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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 244

Supposed Opium Smugglers. Desperate Affray. at Balmain., Sixteen Shots Fired at Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7

A sensational encounter between police and Customs officers and two supposed opium smugglers took place at Balmain shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Railways Affected. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways has received advice that all station buildings, from Gordonville to Babinda, are more or less damaged. Behanna Creek bridge is out of…

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Western Australian Railways. Company's Grievance. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7

At a meeting of the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia, Mr. Williamson, the chairman, strongly urged that the company's lands, which were granted as a…

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Commercial. Overseas Cable Messages. Midland Railway of W.a

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--At the annual meeting of shareholders in the Midland Railway Company of Wost Australia, Ltd., Mr. A. Williamson (chairman) strongly urged that the…

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Boys at Half-price. a Tramway Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 5

Tram travellers to the eastern suburbs byway of William Street have occasionally to put up with inconvenience which, by the exorcise of a Utile common sense on the part of the…

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The Train Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 5

At the council meeting this week Alderman Paine moved to have the railway authorities approached with a request to provide for the stoppage of the 5.20 p.m…

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Stuck in the Bridge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. A. Clunie, Northumberland-road, Auburn, enlightened the council, by letter to this week's meeting, with the information that the sanitary cart "stuck in our…

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Mishap at Gladesville Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 14

While going throughout the Gladesville Bridge on Thursday the schooner Cavan, which was being towed by teh t[?]g Gamecock, had her rigging fouled the side of the bridge, and broke the mizzen mast…

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All Sorts and Sizes Englishman's Success with Model Aeroplane

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 3

An interesting experiment was made at Croydon recently with a large model aeroplane, which has been invented by Captain H. A. Sanders, of the Mercantile…

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Mad Leap from Train. Girl's Marvellous Escape from Death

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 6

The passengers of a second-class car on a train from the south bound to Sydney on Thursday were startled to see a young woman rise from' her seat and walk to the…

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A Tramp and His Work

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 3

KETTERING WORKHOUSE PULPIT AND THE MAN WILO MADE IT. A remarkable pulpit is to be seen in the chapel of Kettering Workhouse. It has been designed and cut out of old railway sleepers by a tramp…

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Motor Registrations

Evening News · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 4

The registrations of new motor vehicles at the Sydney Traffic Department for each of the four weeks commen[?] on February 11 and ended an Tuesday [?] respectively as…

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Motoring. Pertaining to Petrol

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 8

As all motorists know, the variation in the quality of petrol is very great. It is evident that the British Army has experienced the same thing…

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Misses His Motor

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 8

The progressive steps in the decline and disappearance of motoring in Germany are recorded by returned English prisoners from Ruhleben camp…

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MOTORING Belated Appreciation for Motor Vehicles Not Luxuries Now

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 2

Nothing is now heard in Sydney of the "luxury" of the motor ear. Since rending of its great utility in business, and its indispensability in…

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Tram Smashes Cart Collision at North Sydney

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 3

This afternoon a tram car going towards the Milson's Point Wharf, North Sydney, when near Campbell-street, collided with a cart driven by Frederick Boffer, a…

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Robbery at Newtown Railway Safe Opened £18 Taken--£9147 Left

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 5

The safe door at the Newtown Railway Station was opened in the early hours of this morning by means of a key, and £18 in notes and silver removed…

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Motoring. From Weeks' Registrations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 3

The registrations of new motor-propelled vehicles at the Traffic Department for caen of the four weeks commencing on February 13 and ended on Tuesday last are, respectively,…

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Henty-billabong Railway. Extension Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 9

CULCAIRN, Friday. -- An effort is Being made by farmers and settlors for an extension of the Henly-Billabong railway from Billabong Creek to Ringwood, through Coreen. A large…

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Railway Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 3

On Friday morning at Parramatta an inquest was held on the body of the guard, Geo, P. Benson, who died at Parramatta Hospital on the 28th February from the effects of injuries…

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