Road Hogs. Damage to Life and Limb. Motorists' Excessive Speed. Woollahra Council Takes Action
Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 4
The daily increasing list of motor incidents, particularly in Oxford-street. Woo[?]ra between Queen and Ocean streets, which may, be termed "the Mecca of Road Hogs," was the…
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The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 1
Reval, which the Germans have occupied, is the capital of Esthonia, and is 200 miles west-south-west of Petrograd. In pre-war times it was a popular sea-bathing resort. It is a naval station of the second class. The fate of part of the Russian float seems to be bound up in the fate of Reval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint Railway Construction Private Loans to Finance Works
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 1
A recent political sensation was the railway construction policy of the N.S.W. Minister for Works (Mr. K. T. Ball). On its faco it looked like a sensible business…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North Coast Railway. Another Link In the interstate Line
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 3
Speaking- at the opening of the Bowraville (N.S.W.) show last week, Mr. II. D. Morion, M.L.A., said that within the next twelve months there would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.s.w; Railways Federal East west Line the Losses During the First Quarter
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 3
The first quarterly report of the" Commonwealth Commissioner (Mr. Bell) regarding the working of the Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta railway, that for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier Settlers Desirable Orchard Blocks Recommended Resumptions at Orange
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 3
The Orange Land Board has concluded, an inquiry into the proposal for the resumption by the government of a number of estates in the Orange district for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bonds From Germany. [?] Trame In America
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 4
The United Slates authorities have arrested Johannes Werkhove on a charge of bringing German-owned bond coupons to America, for the purposes of cashing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East-west Railway. Broken Hill to Port Augusta
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 6
Amongst other matters mentioned yesterday in the course of a conference between the Federal and State Ministers for Works and Railways was a proposal by the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Booking Office. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 9
Sir,—I wish to draw the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the extraordinary state of congestion which exists at Challis House booking office. Considering this is the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Motor Smash Mr. Duncan Conscious
The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 5
The condition of Mr. J. A. Duncan, whose skull was fractured in the William-street motor smash last Tuesday morning, was today reported to have somewhat improved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speed of Motor-cars
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 5
At the City Council meeting last night, Ald. Davoren complained of the speed of motor cars in the city and environs. The Lord Mayor (Ald. J. Joynton Smith) said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perth to Brisbane. New Railway Scheme Uniform Gauge All the Way
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 4
The State Government has adopted a proposal, submitted by Mr. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, to extend the Condobelin-Broken Hill railway to the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mundooran Railway. Train Service Promised
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 15
Mundooran residents are delighted that they are soon to have the railway running into their town. To an inquiry made by the local Progress Association, the Railway Department…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 43
Blobbs: "What nonsense it is for newspapers in their accounts of weddings to describe the bride as being led to the altar." Slobbs: "How so?"…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Value of Trees. Good Shade on Country Roads
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 15
The value of trees for shade purposes on country roads has been frequently mentioned in the "Town and Country Journal," which has also pointed out the way in which quite a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sydney-Newcastle Train Service. an Improvement Urged
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 15
The Mayor of Newcastle, Alderman Kilgour, convened a meeting last week of Newcastle citizens to discuss the present Sydney-Newcastle railway timetable, and to promote combined…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Grafton to Casino. Daily Train Service Wanted
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 15
At a meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce it was decided to make a further application to the Railway Commissioners to restore the daily train service between Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Railways
Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 4
THE statement made by Mr. Faser Chief Railway Commissioner on the card system shows not only how complex and difficult the railways are as a business proposition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Motor Smash. Death of Mr. Rust. Mr. Duncan and Miss Egan Improving
Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 4
After lingering for eight days between life and death. Mr. Cecil Rust another of the victims of the sensational William-street motor smash died in Sydney Hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Australian Motoring World Motor Cyclists Compete at Charity Carnival at Week-end
Referee · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 13
One of the features of the carnival of the Police and Firemen's carnival at the Agricultural Ground on Saturday will be the events for motor cyclists, which are to be controlled…
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