Tramp Problem
The Kansas farmers have overcome the physical inertia of the tramp, They did it with a gun. A train westward bound was wrecked near the town of Pratt, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
160 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 8
Railway Collision
In a railway collision at Rockfish, Virginia, U.S.A., twenty-three persons were killed, including 19 negroes and some Austrian immigrants…
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The new regulations made and published by the Victorian Railway Commissioners defining the duties, promotions, wages, allowances, and expenses for the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Topsy-turvy Railway
Four passengers sit in a heavy car, which is hauled on the line up to the top of a high scaffolding. When you get into the car an…
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For the bicycle road race from Goulburn to Sydney, to be run on Saturday August 8 Braid wood contributes five aspirants viz., E. Cook, Barlow Brothers (3), W. Sebbeus…
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LAST Saturday afternoon quite a procession of cyclists proceeded along the Gundaroo road to the eleven mile peg, opposite the residence of Mr. Bingley, to compete in the…
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Mr. G. F. Swift, the millionaire pork-packer of Chicago, whose death was reported recently, was the author of a number of interesting maxims…
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The following are the entries for the road race on Saturday. The entries are very numerous, and good cycling should result . The race will start from the Albion Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Railways
The dismissal of 30 casual hands employed at the North Melbourne locomotive sheds is taken as the beginning of the policy by the Railway Commissioners to…
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In a book of railway [?] bearing date about twenty years ago there is an account of what is [?] as a insert [?]…
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The following are the acceptances and starts of the local men who compete in the Goulburn to Sydney Dunlop road-race which takes place on Saturday next—…
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The weather of the last week has had the effect of retarding the training operations of the intending competitions in the Dunlop road-race to be run on Sunday next Most…
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TENDERS for the undermentioned road contracts were received and opened at the Court House yesterday. The following are the accepted tenders:—Contract No. 1/3-4…
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The annual Goulburn to Sydney road race, finishing at Ashfield, 131½ miles, was run on, Saturday for League of Wheelmen riders The old League, represented by the Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goulburn to Ashfield Road Race
THE great annual road race from Goulburn to Ashfield (131 12miles) was run on Saturday under favourable weather conditions throughout. The start was made at the…
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A large crowd of people assembled at the Goulburn Post Office on Saturday to witness the start of the annual "road race" from Goulburn to Sydney. The men were despatched without a hitch. The…
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All German cavalry regiments are now supplied with a certain number of boats made of water-tight canvas which they can carry with them on campaigns. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yankee Yarns the Tramp and the Farmer
A tramp who asked for breakfast at a farm house and was refused a single [?] exclaimed with an injured air— “Alas how deceptive is human nature…
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The warm afternoon sun looks down upon a scene of rugged grandeur. The view is picturesque and awe-inspiring. A rough, uneven, rocky road winds in a semi-circle about the base…
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