East-west Railway. Carriage of Mails
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--On the ground or cost, the Postmaster-General does not propose to comply with a suggestion made that English mails should be despatched to and from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 244
Sport on Land and Water. War and Motoring. Automobile and Engineering Design
War is having an effect upon every least detail of civilised life (says one of the leading motor experts in America), and it is going to affect automobile design just as much as other…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Motor Car Construction
Years back we looked annually to Europe for the latest tendencies in motor car construction, but owing to the makers now being mostly engaged in war work, America is the only…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Motor and Cycling Notes
That the American ex-champion, Frank Kramer, is still capable of sprinting fast was recently demonstrated by his riding a half-mile in competition in the world's record time of…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →A Motor Ambulance. Much Needed at Lithgow
Lithgow, which is one of the greatest industrial centres in Australia, and has been referred to on more than one occasion as the Brimingham of the Commonwealth, is to have a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Accident
A collision occurred at Baulkham Hills on Sunday afternoon between a motor-car, driven by Mr. N. Saunders, and a side-car outfit. Mr Sounder had overtaken and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Passenger Injured. Stones Thrown at Petersham
The danger to passengers on saburban trains through lads throwing stones in the vicinity of the railway was emphasised at Petersham Station yesterday afternoon, when a lad was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stone Thrown at Train Passenger's Forehead Cut Open
While the Parramatta train, which left Sydney at three minutes past 5 yesterday afternoon, was passing through Petersham, a piece of metal was thrown at it,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A. Hilton and Son, Iirndisrson-road, Alexandria
The model butchery of Scuth Sydney is that of A. Hilton and Son. Their establishment a Henderson-rond is the rendezvous of all householders, who are keen on…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Cook's River Road. to the Editor
Sir,--In your issue of this morning I notice that Sir Alien Taylor, in the Legislative Council last night, raised the question of the widening of the Cook's River Road. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cook's River-road. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of this morning I notice that Sir Allen Taylor, in the Legislative Council last night, raised the question of the widening of Cook's River-road. There is no doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →J. H. Ruxge. Good-street, Granvtlle; Auburn-road. Auburn, Church-street. Patjbamatta
J. H. Runge, the people's butcher, as he is formed, is one of the most successful of business men, for he understands perfectly the art of catering for the public so as to…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →For "Worker" Women Conducted by Mary Gilmore. the Bridge at the Foot of the Hill. (Original.)
"Twas a beautiful day in our little town, A bright sunny day in the spring, When my lover and I walked slowly along Down the road where the wattle birds…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On the Road to Jericho: Robert Hichens Tells Us What the Australian Troops Have Passed Through. The Most Impressive Country in the Holy Land
Jericho has much of the peculiar fascination that belongs to an oasis. It is a tract of rich, sub-tropical fertility, guarded sternly, as if it were some precious jewel, by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Tram Accident. Mother and Son Injured
While crossing George-street, Central Square, City, last night, [?] Ellagabeth K[?]p, of 17 Jasmond-avenue, Dulwich Hill [?]d per son, were knocked down by a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Said the Fellow on the Tram
I met him on the tram. "Boneheads!" he exclaimed. "Why, the blanky world is filled and flowing over with them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East-west Railway. the Direct Route
Mr. Ball's suggestion in regard to the linking up of the Port Augusta-Broken Hill-Condobolin sections of a direct east-west railway, is receiving attention…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Guard's Discovery. Bags of Money in Van
The casual way in which the railway authorities handle valuables entrusted to their care is well exemplified by the experience of a guard on a western-bound train last month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Street Motor Smash
Miss Annie Egan, who was one of the occupants of the motor car that overturned at the corner of William and Yurong Streets, City, in the curly hours of the morning of February 1[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads
The Narraburra shire president told the council that he had interviewed a responsible Local Government authority in Sydney, the latter pointing out that…
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