Run Over by a Train. a Chinaman Fatally Injured
A Chinaman named Ah Ling, aged sixty years, while walking to Murrurundi (N.S.W.), was run over by a train on Glennie's Creek bridge. One of his legs…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 244
Motor Cyclist's New Record
Fred. Berry, accompanied by C. Sainty, members of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W., at [?]0 minutes to 2 this morning completed a new record run on a motor cycle between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Freight on Vegetables. Amended Railway Regulation
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce recently complained to the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners that under the new truck regulations the B-ton louvred trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS Yass-Canberra Line Linking the Capital with the Sea
A conference was held at Wagga (N.S.W.) last week in favor of the construction of the railway line from Yass to Canberra, with the object ultimately of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier Settlers Holding Applied for the Allotments in N.s.w. This Year
The N.S.W. Minister for Lands (Mr Ashford); stated: that since January 1st, 1918, 102 original holdings, embracing [?] acres of crown lands, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belmont-swansea Railway. Newcastle
A deputation from Swansea district waited upon Mr. G. Ball, Minister for Works, this morning, to urge the extension of the railway line from Belmont to Swansea. The distance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Henty-billabong Railway. Lockhart
Speaking at an important meeting of the Corowa District Farmers' Council the-retiring president, Mr. C. L. Milthorpe, in reply to a question, said that he could flatly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →House of Lords' Judgment on Railway Companies' Owners' Risk Contract
The following has been supplied for publication:— Copy of correspondence which has passed between the Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Railway Accident Wollongong
A ratal accident occurred last night on the Government railway line in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant crossing. An elderly man, Patrick Ryan, who was walking along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeroplane Ambulance
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 connection. An…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Widening of Cook's River-road
Sir Allen Taylor moved in the Legislative Council last night that the Government should resume land on the south side of Cook's River-road, between St. Peter's Bridge and the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cook's River Road. Suggestion to Remodel
A motion by Sir Allen Taylor in the Legislative Council last night, asking the Government to consider favorably the resumption of such land along the course of the Cook's River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Round the Kennels No.XII. Mr. Robert Hopping Burra-bra, Winbourne-road, Brookvale
My trip last week was to the picturesque Brookvale-Deewhy district in order to have a look at the inmates of the kennels of Mr. Robert Hopping and Mr, A. E. Grain. My…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Speed of Motor Cars
Mr. H. G. Morgan, secretary Automobile Club of Australia, writes:— [?] the [?] which took plae at a [?] of the Wooll[?] Council, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mails Mystery. Allegation of Defective Bags. Railway Officer's Report
A possible explanation of the mail bag robberies is found in an allegation of defective bags. The Railway Commissioners have received a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Bags of Money. Not Claimed for Five Days. Railway Guard's Discovery
An extraordinary instance of pay-bags, full of money, wandering ownerless over the railways for five days, is reported. Two pay-bags, said to have contained about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Motoring World F. Berry Lowers Sydney-Melbourne Record
Fred Berry, driving a Harley-Davidson and side-car, failed in his attempt to lower the motor-cycle record between Sydney and Melbourne last week. He left Sydney at 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mail Bag Scandal "Holes as Big as One's Hand" Railway Officers Reject 21 Registered Mail Included
Some extraordinary facts are coming to light in connection with the Postal Department's methods of protecting the mails. After the long series of big losses which have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bags of Gold Discovery in Railway Van Money That Travelled for a Week Department's Good Luck
Our railways may not always pay, but they are gold bearing, as the following story shows. The remarkable postal robberies and losses which have come to light within the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial. Overseas Cable Messages. Midland Railway of W.a
LONDON, Tuesday.--The accounts of the Midland Railway Company of West Australia show a debit balance for tho year of £21,700.IVANHOE GOLD CORPORATION…
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