Why There Are No Tramps in Germany
To-day the lot of labouring men in Germany is in many respects better than that of ours. When the German labourer becomes old or feeble, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1905
210 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 11
Railway Bridge Destroyed
The destruction of the railway bridge over the Hun-ho somewhat hampers the transit of the Japanese supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CYCLING & Motoring Notes, Duulop Pneumatic Tyre Co. of Australia Melbourne.)
The somewhat sensational step taken by the Automobile Club of France in regard to this year’s Gordon Bennett contest still remains the chief topic of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rhinoceros V. Train
Railway travelling is not [?] British East Africa as it is in this [?] country as the following story will show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Railway Brake
In the presence of the chief inspecting officer of railways, a new method of coupling trucks was exhibited recently at the South Eastern Railway, London. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycling & Motoring Notes
The recent contests between the two visiting cracks, Iver Lawson and T. Ellegaard, carried out at the Melbourne Exhibition track, under the auspices of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Tenders
THE following mentioned tenders were the lowest received for the road contracts particularised hereunder:—Bungendore to Upper Gundaroo, at Creek borough, Mr J. Chinne[?]y, £15;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday March 29. [Before Messrs. Belcher and Huxtable. L[?] Dead Beast on the Road
Matthew Feehan was proceeded against by Constable Pocock (Tarago) for allowing a dead beast to remain upon the Goulburn-Tarago Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Washaway on a Railway Line
ON Tuesday morning, the train which should have reached here at 5.15 did not arrive till 9 o'clock, a washaway having occurred on the line at Bangalore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramp Scored
Mrs Plaine (to tramp): ' How dare you say you won't go away ? Don't you know my husband is a policeman ? It he were here he would take you up.'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washaways on the Railway
Quite recently the minds of the railways authorities along the southern line were somewhat ,perturbed as to the safety of the railway properties from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zoological to Train a Canary
Set the cage on a table near where you wish to sit; after a little conference with the bird, introduce a finger between the wires, near the favourite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CYCLING & Motoring Notes. Dunlop Pnenmatic Tyre Co. of Australia Melbourne.)
The great show at the Olympia has been the main topic of conversation among motorists recently. It is [?] one of the greatest if not the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Suspended Railway
A novel kind of railway is being constructed in Germany, between Barmen and Elberfeld, the inventor of the system being Herr Langen. The carriages,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-car Exploits
Although many accidents have ushered in the increasing popularity of the motor-car, all who have had a near acquaintance with this new kind of carriage will fain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From All Sources. Solar Motor Pumps
A company has beer, formed in America, of Boston, New York, and London capitalists, for the manufacture and installation of solar motors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Motor Feats. The Struggle Between the Automobile and Locomotive
For the Briton a struggle for supremacy of any kind has always a strong fascination, and when the struggle is in the area of sport it is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CYCLING & Motoring Notes. Duulop P[?] Tyre Co. of Australia Melbourne.)
Recent orders given by the Hon; Thos. Bent, for motor [?] should act as aspur to the Federal authorities in connection with Post Office…
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Manager (reading)—'The egg product of the United States amounts to eight hundred and fifty million dozens. 'Old actor [?];—'I've thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Probable Railway Extension
DISTRICT Railway Inspector Milne, who with his son recently toured the Monaro and Gippsland districts on cycles, is very much interested in the prospects…
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