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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Motor Car Capsized Collision at Kogarah

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

A collision between two motor cars occurred in Rocky Point-road, near Regent-street, Kogarah, yesterday afternoon, when one of the cars was capsized and the other…

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Tramways

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 5

The tramway earnings show an increase of £17,767, and the expenditure a decrease of £14,617, as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year…

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Railway Revenue Up Effect of Higher Rates Commissioners' Quarterly Report

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 5

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December 21, in spite of the fact that the period covers the tail-end of the strike and its after-effects,…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Crushed by Railway Trucks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 5

On Sunday morning a lad named Smith, living with his parents at Sixth Street, Clyde, was found on the railway line at Clyde marshalling yards in a serious condition. He stated that…

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Aeroplane Mechanism

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 42

If one considers the mechanism of an aeroplane, one is bound at first sight to think that the engine is very small compared with the size of the structure, when that structure…

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Roads Down South

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 14

Mr. Evans, of Messrs. Angus and Coote, Ltd., has just returned from a holiday trip down the South Coast as far as Narooma. He found the roads very good, except between Milton…

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Motor Tax and Road Upkeep

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 7

KIAMA, Tuesday.--In the Gerringong Council yesterday. Aid. Moffitt referred to the meagre assistance given the municipality by the allotted sum of £50 from the main road grant…

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Run Over by Train MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

William John Dalziel, 66 a well-known furniture manufacturer, of Bourke-street, Melbourne, who has been missing for some days, was found cut to pieces on the Glen Iris…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Great Northern Road Deviation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 12

Muswellbrook is the headquarters of the shire of that name, and that it is carrying out the functions with regard to the roads within the shire. is shown by a doviation that has…

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The Sydney Road. its Importance to Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 3

At the Parramatta Municipal Council meeting on Monday evening a letter was received—in reply to one that had been sent by the council—from the Local…

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Railways and Tramways Fewer Passengers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 10

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quartor ended December 31 last was laid on the table in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Earnings for the quarter…

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Hun Planes Downed. Railway and Factories Bombed. French Squadron's Work. London, Tuesday Night

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

A French communique states:— One German aeroplane was brought down and three others fell damaged in their own lines Our air squadron dropped six thousand…

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Found Dead on Railway. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

The [?] of William John Dalyell, furniture [?] of Bourke-street, Melbourne, was round [?] on the Glen Iris railway line, near Heyt[?]ton, this morning. He had…

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Dubbo-molong Railway. Route Surveyed. Dubbo

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 1

Sur[?] are now engaged marking out the direction of the Dubbo-Molong railway route. The deviation will take a line wester[?] form the big ball locking down on the Little River…

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Crashed Through Window. Motor Car in Pitt-street

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

A motor-car, the property of Dr. Athol Mobhs, of Darling-street. Balmain. backed across the footpath in pitt-street. City. this afternoon and forced its way through a…

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The Australian Motoring World Lithgow Motor Cycle Club Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 13

The Lithgow Motor-cycle Club's carnival opened on Saturday on the Hartley circuit, under the best of conditions. The first event, an all-powers 33-mile handicap, attracted 17…

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Lithgow Motor Cycling Events

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 13

The Lithgow Motor Cycle Club completed a two days carnival on Monday with a l00 miles race on the Hartley course, with the following result :-W. Thomas (Newcastle), 2hr 6min…

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Motor-making After the War

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 13

After the war motorists (according to the London Sportsman of December 5) will be as much interested as the manufacturers in the return of English factories to the production…

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Along the Transcontinental Railway Route : a Region of Great Possibilities

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 18

THE average Australian Knows very little of the country through which the East -to-West railway line passes. Few men know it…

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Thousands a Month Robberies on Railways How Goods Are Stolen

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 6

Thousands and thousands of pounds worth of property is stolen from the railways every month, and it is asserted by police officers who have been interested in the clearing up…

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