Increased Tramway Traffic
The comparative tramway traffic for Anniversary Days, 1917 and 1918, discloses, an increase to holiday records in favor of this year. Eighteen resorts are included in the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 244
Saving of Petrol Invention for Motor Cars Forbes
Mr. A. E. Peppercorn, proprietor of the Forbes garage, has applied for letters patent covering his invention of an automatic air valve, which he claims will materially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casual Conversations the Poetical Tramp Stagnant Life of the Cities
Having deposited his swag beneath a shady tree, he put his billy on to boil, shook a small portion of dust from his coat, lit his pipe, and commenced:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Trams Alleged Shortage of Men Plenty, Says Mr. Thompson
According to Mr. Claude Thompson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, the statement made by Mr. Doran, Tramway…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--A motor car containing a Mr. Ashworth, his wife, and their three daughters, crashed into a train at the St[?]x level crossing. Christchurch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney and France Anzac's Comparison Roman Roads and Shops
An Anzae's observations of France were interestingly recorded by the late Private Fred S. Cleveland, son of Mr. Cleveland, of Greenwich, New South Wales, whose death was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Knocked Down by Motor. Darlinghurst Boy Killed
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Three lads—John [?] and [?] Saturday morning on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Killed by Motor Car Another Oxford-street Accident
While crossing Oxford-street, near Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, this afternoon Alexander Weldmann, aged 5, of West-street, Darlinghurst was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youths and a Motor. Early Morning Incident
At about 1.30 on Saturday morning, while Constable Diamond, of the Granville police, was on duty on the Sydney Road, he noticed a large motor car without a tail-light being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"John Bridge" Reports WOOL
Alterations of a far-reaehing character have been introduced into the conduct or the proceedings under which the appraisement of wool has hitherto…
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Leslie Sweetman, aged 12, schoolboy, residing with his parents in South-street, Tempe, was conveyed to Sydney Hospital yesterday by the Civil Ambulance suffering from a large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Events of the Day a Smash In Victoria a Train Crashes Into a Sulky
A serious accident occurred on the Geelong (Vic.) railway at Yendon crossing last week. Two young men named Archbald Eyckins and Frederick Anderson, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trains and Trams. Increased Revenue. Tram Passengers Decrease by 7,635,000
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Felling Timber The Saw In the forest Practical Succestions for Clearing
So many regrettable accidents have lately occurred, resulting in some cases in the loss of valuable lives of those engaged in scrub-felling and timber-getting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fraud and Theft the Embezzlement of Excess Fares. a Railway Swindle
At the Hornsby (Sydney) police court last week, a railway ticket-collector named Joseph Patrick Smith, aged forty-four years, pleaded guilty to having embezzled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-car and Cycle. a Collision at Brooklyn
A motor-cycle and motor-car collided on Geelong-road, Brooklyn (Vic), on Sunday morning, and as a result a man named Clifford Sydney Hiddlestone,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo-werris Creek Railway "Let Us Finance It."
At a nicotine of the Dubbo brunch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. J. Grillin moved that, in view of the fact that the Government had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling. Lithgow
The Lithgow Motor Cycle Club completed a [?] days' carnival this afternoon with a 100-mile race on the Hartley course, with the following result:— W. Thomas (Newcastle), 2h 6m 45s, 8-h.p Harley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor Ship Kangaroo. Captain and Crew Rewarded
It must be a source of gratification to residents of the State (says a W.A. exchange) to learn that the Admiralty has had the name of Captain H…
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