The Point Hut Road
Mr E. W. O'Sullivan has again been stirring up the Government with regard to the opening of the Point Hut Road. He is informed that the cause of the delay has been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, July 1, 1896. Local and General. Railway Passes to Bourke
The following is an extract from letter sent to Mr E. W. O'Sullivan, M P., by the Superintendent of the Labor Bureau. It explains the reason why it is not considered…
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TENDERS were opened on Wednesday by the Tender Board of the Department of Public Works for a truss bridge over the Molonglo River, at Foxlow, road…
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Sydney, Tuesday—The Victorian ra[?] revenue for the past financial year sho[?] decrease of nearly £20,000, compared the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gudgenby Road and Mail to Cotter Falls
Mr E W O'Sullivan has applied to the Works Department for a grant for the repairs of the Gudgenby Road, and the improvement of a dangerous sidling in that neighborhood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →128 Mile Road Race
It is very seldom that the road racing cyclists of this colony have an opportunity of testing their powers in a race of 50 miles on the road, and when the league came out with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Road Race. 130 Miles in 7 Hours [?] Min. Hayes Wins by [?]Yds
ONE of the biggest things in the matter of distance attempted by the League of Wheelmen in the way of read racing was brought off last Saturday, the course being from…
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In the Assembly on Wednesday Mr O'Sullivan asked the Secretary for Lands—(1) Is he aware that some of the residents on the west side of the Murrumbidgee River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Headaches
Those who suffer from headache and feel the fatigue of a railway journey disagreeably should take with them two leather or silk covered cushions -- one for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Signalling
AN interesting experiment in railway signalling, was made recently on the now Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire railway at Scotstoun near Glasgow. The object of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Revenue
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending 30th June shows that notwithstanding the unfavourable season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident
THE following are the full particulars of the death of the young man named Denis O'Brien, aged eighteen, who was killed on the railway on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Delay in Forwarding Railway Parcels
Mr E. W. O'Sullivan has brought under the notice of the Railway Commissioners on several occasions of late the serious delays that have taken place in forwarding railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tenders
The following were the lowest tenders for the undermentioned contracts, opened on Thursday, by Mr O'Hanlon, Road Superintendent :—Contract No 1. Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Road Votes
The following are the votes placed on the estimates for the Queanbeyan district: Queanbeyan towards Braidwood, 20 miles, £280…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minor Road Votes
THE following sums have been apportioned from the road vote for the ensuing year for the roads of this district respectively mentioned -- Queanbeyan-Braidwood, £280;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starving the Roads
The Government proposes during the present year to spend only about two-thirds of the usual amount on the country roads, and naturally enough as the country is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wallaroo Road
In reply to a letter of 14th July last urging the forming of a road from the Yass Road to the Wallaroo settlement, Mr. E.W. O'Sullivan has been informed that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Money for the Roads
Mr Lyne's constant complaint about the reduced road vote has borne fruit. The Minister for Public works was waited upon on Thursday by a deputation of members of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, October 21, 1896. Local and General. Road Repairs Required
Mr O'Sullivan has brought under the notice of the Department of Public Works the necessity of repairs to the road from Braidwood to Cooma, near Pearce's house…
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