Repairs to Roads
Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan has been busy urging repairs to roads near and around Bungendore, so as to be prepared for the traffic that Bywong is likely to attract. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
103 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6
The Bridge at Tharwa
There was a fair attendance at the meeting called to arrange for the public opening of the bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Tharwa. Mr. C. H. McKeahnie was voted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fl Miner. Saturday, February 23, 1895. Local and General. Bulga Creek Road
The following was the result of the last series of contracts for work on the Bulga Creek road, opened on 4th inst:—No. 1 contract, 11 tenders, lowest, Mr. Jas. Fox,…
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As a result of his visit, to Captain's Flat last week, Mr. O'Sullivan has recieved information stating that the following works, to which he has called attention, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Day. Railway Handicap of 15 Sovs. Distance —6 furlongs
W. Ball's Ellery, 7.12 (Briggs) 1 H. Dawson's John Morley, 7.12 2 W. J. Sherd's Rosebranch, 7.10 3 Six others started. Won anyhow in fair time,…
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THE committee met at the bridge on Saturday last as per arrangement, Mr. C. H. McKeahnie, J.P., presiding. There was a full attendance of members, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100. Lives Lost by a Railway Disaster. March 1
A fearful railway catastrophe is reported from Mexico. A train crowded with pilgrims proceeding to Lemamalia, was derailed and one…
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The following are the lowest tenders for the undermentioned contracts received by Mr. S. Archer, resident engineer:—Contract 5.95 (16 tenders), C. G. Lee, £15 17s;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tharwa Bridge Demonstration. Splendid Arrangements
The good people over the river" have taken up the matter of arranging a demonstration for the opening of the bridge over the Murrurmbidgee river at Tharwa in quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plot to Wreck a Train. March 10
News of a sensational outrage comes from the United States. Mrs. Richards, the keeper of a station at Kimberley, on the North Pacific Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident on the Great Zigzag
WHAT was dangerously, near a fatality took place at noon on Tuesday on the Great Zigzag, whoa a passenger train far Sydney was backing up the incline from…
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The following votes have been made as grants for repairs to roads within the Queanbeyan electorate, on the application o Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan:—Road from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident on the Great Zigzag
What was dangerously near a startling fatality took place at noon on Tuesday on the Great Zigzag, near Lithgow, when a passenger train for Sydney was backing up…
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Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan is in receipt of letters from the roads and brides branch of the Public Works Department, concerning the undermentioned works:—An estimate…
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From the accounts that we hear there is going to be a tremendous crowd at the opening of the Tharwa bridge on the 27th inst. There are numbers from Michelago,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grants for Roads
Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan has been informed by the Public Works Department that the sum of £50 has been granted for the road from Bungendore to the Bywong goldfield,…
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The following are the lowest tenders for the undermentioned contracts received by Mr S. Archer, resident engineer :âContract 26 95 (14 tenders), E. Chalker, £50;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fl Miner. Wednesday, March 27, 1895. Local and General. the Bridge Opening
To-day (Wednesday) is the day appointed for the great event to the country people living on the west side of the town, which, bar accidents, should be a most successful affair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tharwa Bridge. The Formal Opening. Grand Spectacular Display
A PROCLAIMED holiday in this district was never more thoroughly utilised for the object it was granted for than that of Wednesday last -- the occasion of the formal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tharwa Bridge. Early History and Reminiscent of the Locality
AT the request of the editor of the Observer Mr. W. Davis Wright, who was the second European born at Lanyon, and whose father was the first settler west of the…
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