The Happy Tramp Dead
Nat M. Wills, The Happy Tramp, is dead. He had been tinkering with his machine and while the engine was running had closed the door of the garage. His wife, alarmed at the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 244
Tram Injures Man
When alighting from a tram at Bay-street, Botany, just before mid-day, yesterday, William McLaughlan, Elizabeth-street, Zetland, was knocked down by a tram which approached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Railway Picnic Melbourne
About 4000 people travelled from Melbourne to Ballarat to attend the half-yearly picnic of the Victorian Railways Mutual Benefit Society to-day. Provincial centres contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railway Men Restless Melbourne
Early next week a deputation of railway men will wait upon Mr. Agar Wynne, Victorian Minister for Railways, and ask for a further explanation of certain points raised in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motoring Record From Fremantle to Sydney
This picture was taken by The Mirror photo grapher of Messrs. J. L. Burton and T. Smith, who have arrived in Sydney after breaking the motoring record from Fremantle to Sydney (via Port Augusta and Broken Hill). Travelling in a standard stock model Hupmobile car of 22.9 B.H.P. (which admirably stood the heavy strain), they beat Mr. Birtles' record…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ambulances Busy Fight in a Tramcar
Last night was a remarkable one for accidents, and in consequence the two chief ambulance divisions in the metropolitan area -- the Civil and the Newtown District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Killed Smashed on the Kerbing
As a result of colliding with a tram at the intersection of Bourke and Liverpool streets, Darlinghurst, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, a motor cyclist, whose name up to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Problem Huge Flood of Traffic Experts to Confer
It is probable that very shortly the railway systems in Australia will undertake the inter-State transportation of coal, timber, and merchandise that in the past was always…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Killed. Dashes Into Tram
A collision between a tramcar and a motor cycle, at the corner of Liverpool and Bourke Streets, Darlinghurst, on Saturday night, was responsible for the death of Harry Merrick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrown Out of Tram. Remarkable Incident
John Walker, aged 43, a labourer, residing in Gaidener's-road, Mascot, was assaulted in a tramear on Saturday evening, and thrown out of the tram in front of another one going…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Pilfering. Arrest of a Stationmaster. Melbourne
After [?]nquiries regarding the disappearance of goods sent by rail, detectives on Saturday arrested Peter George Howard Pitches, stationmaster at Burrumbeet. Subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cabinet Rupture. Private Railways. a Critical Position
Whilst there has only been the flimsl[?]t excuse for the suggestions recently made that there is a "cavo" within the State National parly, information has now loaked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Across the Continent Question of Motor Car Records
In reports of the recent transcontinental motoring record, between Fremantle and Sydney, made by Messrs. Burton and Smith, in a Hupmob[?]le, it was stated that the performance broke the record…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unhappy Argentine General Railway Strike Vancouver
A message from Buenos Aires (Argentina) states that a general railroad strike has been called there. The strike has been followed by wild outbreaks. Tracks have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Loans. Railways and Water Scheme. 5 Per Cent. Debentures
The State Government contemplates the construction of certain public works from locally-raised funds, provided by or through the instrumentality of the people in the districts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Penrith's Railway Wants
PENRITH, Sunday.--A deputation from the Penrith Progress Association waited an the Railway Commissioners here, and a request was made that persons having workmen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carlton Railway Station. Watchman Uses Revolver
The Carlton Railway Station, at which a safe robbery was reported to have taken place on February 2, was the scene of a strange occurrence early on Saturday morning, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Railway Thefts
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Peter George Howard Pitcher (40), railway stationmaster at Burrumbeet, near Ballarat, for four years, was arrested on Saturday night by Detectives…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"John Bridge" Reports WOOL
The authorities in England have had before them for some considerable period the question or controlling imports and exports for a more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain at the Cross-roads
The campaign which has been launched against Mr. Lloyd George owing to his inauguration of the Inter-Allied War Council may have portentous consequence. It does…
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