Removed His Bridge
Mr. J. Dabbs, Dundas, wrote to the council, at its meeting this week, complaining that the road inspector had removed a bridge over the gutter from the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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Two Men Prosecuted. for a Road Match
Over in Mooriland there was an argument between two men regarding the speed of their horses, and they arranged to decide the question by a match on a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Kindly Motorist's Surprise
A motorist ran down and killed a hon. He was a conscientious motorist, so, instead of racing along, unmindful of the grief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Tractors
The meter tractor, about which we are beginning to bear so much in England, has been "booming" of late in the Ameican Middle West, where the shortage of labor and of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Registrations
The registrations of new motor vehicles at the Sydney Department of Traffic for the past four weeks since February 6 to Tuesday last, have been:—Motor cars [?] ta[?] motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Importation of Motor Cars
The date on which bodies of motor cars ordered before the prohibition of August 10, 1917, may be despatched from the factory to Australia has been extended to March 31, 1918…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Car Bodies. Melbourne
Following upon a request by importers that the embarge on the importation of motor car bodies should be lifted or modified, a deputation, representing body builders and their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Car Recovered. Accessories Stolen
The motor car which was stolen from Bligh-street, outside the Union Club, on Thursday night was recovered in Tottenham-avenue, Kensington, near the Sacred Heart…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Facilities
On Tuesday last, Mr. T. J. Ley, M.L.A., introduced to the Deputy Commissioner for Railways, Mr. J. H. Cann, a deputation from the Hurstville Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOTORING. Evolution of the Motor
War is having an effect upon every last detail of civilised life, says one of the leading motor experts in America, and it is going to affect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited
It is our desire to make this column of real use to motorists. Every car owner or driver has occasional troubles with his car, and is puzzled to diagnose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring the Economy Car Soldiers and Motor Yachts
The Motor Yacht Club gave another outing to returned wounded soldiers on Saturday. Every two or three weeks a fleet of cars is sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring. Four Weeks' Registrations
The registrations of new motor-propelled vechicles at the Department of Traffic for the past four weeks since February 6 to Tuesday last, have been:--Motor car 81, taxis 4, motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Bodies
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Representations having been made to the Minister for Customs urging that the embarge in the importation of motor car bodies should be removed, a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Red Cross Motor Drives for Soldiers
The invalided and incapacitated soldiers at George's Heights were were taken for their biweekly drive during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. A Guard Crushed
A serious accident happened to an assistant guard named George P. Benson, early on Wednesday. Benson was engaged shunting at Wentworthville, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Man's Farewelling
The old-time popular yard master at Clyde sidings Mr. D. F. McFadden, was, with Mrs. McFadden, given a hearty send-off on Saturday evening at the Granville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Nuisances
The Mayor (Alderman W. Stimson) had a minute before the council on Tuesday in which be brought to the knowledge of the council that on the 25th inst an officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbed Again Twice on One Train Western Mailbags Ripped Open
The long toll levied upon public property, temporarily in charge of the Postal Department, was added to yesterday by a daring robbery shortly after 7 a.m. On going to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident
As a tram was nearing Maroubra Bay about 8 o'clock last night a colored man, Laurence Anotto, of Bushgrove, Botany, leant out, and, overbalancing, fell to the ground. A tram…
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