A Train on Fire
A SOMEWHAT unusual spectacle was presented on Monday afternoon, when the engine of the paper train arrived in Junee with only two trucks attached to it…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
114 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 6
The Kaiser and the Tramp
An anecdote of the Kaiser and the tramp has just appeared in Berlin papers. Kaiser William was, it seems, lately staying at the Jagdschloss Hubertusstock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Ambulance Corps
APROPOS of the recent ambulance examination here, the "Penny Post" remarks--"The above has been recently strengthened by the Queanbeyan class having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Bridge
HAS now reached a stage of progress that brings out its proportions and exhibits its architectural design to the most cursory observer. The stateliness of the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Through the Garden of Eden
If reliance may be placed in the statement that a syndicate has secured a concession to build a railway through the Euphrates Valley to the Persian Gulf—and there is no reason…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Electric Tram Fatality
On Friday the George Street electric tram ran free trips, and was crowded with passengers. The streets were also lined with crowds of people, doubtless drawn by…
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THE Roads and Bridges Department are at last convinced of the urgent need for some more reliable means of communication between Murray and Cowley counties for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cheap Excursion Train
LEAVES Queanbeyan for Sydney on Sunday, 24th instant, the tickets being available for return up to Thursday, January 4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Railway Case
AN important railway case came before the police magistrate at Goulburn on Thursday morning, when S. Williamson was proceeded against by the commissioners for…
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A force of Boers, estimated to number 2000 men, is endeavouring to destroy the railway line with the view of cutting the British line of communication…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Edison a Train Boy His Speculation After the Battle of Shiloh
On the wall of the Edison laboratory in Orange, N.J., the above curious sentence is framed. Naturally there is an interesting tale behind it, and the other…
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THE following are among the amounts for in the Yass electorate:--Yass to Upper Gundaroo, £300. Murrumbateman to Gininderra, £230…
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The following tenders for road contracts were accepted by the Road Superintendent on Friday:— Contract No. 31, Braidwood via Reidsdale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. (Per Press Telegram Association.) Appointment of Fresh Officers. Natal Requires Buller's Attention. Remainder of Reserves to be summoned. Australian and N.Z. Troops in Acting. More Boer Losses. 20,000 Boers Massed to Oppose the Advance on Kimberley. Total British Losses. Boers Lose 2000 at Magersfantein. Railway at Modder Destroyed. Boers. Entrenching at Stormberg--4000 Strong at Colesberg. SYDNEY
LORD ROBERTS has been appointed Commander-in-Chief and Lord Kitchener Chief of the Staff in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iceland’s Living Railway
If the camel is the ship of the desert, the Iceland pony is the cab, train, omnibus, and tramcar of the wonderful country to which he belongs. To begin with, he is a…
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