Trespassing on the Railway
At the Parramatta Court on Monday a big batch of defendants were dealt with by the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge for trespassing on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 244
The Aeroplane Raids
The enemy air raids upon London and Paris during the week emphasise once more the tremendous difficulty of dealing with the aeroplane when on missions of this kind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Road Control in N.s.w. Weed for Improvement
There is no class in the community so interested in the question of the control of the main roads as the motorists. They are all looking forward to the State Government doing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Raiding Enemy Camps Fires at Aerodrome Attacks on Trenches LONDON, Saturday Morning
The Admiralty reports that on Wednesday British aircraft bombed the aerodrome at Oostcamp, directly hitting the hangar and sheds, causing fires. One enemy machine was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Every Woman's Page Luck and the Willow Some Tram Car Philosophy And a Love Story Apropos
"Well, what could you expect—having anything to do with willows? I always told you they were unlucky. This just proves it. Nothing like that ever happened to her before."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Robbers Raid Safe Railway Department's Loss
Burglars who broke into the parcels office at the Carlton railway station early yesterday morning got away with £138/10/. From all appearances the safe was opened with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaky Railway Carriages a South Coast Complaint Wollongong
Passengers by the 9 a.m. train from Wollongong to Sydney one morning this week were induced to believe the assertion that the Railway Commissioners consider that anything is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Unknown Tramp Lonely Death in the Bush GOULBURN
A gruesome and was made near Towrang last week, when William Gorcott and Wm. Patrick O'Donnell took shelter in an old hut in the bush near the railway line. Lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Industry Affected Railway Bridges Damaged Brisbane
The Railway Commissioner said to-day that the damage done to the bridges over the Burdekin and Don Rivers in North Queensland was very serious to the mining industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Finance Railways to the Rescue Governmental Cost Increases
The State's revenue is leaping upward at a remarkable rate. At the end of the half- year there was a decrease of £75,592 in comparison with the same period last year. Now,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hun Aerodrome Bombed London, Sunday Night
The Admiralty reports:--"Aircraft bombed the Varssenaere aerodrome yesterday morning. A direct hit was made. A fire broke oat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record-breaking and Road-making
There is in progress an attempt to lower the motor record from Fremantle to Sydney, and the sporting instincts of the average Australian Will place him in sympathy with the efforts of the motorists. The element of risk may add to the sporting interest, for it is an axiom amongst those concerned in the motor industry that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Traffic Association
Under the amended rules recently submitted and approvod by the Industrial Registrar, the following members were nominated and elected, (unopposed) to the following positions in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fremantle to Sydney. Motorists Try to Break Record. Broken Hill
Messrs. J. L. Burton and T. Smith, who are attempting to break the motor car record from Fremantle to Sydney, arrived in Broken Hill this afternoon, having journeyed 1853…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safe Robbery. Burglars at Railway Station
Between 1.30 and 4.30 on Saturday morning burglars entered the railway station at Carlton and secured from the safe there £126/5/6. The safe was securely locked when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Fatality. Launceston
A motor fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon on Invermay-road. Francis Michael Kelly was motoring a party of three out to the races, and met a motor cycle with a sidecar…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tramway Traffic Association
Under the amended rules. which were recently submitted and approved by the industrial Registrar, the following members were nominated and elected (unopposed) to the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Overturns. Driver Killed. Four Men Injured
A large motor car overturned yesterday afternoon while ascending Roberts' Hill, at Clarendon. The driver and owner of the car, Martin Schneider, who lived at Aird Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Jewellery. Railway Porters Charged
MOSS VALE, Sunday.--Three railway porters. John Murray (21), John Schofield (ID), and Roy Feltham (18) were at the Police Court remanded till February 12 on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities & Accidents. Fall From a Tram
Mark Scott (8). living in West Street, Paddington, fell from a tramcar in George Street, near Moore Street, yesterday morning, and sustained concussion of the brain and wounds…
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