The Road Agent
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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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
160 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8
Mangled by a Train
A DREADFUL accident, resulting in the death of a railway guard named Thomas Holland, occurred early last Friday morning, at Rockdale Railway Station, on the eastern…
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Said the “Australian Mining Standard” lately:— If the clamorers for the Commonwealth Arbitrary Irritation Bill care to understand…
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Clubs interested in a proposed amateur road race from Goulburn to Sydney are proceeding with the arrangements. Half-a-dozen clubs have decided to give a certain…
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The Bicycle Club intends to run the postponed ten-mile road race to-morrow week, 20th, starting at 4 p.m. The course will be to the 1½ mile post on the Goulburn road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CYCLING. Warrnambool to Melbourne Road Race
THE greatest road contest yet held in Australasia started early on Saturday morning from Warrnambool to Melbourne, a distance of 165 miles. The weather conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. the Road Race Winner
The charge Against O. H. Brook of believing in an indecent manner during the recent road. race has we “Goulburn Post” learn, been withdrawn. Readers will be [?] to…
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THE brave Pierre St[?]ppa, the Swiss-general, having been deputed by the Thirteen Ca[?]tons to solicit the arrea[?] which had been owing for a long time to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“The [?]Ear at the Bridge Foot.”
THERE formerly [?] on the Southwark side of London Bridge a [?] known by the above name, which retained a celebrity for some centuries. It was the house to…
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There is every indication that the racing in the railway world will be taken up again shortly, and the distance between the metropolis and the Scottish capital covered [?]…
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Speaking at the opening of the Westminister and Tooting tramway, recently, Mr. J. Williams Brenn, chairman of the highway committee of the London County Council…
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A 10 mile road-race, the prizes, for which were £2 10s first, £1 second, and 10s third, was run on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Bicycle Club. The course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Presentation to a Railway Employe
PRIOR to the departure of the mail train from Queanbeyan on Saturday night, Mr. Hoolahan, stationmaster, on behalf of himself and staff, presented to Master…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Presentation to a Railway Employee
PRIOR to the departure of the mail train on Saturday night from Queanbeyan, Mr. Hoolahan the local station master, on behalf of himself the staff, presented to Master…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wonderful Bridge. a Fable
Two friends, Russians, were once taking a walk together; one was a wealthy Count, just returned from foreign travel; the other bad never been out of his native…
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It has been complained to us (”Post”) that goods ordered from Goulburn for Braidwood are cliarged what is alleged to be an excessive amount for storage at the railway…
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THREES died recently at Lowestoft one who is spoken of by the local press as "a very popular member of the staff of the Great Eastern Railway." He was a black-and-tan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn to Sydney Amateur Road Race
It has been definitely decided to hold the amateur road race from Goulburn to Sydney on the 5th proximo and entries have been fixed to close on the 16th inst with Mr…
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The report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30 last was laid on the table of the Assembly on Friday On the year’s working there was a loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Aerograms
In the near future it may be expected that there will be a telegraph office on express trains from which passengers can despatch messages by wireless telegraphy…
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