Motor Capsizes Accident at Manly Occupants' Narrow Escape
Two men, two women, and a baby narrowly escaped serious injury in a motor car smash at Manly yesterday afternoon. Mr. Richard Alfred Penfold, of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 244
Presentation of Motor Car
At Leichhardt Oval yesterday a presentation of a motor car was made to Broughton Hall Institute for Military Mental Cases. Alderman Blackmore (Mayor of Leichhardt),…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Russia's Peace. the Road to India German Menace. London, March 9
The New York "Times" gives prominence to a despatch from German sources stating "the Germans claim to have acquired a direct free route, via Russia, to Persia and Afghanistan."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Knights of the Road." Sixth War Loan Bonds. Brokerage to Red Cross
A meeting of over 150 commercial travellers assembled in the lounge room of the association's rooms on Saturday unanimously decided that the brokerage of ¼ per cent. allowed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waverley Tram Men's Honor Roll
As [?] which are the [?] of [?] of the [?] at the [?] have [?] the [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Fired at Tram. Mysterious Randwick Affair
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →By Rail and Tram Sheaf of Complaints the Strap-hanging Trouble
Mr. Claude Thompson, general secretary, Railway and Tramway Service, forwards the following statement:-- There is a growing dissatisfaction on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Fried at Tram Bullet Over Passengers Heads
A shot was fired at a tram between Robertson-road, Randwick, and the Kensington tramway platform, yesterday afternoon, and the bullet passed through the car from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Men at the Front. Honor Roll at Waverley
An honor roll bearing the names of 26 members of the electrical staff at the Waverley tram depot who have gone to the front was unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Mr. O. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Smash at Manly. Several Persons Injured
A motor car driven by Mr. Richard A. Penfold, of Hilltop Avenue, Manly, capsized and was badly damaged while turning from the Sydney Road into Park View Road, Manly, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"John Bridge" Reports Consumption of Wool
In a previous report we drew attention to the enormous consumption of greasy crossbreds used for shell covers, wool that was entirely lost to the trade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Travelling Stock. Use of Reserved Roads Amendment of the Act Suggested
If a reserved road is shorter than the Travelling Stock Route, should a driver have the right under any circumstances to travel the reserved road?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crimes of Violence Metal Thrown and Shots Fired. Injured in a Train
When a train bound from Sydney Parramatta was passing through Petersham Station on Wednesday afternoon last. a lad named Harry Tory, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Driver Fined. Obstructed Governor's Procession
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enoccera Railway. Extension Opened to Milo[?]on
The extension of the railway line from Mitchelton (Q.) from Rifle Range, on the Enoggern to Terror's Creek extension was officially opened on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier-settlers Victorian State Purchases' City and Country Land for Soldiers
The Victorian Minister for Lands (Mr. Clarke), has presented a return to the cabinet showing the purchases made by the government for the settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Advance The Commonwealth's Line Brisbane to Perth on One Gauge
The N.S.W. Minister for Marks and Railway (Mr. Ball), in [?] Doe. in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday might, said that although scarcity of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Tournaments. [?]
Representatives of the Railway Institutes of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland met at the Railway institute on Saturday, to compile a code of rules and regulations to govern the annual interstate railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Notices for Motor Cars
Motor car owners requiring further notices for the wind screens of their cars advertising the war loan should apply to the Commonwealth Bank. Many notices have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Here and There Horse Kicks Youth on Tram
Leslie Jobbins, 19, of Yowie, 74 Silver-street, St. Peters, was on a tram in King-street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon, when a horse close by became frightened, and…
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