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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 244

John Bridge & Co., Ltd

The Land · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 15

An interesting revelation in respect to the use of crossbreds in made by the "Textile World Journal" of New York. This authority is responsible for the statement…

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Oxide Paint Mine on Road

The Land · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 6

Cobbora Shire Council has granted permission to Messrs. Colreavy and Walker to work an oxide paint mine on part of road between 41 and 42 miles peg, road…

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Training Motor Cycle Engineers

Arrow · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

One of the most interesting developments in the war in British motor cycle trade circles is a plan launched by the Cycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders' Union, to donate…

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The Motor Cycle

Arrow · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 7

In the last Issue of the Arrow, the fact was chronicled' that Fred Berry, driving o 7-h.p. Harley-Davidson and side-car, fitted with Barnet Class tyres, with C. Sainty as passenger…

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Dr. Mannix. Arrival in Sydney, Welcome at Railway Station

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

"Three cheers for Dr. Mannlx," The [?] or [?] who had assembled at No. [?] at the Central Railway Station this morning to officially welcome the…

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Awful "Copy." Complaint Against Railway Department

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

Giving [?] before the [?] Service [?] at the [?] this morning [?] of the sent…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier-settlers Opening Up the Lands Patriotic Farmers Assist a Soldier

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 3

A returned soldier named Sydney Edgar Barrett, who, prior to enlisting, was employed by Mrs. Moll and her son of S[?]rathdown Estate, Gerogery (N.S.W.),…

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The Enemy Within Austrians Employed on the Railways. Aliens at Port Darwin

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

Speaking at a congress of of the Returned Sailors and Solders' Imperial Service League at Hobart (Tas.), last week, Sergt, McKanzle, of Victoria, said that…

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Flocks and Herds-breeding and Feeding. Stock Transport Handling on the Railways the Methods of N.S.W. and Queensland

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

The condition in which much of the stock reaches the saleyards at Homebush (Sydney), and the frequent complaints of stuck not reaching the market in time…

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The East-west Railway. The proposed Broken Hill Connection

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 3

The Chief S.A. Railway Commissioner in a report to the Premier upon the proposal to extend the transcontinental line from Port Augusta (S.A.) to Broken Hill…

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Mw. Railways Kyogle-Beaudesert Project the Extension to Brisbane Favored

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 3

A correspondent from Casino (N.S.W.) states that the proposed line from Kyogle to Brisbane is strongly supported on the North Coast. He states that the…

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"A Regular Science" Reading Railway Copy Challenge to Printers

The Sun · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 6

Not even the use of a powerful microscope, it is stated, can disclose the secret of the hieroglyphics sent to the Government Printing Office as "copy" from which to print the…

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Man of Many Wars Tram Guard's Story Op Fight From Abyssinia to Mons MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

Henry A. Slater, who Is represented as having had a unique record of military service, Is working on the Newcastle trams. His case has been brought under the notice of Mr…

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East-west Railway. the N.s.w. Section

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

Want of money has, according to Mr. Ball, Minister for Railways, been the cause of the holding up of the construction of the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway line. But, in…

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Opening of Tempe Road Bridge

The St George Call · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 2

Tempe-road wore quite a gala appearance on Saturday last, when the new bridge erected by the Bexley Municipality, was formerly opened by the Mayor…

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Those Awful Roads

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 8

From all parts of the State motorists are complaining of the almost indescribably bad condition in which the roads are A wave of economy and…

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American Ambulance Train

The World's News · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 8

THE first ambulance train for the American Army has been built in England. A sixth of a mile long. It stood a few weeks ago in two sections on No. 4 platform at St. Pancras…

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Westmead. Road Improvements Wanted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 11

The hon, secretary of the Westmead United Progress Association wrote to Blacktown Council as follows—"As the council has seen fit to strike, a rate of…

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Bridge-building Under a Shower of Bombs

The World's News · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 13

This picture, from a double-page drawing by R. Caton Woodville, in the "Illustrated London News," gives a good idea of the harassing task of the engineers in building bridges oyer streams in Flanders and France whilst shellfire is constant or whilst showers at bombs are dropped from German aeroplanes. Often bridges are destroyed tiy the enemy, who wait until they are nearly finished before delivering the attack, and they have to be rebuilt at top speed…

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