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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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

Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 8

It is our desire is make this column of real use to motorists. Every car owner or driver his occasional troubles with his car, and is puzzled to diagnose…

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Motoring the Owner-driver Small Car of the Future

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

The light car movement, though not very active at the moment, will in the near future help greatly in creating a bigger demand for cars…

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Motoring. Registration Figures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

The registrations of new motor-propelled vehicles at the Traffic Department for the last four weeks of the past year have been respectively: Motor cars, 79; taxi 1, motor cycles…

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Mosman Tram Services

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

On Thursday a deputation from the Mosman Council comprising Aldermen Smith (Mayo[?]), Walters and…

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Big Motor Traffic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

The disdain with which the travelling public is treating that awful main thoroughfare to and from Sydney, the Parramatta road, is being more and more…

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Motor Leaps Over Fence

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

Mr. John Robertson, a blacksmith, of Tallangatta, in tho Albury district, was killed in a motor buggy accident last week. About 12 mouths ago he purchased…

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Motoring Inter-state Touring New and Good Route to Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 11

Mr. B. G. Ezzy writes:—"As a Queensland reader of your motoring column I Would like to add my quota to your Interstate tours in the Christmas issue. Regarding the Route…

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British Successes. Railways and Factories Bombed LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 1

Sir Douglas Haig reports: Great aerial activity was shown by both sides on Thursday. Two hundred bombs were dropped on two hostile aerodromes, a railway juncuon and…

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Motor Car Overturns Seven People Injured Family Party's Mishap

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

About 9.30 last night, Alfred McEwan, a butcher, living in Gordon-street, Petersham, was driving a Ford car along Broadway, Glebe, being then on his way home from a trip to…

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Railway Centralisation a South Coast Demand Wollongong

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

At a meeting of the Wollongong Citizens' Association, Mr. M. J. Wilson gave notice to move at next meeting that the Association protest against the continued centralisation of the…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms Extension of Operations

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

The Railway Refreshment Rooms is further extending its operations at the Central Railway Station. A shop has been opened in Pitt-street where tobaccos, cigars, and other articles are…

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Meat Scarcity. Are Railways to Blame? Alleged Holiday Paralysis

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

The fears expressed in certain quarters that there is danger of a meat famine in Sydney are not shared officially. It was stated yesterday that there has…

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Motor Regulations a Bad Old System Judge's Sensible Remarks

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 7

Mr. Justice Edwards, of New Zealand, recently made some very sensible remarks in regard to the enforcing of the motor regulations in the Dominion, and they will be read…

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State Railway Control U.S.A. and Canada VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 1

President Wilson yesterday called upon Congress to give him full and unrestricted powers to conduct the Federal operation of the country's railroads. Before a joint…

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Motor Car Overturns Whole Family Injured

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

A motor car completely overturned last night opposite the University Hotel, in Glebe Point-road. The occupants were thrown to the roadway and each of them was…

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Motor Stolen and Found

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 6

A apart bit of work was p[?]ermed by the Sydney police in connecting with the theft of a motor [?] yesterday afternoon. The [?] by Mr. G. E. Adams, was left standing…

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Motor Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

In swerving to avoid a collision in Parramatta-road, Glebe, near Glebe-road, on Saturday evening, a motor car driven by Alfred M'Ewan, of Gordon-street, Petersham,…

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Motor Robbery. Smart Work by the Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 8

The prevalence of motor car robberies has been so great of late that it is now considered by car owners unsafe to leave their motors standing unattended. Special steps…

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Perilous Moment. Motor Overturns on Mountain Slope. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 8

A most sensational motor accident occurred on the Black Spur at half-past 5 o'clock on Saturday evening, when the mail coach running between Healesville and Marysville…

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Red Cross Motor Launches. Drivers Wanted for Mesopotamia. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 6

The British Red Cross Society has cabled to the Australian Red Cross to know if they can supply drivers for Red Cross motor launches in Mesopotamia. The salary…

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