Dubbo-merrygoen Railway
MUNDOORAN, Wednesday.--Messrs Mars and Donnellan railway officials, made a final inspection of the Dubbo to Merrygoen line on Tuesday. A deputation of citizens, headed by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 244
Fatalities and Accidents. Tram Conductor Injured
While attempting to save a woman iron ranging off a tram, which jumped the rails in Miller Street, North Sydney. Yesterday afternoon, Clive Deane, the conductor,fell to the roadway,…
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"K.V." writes:—A has a [?]eehold property joining B's freehold, but has no road out, as accompanying chart will show. A has been using a track through B's property since 1912…
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A deputation representing various bodies in Newcastle and district which was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. A. Edden, M.L.A., urged the running of…
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No motor cyclist his yet tackled a trip across the Australian continent, either from north to south or cast to west. Scarcity of petrol supplies along these transcontinental…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hidden Opium. Sydney's Motor Traffic. £600 Worth Discovered. in a Cave at Beecroft. Special Officers on Warpath
After a minute search, extending over two dare, or the rugged and mountainous bath country in the vicinity of Bescroft, a detachment of detectives and Customs House officials Superintendent Edward, of the Traffic Department of the New south Wales Police, stated this afternoon that special officers had been detailed to deal with breaches of traffic…
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Arthur Walter A[?]ey, 26, allies John Alfred French, was charged at the Central Police Court, with having stolen, between January 12, lets and March 15, 1918, three books of tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Adventures of Wangle, the War Artist.—he Does a Deal in Choice Blooms and Buys a Motor Car
1. Last week, sir, I met a poor old joint trying to sell pots of choice blooms, but there was nothin' doin'. No sir—no cash. Oh, it was pitiful, sir! (Excuse these…
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Australian Light Horsemen en[?] through desert country…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saving P0wer Restrictions in England Gas, Electricity, and Trams LONDON, Thursday Night
In the House of Commons the President of the Board of Trade, Sir Albert Stanley, announced a scheme for restrictions, affecting all users of gas and electricity. to…
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A motor cycle worth £45 belonging to Mr. Benjamin Bernard. of "Veronica,", O'Brienstreet, Bondi, was stolen yesterday afternoon from outsido the Registrar-General's…
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Glaring headlights, dim tall-lights, and speeding are three offences which are becoming altogether too prevalent among motorists in Sydney, and Superintendent…
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A guard, who has been convicted of 80 offences, including thieving, inattention to duty and deserting' a train, is still employed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Courts. Civil. Struck by a Motor-car
An action was before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury in the Banco Court yesterday, in which Arthur Lacey Wilson, by Arthur Honry Wilson, his next friend, sued John William Sharpe to…
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William Nicholls, residing at Guildford, was charged at Liverpool Court on Monday with travelling on tho railway without having paid his fare. Inspector…
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The civic fathers of Prospect and Sherwood had many more unkind things to say at this week's council meeting about the Public Works Department's…
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Messrs. H. S. Hart, F. T. Hart, Peter O'Neill, J. C. Vincent and M. .T. O'Dononghoe, ratepayers of Military-road, Merrylands, petitioned the council…
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Everyone who has read "His Official Fiancee" and "In Another Girl's Shoes," will welcome this new book with open arms. And it will well sustain the welcome. It is a chatty, human…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Prisoner Killed by Train. Goulburn
A prisoner who was being conveyed from Ariah Park to the Goulburn Gaol by the Temora mail last night went into the lavatory, and got through the window. He was cut to…
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John Graham, 15, residing at a Shepherd-street, Darlington, was riding at the back of a motor lorry to George-street wear, near Regent-street, City, stout soon to-day, when the…
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