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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 244

Nambucca to New England. a Good Tourist Road

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 13

The Macksville Chamber of Commerce has initiated a movement to link up Namb[?] with the New England tableland. It is state that a route traversed by Mr. H. Provost, a…

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Production of Railway and Tramway Tickets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 22

FEW people who purchase at a railway station one of the ordinary cardboard…

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The Battle of Menin Road— Scenes Behind the British Front in France

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 25

Dugouts near an overflow from the Ypres-Comines Canal. The footbridge shown was made by British soldiers. Happy scene in a "tank" camp on the British western front. The horses of patrols tethered behind dugouts in a dip on the western front. Australian troops resting on their way to the front line in France…

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Shipping of Goal Ceases. Deadlock at Newcastle. Railway Department and Shipowners Quarrel Trouble Over Pin-bosses. Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 5

As [?] result of a dispute between the Railway Department and the Steamship Owners' Association, practically all loading of coal has erased…

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Charges of Perjury. Sequel to Tram "Scaling" Case

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

Charges of [?]arjury were brought in the Central [?] this [?]ing before Mr. [?] and William John [?]…

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Railway Sleeper Depots. Questions in Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

Mr [?] for [?] on the [?]…

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The Australian Motoring World Successful Overlanders : From Perth to Sydney Record Broken Fremantle-sydney Record

Referee · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 13

J. Burton, accompanied by Mr. Smith, left Fremantle on Tuesday last, driving a Model N. 17.20 h.p. Hupmobile car fitted with Barnet Glass Boomerang tyres, in an endeavor to…

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Explosion on Railway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 11

As the Mildura to Melbourne train was slowing down approaching the Ouyen station on Monday night a terrific explosion, followed by a great burst of flame, occurred under the…

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Doomed Submarines Grim Death-struggles in Arctic U-Boat Sunk by Motor-Lorry Strange Stories of War in the Icefields 187th Day of the Fourth Year of the War LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 1

The Press Bureau narrates a remarkable story of adventures in the Arctic Seas in connection with German mining operations and British mine clearing work in the…

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Railway Commissioners

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 5

The Board of Railway Commissioners, as constituted by the Act, should consist of the Chief Commissioner and three assistants. The vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Milne,…

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Warning in a Dream Sunday's Motor Car Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 6

A strange story of a dream is related concerning the Clarendon motor accident, on Sunday, by which Mr. M. J. Schneider, of Aird-street, Parramatta, lost his life. It is…

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"Must Be Something Wrong" Mortality from Motor Cars

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 6

On returning to-day a verdict of accidental death in the case of a child, Alexander Robert Weidmann, who had been knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Oxford and…

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Motorist's Record Trip. From Fremantle to Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 7

A new motor-car record for the overland trip from Fremantle to Sydney has been made. The figures, which are 45 hours 18 minutes faster than the existing record, now stand at 170…

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Excuse for Theft. Railway Employee Convicted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 10

John Henry Walters, alias Edward Holland, a young married man, pleaded guilty, before Mr. Payton, S.M., at Globe Court, yesterday, to two charges of theft, one of stealing a quantity…

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