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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

173 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 9

The Road to Yarrangobilly. (Specially Contributed to the "Age.")

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 2

At the present time a road some 60 miles in length, exists between Cooma and the beautiful Yarrangobilly Caves, the way is over uninteresting plain country. There is…

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Minister on a Motor Car

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 2

Saturday's "Star" says:—Last night Mr E. W. O'Sullivan, "Fired the hearts of the Progressive electors" of Flinders, Phillip and Newtown-Erskine electorates by…

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S Hort Story a Railway Romance

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 6

Samways is a porter with whom I have struck…

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Kitchener's Narrow Escape. On the Railway Near Pan Station

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 1

An officer, writing Home from Belfast, Transvaal, under date January 31, 1901, gives the following interesting account of the escape of Lord Kitchener on the railway…

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Canine Tramps

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 3

The street 'dogs of Constantinople are a eature of that city. They go about unowned and, uncared for, and acquire a wonderful knack of looking after themselves…

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Serious Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 1

After a serious railway accident recently the injured passengers were taken to a station close at hand as fast as they could be freed from the…

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The Delayed Train. The Engine Breaks Down and the Train is Five Hours' Late

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

ALL sorts of rumours (as usual) were flashing about the town on Wednesday as to the mishap which occurred to the up Cooma mixed train on Tuesday night, and which…

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That Motor-Car. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 2

SIR,--It Raying come to our knowledge that, a gentleman named Mr. Sutton Turner) who is contesting the Queanbeyan electorate, has been circulating a report to…

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Canine Tramps

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

The street dogs of Constantinople are a eature of that city. They go about unowned and uncared for, and acquire a wonderful knock of looking after themselves…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 1

After a serious railway accident recently the injured passengers were taken to a station close at band as fast as they could be freed from the…

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Trouble on the Train

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 2

The mail train to Sydney, on Tuesday night was seriously delayed, owing to an accident to the engine,. which was of rather sensational nature. It appears that whilst…

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Eating Railway Iron

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 2

Iron for the blood has evidently been prescribed for the quails at Florida; at least these birds [?] eating steal rails on the tracks of the sugar belt near Runnymade. The…

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The Motor Car. to the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age. Sydney, 24th June, 1901

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 4

DEAR SIR,—It having come to our knowledge that a gentleman named Mr. Sutton Turner, who is contesting the Queanbeyan electorate, has been Circulating a report to the detriment…

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Only a Tramp

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 1

'Only a tramp," so they say, "nothing more," Lying there dead where the surf beats the shore,…

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Why We Did Not Get the Braidwood Tarago Railway. The Mystery Solved at Last

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN [?]END OF THE BRAIDWOOD ELECTORATE:— “On Wednesday next you will be called upon to elect a representative from the…

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Only a Tramp

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 1

‘Only a tramp,” so they say, “nothing more,” Lying there dead where the surf beats the shore,…

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The Uriarra Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

The erection of the bridge over the Murrumbidgee river at Uriarra is approaching completion. Last week the superintendent, Mr Doyle, was called away to…

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Parisian Motor-Cars

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 1

It appears that in Paris motor cars will shortly take the place of the ambulances now in use. For some months past the military authorities have…

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Goulburn Police Court Thursday. [Before the P.m. and Mr. Roberts] Selling a Railway Ticket

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1901 · page 2

William Gardiner pleaded guilty to selling the return: half of a railway ticket from Sydney to Tarago Mr. O’Brien for defendent…

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The Motor Oar In Orange

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1901 · page 4

The “Advocate” says that the object of most interest in our streets during the last few days has been the motor car, the first of the kind that has been seen in Orange…

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