Bumped Out Amid. Some Little Sensation. Meggitts; the Tram; and the Integrity of Macquarie St
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 2
At Parramatta Council meeting on Monday, Just as thing" were beginning to run In the old routine manner—and when 8.30 was the hour—the Mayor suddenly moved…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 2
The only railway case at the Parramatta Police Court heard at length on Monday was that against Fred Hilton (who did not appear). John' Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dentist's Bridge-work
The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4
When you have bridge-work in the mouth pay for proper bridge-work, or your money may be lost. Walter Pittar's new address, over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Gone. Mailbag Under Bridge
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4
After a lull another mailbag has been stolen. Yesterday a bag containing mail matter for Smithfield, which was travelling on the 6.30 a.m. train from Sydney to Liverpool, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balmain Sensation Police Encounter Suspected Smugglers. Sixteen Shots Fired. Men Escape in Motor Car. Opium Worth £3000 LANDED
Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 5
Two men believed is have been opium smugglers after being ambushed by a detachment of Customs officers and police at Balmain this morning escaped under sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Used by the Balmain Fugitives
Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 3
THE SMASHED WINDSCREEN AND THE BULLET HOLE IN THE BONNET SHOW WHAT A NARROW ESCAPE THE OCCUPANTS HAD (Particulars of the sensational expl[?] are printed on page)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Opium Smugglers Get Away With £3000 Worth Desperate Affair with Police Motor-Car Charge--Many Shots Fired
The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 5
At Balmain this morning two smugglers got away with £3000 worth of opium in a fast motor car. They charged two bodies of police and Customs officers, and though fired at continuously, escaped apparently without injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carlton Safe Robbery. Railway Official Acquitted
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4
The charge against William Henry Ferguson. night officer at Carlton Railway Station, on the Illawarra suburban line, of stealing £126 5s 6d, the property of the Chief Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defeated. Victorian Government. Ministers to Resign. Adverse Vote on Railway Estimates
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Bowser Government was defeated in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon by 23 votes to 22, on a motion by the lender of the Opposition (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schedule of Main Roads
The Land · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 4
Berrigan Shire Council has received a letter from the Local Government Depart, saying that with respect to the council's request regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drawing Logs Over Roads
The Land · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 4
Bellingen Shire Council has carried the following resolution: "That the shire clerk write to the owners of the various timber mills throughout the shire,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rear-admiral Bridge's Estate. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 6
Probate is being sought in the will of Rear-Admiral Walter Bogue Bridges, of Trawalla, near Beaufort. Rear-Admiral Bridges died on December 28 last, leaving real estate valued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Removing Fallon Trees off Road
The Land · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7
A.C. (Judd's Creek) writes:—A and B are neighbours. Two trees which grew on B's side of the fence fell across a road completely blocking all traffic and breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor-cycles for Police
Arrow · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7
All recruits undergoing instructions at Police Barracks will in the future be trained in the use and management of motor-cycles. All constables sent to country stations will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor
Arrow · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7
The Camberra Clab has completed arrangements for its big Easter carnival at Hartley, when a race over 100 miles, open to all comers, will be contested. The city motor cycling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Balmain Sensation. the Motor Car Chase, Arrested Men Before the Court
Evening News · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 5
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Prosecutions. Persons Who Dodge Paving Fares
Evening News · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 5
Bin[?] the beginning of the year the Railway Department has instituted 77 successful prosecutions, mostly against persons for travel[?] on [?] without paying fares…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Government Defeated. Ministers to Resign. Adverse Vote on Railway Estimates
The Land · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 9
The Bowser Government was defeated in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon by 23 votes to 22, on a motion by the leader of the Opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Western Lands Rainfall in Inland N.S.W. the Agricultural Prospects Bright
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 3
The members of the N.S.W. Western Lands Commission, in their annual report, emphasise their belief in the practicability of developing the agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Carlton Robbery. Railway Official Acquitted
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 4
The charge against William Henry Ferguson, a night officer at Carlton (Sydney) railway station, of having stolen £120 5S, 6D., the property of the Chief…
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