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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Aid to the Scotch Railway Strikers

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

The Amalgamated Railway Servants' Association of England has sent £3,000 to support the strikers in Edinburgh…

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Visit of the Commissioner for Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 2

MR.ROBERT HICKSON, Commissioner for Roads and Bridges, has given a promise to Mr. E.W. O'Sallivan, M.P., that he will pay a three days visit to the Bangendore and Queanbeyan districts…

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Our Damaged Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

MR, E. W. O'SULLIVAN has applied for a grant of £10,000 to repair the recent floods. The work will be welcome to many of our residents,…

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Railway Accident in France. Jewish Colony. General Booth. More Free Labourers. Death of a Lady Millionaire. Sydney, July 28

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 2

Elizabeth Caskell has, been committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions in Auckland, New Zealand, on a charge of concealment of birth. The evidence of her brother and…

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Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—A man named W. Abbey bootmaker, of Sydney, was killed at, Summer Hill last night…

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Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.— A raiiway accident happened lastnight at Ashfield station through the breakages of coupling chains. The line was blocked until four o'clock. The engine…

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A Tramp Printer's Pipe

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 3

Did you ever, gentle reader, stand face to face with a tramp printer's pipe ? Did your delicate, pink-tinted nostrils ever inhale the plain-spoken aroma which clusters about the…

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Latest Telegrams. Fatal Accident on the Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—At eight o'clock this morning John Harris, uncle of Aldermen Harris and John, Harris (ex-mayor of Sydney), was thrown by the cowcatcher of…

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