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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 5

The Sale of Railway Tickets

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 2

Referring to the fact that the London, Chatham, and Dover railway have posted up at all their stations warnings that proceedings will be…

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The Lanyon Road Water Course

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 2

Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan is in receipt of the following reply to the letter sent through him from the Council, asking for a. grant for repai[?]ing the above watercourse:—…

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Delayed Train

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 2

LAST Saturday's train from Sydney was nearly four hours late on its arrival at the Queanbeyan railway station. The cause of the delay was the breakdown of the engine…

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Assault on a Tram Conductor

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 2

At the Central Police Court on Laturday morning, before Mr. Addison, S.M., a 'busdriiver named Frederick Finney was charged with using indecent language in a tram car,…

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The Nelligen Road

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 2

OUR readers will be gratified to hear that the dangerous point on the Braidwood-Nelligen Road, where carrier T. Bambridge some time ago met with an accident which…

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An Interesting Railway Case

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 2

MRS. MARY DENSMORE instituted a suit for the recovery of £100 from the Railway Commissioners in the District Court on Monday, before his Honour Judge Murray…

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Original Correspondence. Railway Freights and Pastoral Produce and Storekeepers' Goods. [To the Editor of the Dispatch.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

SIR,-It is now more than four years since I first pointed out, through the columns of the press, the gross injustice that is being done to a section of the producers of this colony by the system on…

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Railway Revenue Decreases

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 3

The railway revenue for the September quarter shows a decrease of £37,700…

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Starving the Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 2

The Minister for Works, Mr J. H. Young, had a bad time of it in the House on Thursday night. It is well known that in order to avert a deficiency the Minister has to…

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Votes in aid of Our Roads

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 2

THE member, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, informs us that the following amounts will be granted in aid of the roads of the district for 1898:--…

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"The Railway King."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 2

Whatever the faults of George Hudson, they did not weigh him down with remorse. So says "Our Railways," one of Messrs. Cassell'e publications. His…

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The Clyde Road

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 2

A LETTER addressed to Mr. O'Sullivan by the public Works Department, on the subject of the necessity of fencing the lower side of the Braidwood to Nelligen road on…

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Local News. The Braidwood-Clyde Road. The Question of Fencing

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 2

EVERYONE hereabouts and in the district of Braidwood will have heard of, if they do not personally know. the dangerous nature of the road from. Braidwood to Nelligen…

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Cutting Down the Road Vote

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 2

WHEN the Road Vote was under discussion our member, Mr. O'Sullivan, condemned the policy of the Government in regard to the making of roads. They had reduced…

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Robbery in a Tramcar

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon Mrs Bush, a passenger, whilst endeavoring to get in a train at Mossman's Bay, had to push her way through a number of young me[?]. On the…

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Automatic Road Vehicles

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 2

France has led the way in the development of the automatic road vehicle, and the envy of British and American engineers has been profoundly stirred…

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Railway Fatality at Temp

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident occurred near t[?] Tempe station on Monday night. F[?] men were in company crowing the line [?]livous of the fact that a train was…

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