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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 244

Sydney Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

A similar communication from the local Government Department to that received by other councils, through whose municipality the Sydney-road runs, with…

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Sunday Afternoon. Build a Bridge

The Methodist · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim,…

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The Road to Victory

The World's News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 19

"The war is all but won," And yet the Hun Clings to the shell-swept ridge's final spur, And every yard of soil…

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Epping. the Boundary Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

On the motion of the Mayor (Alderman John Neil), Dundas Council decided, on Wednesday, to place £100 on the estimates for expenditure on…

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Blaze in Campbelltown-road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

On Wednesday, at 4.30 a.m., an outbreak of fire was noticed by Mr. J. Pearce on the premises occupied by Mr. Sydney Stenner, Short-street and…

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Removal of Soil From Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

The engineer (Mr. H. J. Aarons) submitted in his report dealt with at Tuesday's meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council, as follows:—"As verbally…

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Aeroplane Losses. German Figures. (Admiralty Intercepts- Wireless Press.) London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 9

A wireless Gorman official message reports:-- "The enemy's alrcraft losses for December worn nine balloons and 119 aeroplanes, of which 17 fell in our lines…

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Hit by Motor Car Tram Conductor Injured

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

Cecil Bryant, aged 21, a tram conductor, who lives at 22 Nicholson-street, Lower Domain, was on the last run of his shift on a tram bound from Dover-road to…

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Woman Struck by Tram. Death From Heart Failure

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

Mrs. [?] pritchard, 72, was lived at [?] bondi, was walking along [?] about [?] minutes to 7 last night with an [?] up, when she was struck by…

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The City's Growth. Bexley. Seventeen Years' Progress. Inadequate Tram Service. Specially Written for the "Evening News."

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Incorporated in 1000 B[?] is one of the [?] municipal[?] has shown considerable growth during the seven[?] years of its e[?] ward of…

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Motor Fatalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 11

The death of a woman named Mary Ward, who was knocked down by a motor car in Oxford-street, Woollahra, on November 17, was the subject of an inquiry at teh City…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, 9th January. Before Mr. C. N. PAYTEN, S.M. a Motor Case

The St George Call · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

William Nolan of Bligh-street, North Sydney, was charged with driving a motor car along Rocky Point-road, Sans Souci, in a manner dangerous to…

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Gray Street Tramway Crossing Another Collision

The St George Call · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

Early on Tuesday morning, about 8 a.m., another collision happened at this well-known and dangerous crossing, where the tram shoots out from the…

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Motor Cycling

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

Owing to the restrictions on the use of petrol, gas bats are now becoming quite a common feature of English motor cycling. The movement is…

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Motors and Motoring What Makers and Motorists are Doing. the "Scooter" Danger. Luck and Record Breaking. The Coming Electrics. Trade Notes—motor Cycling. the "Scooter" Danger

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

Now that Christmas has come and gone, and the small boy has received the present dear to his heart, motorists are faced with a new danger which it…

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Our Consulting Column. Information for Motorists. Correspondence Invited

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

It is our desire to make this column of real use to motorists. Every car owner or driver has occasional troubles with his car, and is puzzled to diagnose…

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Motoring Coal-gas v. Petrol the Alternative Fuel

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

English motorists are adopting coal-gas as the only alternative fuel to petrol for the time being. Much pioneering work has been done,…

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Railway Enterprise Private Loan of £100,000 TEMORA

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Not being content to wait for the Government to find the money to construct the proposed railway from Barmedman to Itankin's Springs, which has been authorised by…

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Forty-seven Motor Cars

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Friends and relations who have received tickets for the Anzac Buffet from the Staff Officer for Invalids marked "A," will be admitted to the Anzac Buffet at 9 a.m…

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