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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 244

After the Motor Smash Missing Umbrella Woman Fined for Stealing

The Sun · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 7

An incident of the fatal motor smash at the corner of William and Yurong streets on the morning of February 19 was the subject of inquiry at the Central Police Court…

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Motor Smash Victim Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 6

Mr. C. Rust, who has been in an unconscious condition since the motor accident in which he was seriously injured on Tuesday morning, February 19, was operated on on Tuesday…

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Train Derailed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday. -- Four trucks, two passenger carriages, and a van of the Grafton to Lismore train ran off the line at Lecville. a few miles from Casino, yesterday. After…

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Mining Shares. Hills Cheaper. Carlton Man Falls From Train

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

Up to 2 p.m. on 'Chau[?] of values with Broken Hill Prop[?] was that they began [?] 9d lower [?] lower (terms), but at midday [?] to steady Walter Findlay, 21, of Water[?] Carlton, fell off a train at Stanmore [?] Station last night, and sustained a large [?]ted [?] wound and probable fracture of the skull…

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Raider's Aeroplane. How Wairuna Was Trapped. Australians Complain of Ill-Treatment. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 1

Interesting [?] concerning the cruise of the German [?] Wolf were secured by [?] of the Australian Press [?] who [?] persons…

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Barbarity on the Wolf Passengers Badly Treated Little Food and Long Imprisonment Aeroplane Worked with Raider

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Copenhagen has had interviews with the passengers who were on the Spanish steamer Igotz Mendi, which ran ashore near the Skaw lighthouse,…

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A Steam Motor Cycle

Arrow · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 7

It is interesting to note that a steam motor cycle capable of running as above mention has been recently described and illustrated [?] The Motor Cycle. The frame is that of…

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The Motor Cycle

Arrow · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 7

To-morrow motor-cyclists are expected to assemble in force at the Agricultural Ground, where the Sydney Club is providing a Berks of events and doing its bit towirda makine the…

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Motor Car Thieves. Cheques and Cash Stolen. Tyres Removed

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

While Mr. Humphrey M. Darl, of Livingstone-road, Marrickville, was absent from, his motor car, which he left standing in George-street, Haymarket, yesterday afternoon…

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Fear the Future. Railway Workers and Card System. Evidence Before Royal Commission

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

Judge [?] the Royal Commissioner inquiring into the effects of the [?] and timecard system in the [?] tramway [?] his [?]…

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Rabbits on Railway Line

The Land · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 6

The secretary to the Railway Commissioners has informed Cobbora Shire Council that steps were being taken by the Department to comply with the…

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The Fetish of the Foreign Expert. Victorian Railway Finances and the Causes, of Failure

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 1

The Government of Victoria is having trouble with its railway system, which fails to pay—no matter what increases are made in the wages of the employees,…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development. Irrigation Areas N.S.W. Commission's Report Yanco Acreages Show a Decrease

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

The report for the year ended June 30th, 1917, of the N.S.W. Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission emphasises the need for amending legislation…

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The Sydney Motor Smash. Death of Another Victim

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 4

The death occurred at the Sydney Hospital on Wednesday morning after an operation, of Mr. Cecil Rust, whose skull had been fractured in the sensational…

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A Motor-car Barcain. a Brasler—1914 Model

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 4

In these Days when restrictions are placed on the importation of motor-cars, and when, with the increasing demand, prices are souring higher and higher, a…

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"Even Austrians" Foreigners on Darwin Railways Statement to Returned Soldiers HOBART

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

Sergeant M'Kenzie, Victoria, reported at the Congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial Service League, that Greeks, Italians, Chinamen, and even…

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Railway Facilities

The Propeller · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 1

On Tuesday last Mr. T. J. Ley, M.L.A., introduced to the Deputy Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. H. Cann. a deputation from…

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Motor Boat Capsized. Balmain Resident Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

GOSFORD, Thursday. -- Alfred Hutchings, a boller-maker, employed at Mort's Dock, and residing at Balmain, was drowned yesterday while fishing at the bar near Wagstaffe Point…

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Motor Car Stolen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 6

A motor car was stolen between 6 and 9.30 last evening from Bligh-street, outside the Union Club. It was a atandard grey four-seated Bulck, practically new, with the…

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Aeroplane Ambulance

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 8

The latest idea on the Western front is to carry seriously wounded men to hospital in aeroplanes, and experiments have been conducted in France in this…

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