactory explanation of the erratic manner in which camphor behaves when used as a means of fortifying motor spirit is given by a…

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The Sydney Sportsman, Saturday, January 19, 1918. Motors and Motoring What Makers and Motorists are Doing. Tasmanian Motor Taxation the Sidewalk Pump. More About Gas. Motor Cycling—trade Notes. Tasmanian Motor Taxation

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 8

We have had plenty of motor taxation schemes in Australia, but hitherto, as far as the two principal States of Victoria and New South Wales are…

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Is This the Machine Gun of the Future ? The men are concealed, and the trigger is pulled by machine, the barrel is cooled like a motor-car engine; the ammunition supply is continuous

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 3

Machine-guns talk in stutters-- staccato stutters. They can fire at the rate of 600 shots per minute, but they can't keep up the pace. Part of this failure is due to the…

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Motoring Where to Economise Councils and Scooters

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

The conditions governing Sydney's motor traffic are not sufficiently conducive to economical running expense. Visitors to our State capital have…

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Dismal Petrograd No Food, No Light, No Trams Fears for Vladivostock London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Petrograd states that everything seems to indicate that more trouble is brewing. The garrison is disaffected and civilians are restless because…

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Motoring. the Week's Registrations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 3

The registration of new motor-propelled yechicles at the Traffic Department for each of the past four weeks up to January 15 have been respectively:--Motor cars 88; taxis, nil: motor…

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Trespassing on the Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 11

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, S.M., C. A. Pritchard pleaded not guilty to a charge of, trespassing on the railway…

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On the Trams Do Motormen Die Young? Pedestrians Who Take Chances

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 9

Passengers by one of the morning trams on the Milson's Point route on Friday morning were shaken up by the sudden stop of the vehicle, and shocked when they learned the…

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Four Soldiers Injured in Tram-motor Car Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 2

About six o'clock last night a motor car, in which were four recently-returned soldiers, whose temporary address is Randwick Hospital, came into collision with a Believue Hill…

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Tram and Sulky Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon W. Davis, of Gordonavenue, Marrickville, and W. H. McGee, a carter of Marrickville-road, were in a sulky driving along Marickville-road, were in a sulky…

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Motoring Sydney to Melbourne Via Trip Recommended Motorists

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 12

Mr. J. B. Clarkson, of New Zealand, representing the Swift Motor Company, of Coventry, England, and Mr. G. R. Broadbent, of Melbourne, have just completed a tour from…

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Rail and Tram Economy

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have not restored the full train or tram services in operation before the strike. One reason is a vigorous attempt to make the returns of the…

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Last Trams Persons Who Are Left Behind Remarkable Official Statement

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 2

The Tramway Department does not seem to have an adequate conception of the serious annoyance and hardship imposed upon tram travellers when last trams leave before their…

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