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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

26 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Serious Railway Accident. FRIDAY, 4 P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 2

A serious accident occurred last night on the southern railway near Picton. Several trucks laden with goods were standing at Picton…

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Town Railway Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 October 1879 · page 2

ON Monday last a committee meeting of the Queanbeyan Town Railway League was held at the Court House. There were present Messrs. J. W. Nugent, M. Byrne, C. Scott,…

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Railway Meeting at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 November 1879 · page 2

A NUMEROUS and influential meeting was held on Monday afternoon in the courthouse; Bungendore, for the purpose of advocating and petitioning for the adoption of…

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T[?]e Monaro Railway. the Deputation

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 November 1879 · page 2

ON Friday last a deputation consisting of Messrs, Thompson M.P., Wright, Byrnes, O'Neill, and Nugent waited on Lackey the Minister for Works, in…

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Cooma Railway Deputations

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 December 1879 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Thomp- M.P., Mr. Teece, M.P., Mr. T. Rutledge, Mr. Leahy, Mr. P. H. Osborne, the hon. James Chisholm, Mr. John Chisholm, and…

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Queanbeyan Railway League

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 3

WE intimated in a previous issue that a telegram had been received from Mr Thompson, M.P.. to the effect that the Engineer-in-Chief had desired that gentleman to proceed to Queanbeyan and render the…

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