The Road Fight
The Under-Secretary for Public Works has forwarded to us the following copy of report by Mr. W. M. Scott on a letter forwarded to the Minister for Works by Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
173 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 9
Train Arrangements
The Railway: Commissioners have made; arrangements, commencing next Monday, by which the mails will reach Braidwood .half: au hour earlier. The Cooma train will start…
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THE Murrumbidgee River just above the old Urayarra Ford is now s[?]anned by a substantial low-level bridge For many years past the river at this point has been a…
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The public opening of the Triarra Bridge was performed on Saturday, Oct 5. There was a large concourse of people from the surrounding parts, the town and other…
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Bed-faced, wild-eyed, perspiring as though hs were working at a coke oven, his clothes fluttering in dirty ribbons, and his language such as to cause the…
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Just after the up mail train left Goulburn on Thursday, and before it had reached North Goulburn, Frederick Durrah, said to have come from Narrandera, cut his throat…
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When the passenger train due at Sydney at 11.15 a.m. on the 5th inst. was between Waterfall and Heathcote, a man, who gave the name of George Lemon, said to be a…
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The public of Bombala are again making an effort to induce the State Government to build a railway from Cooma to Bombala. The Federal member, Mr Austin Chapman,…
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The “Queanbeyan Age” writes:—The public of Bombala are again making an effort to induce the State Government to build a railway from Cooma to Bombala…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alterations in the Train and Postal Service
LEAVE Sydney 8.50 p.m. Arrive Goulburn, 1.39 a.m. Leave Goulburn, 2 a.m. Arrive Lake Bathurst, 2.54 a.m…
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IN reference to the proposed railway extension to Burrowa, a public meeting at Yass on Wednesday night decided to co-operate with Bowning and Tangmangaroo, to…
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THE time is now at hand when the Railway League should make ready for a fresh effort to secure the railway. Under the present Act, when a proposed line is…
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It seems to be the general opinion in England and America that the motor bicycle will meet with a large sale next year. Whether it gives every satisfaction at the…
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Bega, Saturday. A large meeting was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday night to give information to the Railway Commissioners, who are here to make a fresh…
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BEGA, Friday—Upon the report of Mr. Usher, of the Railway Department, the Railway Commissioners have decided to inspect the line of route of the proposed…
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The Railway Commissioners, Messrs, Fehon and Kirkcaldie, with Mr. Harper, Traffic Inspector, passed through Cooma during last week en route to Bemboka, for…
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A ten mile road-race for members of . the Goulburn League of Wheelmen took place on Saturday afternoon and was won, by A Hahnville, with T. Lacombe second and…
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Thera was a time when train robbery in the States was a common mode of making a living. Within a year of the passage of the law defining it as a capital offence it had dwindled…
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This very handsome and apparently well-constructed structure, built on the American How [?] principle, is nearly finished, and will prove a great convenience. Mr. Nutman,…
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A correspondent writes :—“ I look upon Mr. W. J. Chapman as one of the most clearheaded and shrewdest business men in the district, and if his speech at the Liedertafel…
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