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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
94 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 17th ultimo, representing the necessity of erecting platform accommodation at Fairy Meadow, between Goulburn and Bungendore, I have the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The cause that will not admit of 'the light of day is a very poor one indeed, and man who resort to. moonlight petitions when all other efforts fail become like their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARIS, January 14.—The Perfect of the department of Eure has been murdered in a railway carriage. The name of the murdered man was M. Barreme. He came to Paris to receive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOON after the train was started, and while going at the rate of forty miles an hour, the operator in the car called New York. A direct wire has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RUMOURS reached town on Monday morning that a railway accident had happened at the zigzag, and that several persons had been killed and many more injured. As usual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN response to a requisition signed by most of the business men in the town, a public meeting was convened by the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Wright) on Tuesday last, to consider the propriety of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In reference to the latter of Mr. R. T. Jones in which he alludes to a note of Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan's, calling attention to the terrible state of the road between Bungendore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—If the road to Bungendore was the road to Paradise, more anxiety could not be shown in having the way made easy. First, Mr. O'Sullivan has his say about it; he is referred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following report has been made on the subject of the Queanbeyan Bridge, in response to the request of Mr. E.W. O'Sullivan, M.P.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident occurred on the Hergott and Strangways last night, resulting in five men being killed, and three wounded, though not seriously. About 8 o'clock, as an engine with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT will have been seen that the Minister for Works has at last invited tenders for the erection of the Queanbeyan railway station, cattleyards, goods shed, and other offices. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE contractors for No. 2 Section of the Goulburn to Cooma Railway (Bungendore to Micalago) are making highly satisfactory progress with their contract, although we are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE cause of the above accident, concerning which some particulars appeared in our (Southern Argus's) issue of Saturday, lies, of course, between the locomotive and signalling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As intimated in our last issue, on Monday last a number of ladies and gentlemen, accepting the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Johnston (Mr. Johnston being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We understand that Messrs. A. Johnston and Co., have promised a concession to the residents of Queanbeyan and Monaro, which will entitle the firm to public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following list shows the proposed distribution of vote on estimates for subordinate roads for the year 1886:-The amount per mile proposed to be expended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our last issue we published a list of roads in this district, and the several amounts to be expended thereon. We now learn that it has been decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" Dear Sir,—I am happy to inform you that the sale of your Syrup and Pills increases here continually. Several of my customers speak of having derived more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Referring to the letters from Messrs. McLaughlan and McDonald, forwarded by you, in reference to the proposed road from Queanbeyan to Uriarra. I am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. G. O'Neill, representing the business men of Queanbeyan, was on Friday introduced by Mr. O'Sullivan, M.P., to the Minister for Works, and presented…
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