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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

235 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 12

Local & General. Road Tenders

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

The following are the lowest tenders for road-worst recently called for in “The Express”:—Road Dean’s Flat to F. Berry’s, A. Smitb, £17; 14-mile post…

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Official Correspondence. Brindabella Road

The Age · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:—"Sir,— With reference to previous correspondence…

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Motor Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

A FATAL motor car accident occurred on Lapstone Hill, just beyond Emu Plains near Penrith, on Saturday afternoon. Four gentlemen,…

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Road Tenders

The Age · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

THE following are the lowest tenders for road works in the Queanbeyan district :—Queanbeyan to Gininderra, F. O'Rourke, £62 10/-; Canberra to…

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Bridge Dynamited, Express Watts the While

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

On the Brighton and South Coast Railway the other flay a bridge over the was destroyed by dynamic, while the 5 o’clock express from Brighton waited a…

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Great Motor Rage. Many Spectators Injured

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” thus describes the motor race of 6th October:— The contest for the Vanderbilt . Cup…

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Grand Lama As Motorist. March Over the Himalayas. First Car to Enter Tibet

The Age · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

Not even the sacred land of Tibet is to escape the power of the motor-car. Across the Himalayas, in the heart of the Forbidden Land, the motor horn…

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Motor Smash. Another Victim

The Age · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

According to the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," while Mr Schmidlapp, a wealthy banker of Cincinatti, was motoring recently with his…

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The Working of a Single Line Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

In districts where the traffic is not very heavy or where the directors have not much competition to fear the single line still exists. On these…

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Motorists' Latest Worry. Feared Famine of Petrol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 3

Because of the growth of motoring the petrol problem, is beginning to create no little alarm. It is going up in price, and it is anticipated as the…

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Bridge Dynamited. Express Waits the While

The Age · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 5

On the Brighton and South Coast Railway the other day a bridge over the line was destroyed by dynamite, while the 5 o'clock express from Brighton waited a…

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Motors

The Age · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 3

If the stench and dust raised by motorists do not constitute a nuisance at law it is difficult, writes a correspondent, to conceive of such a thing as a…

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Kaiser's Language Reform. That of Motordom

The Age · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 5

The Kaiser has, according to the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," declared war on international terminology, and has decided that, so…

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Motor-buses in London. Depreciation of Property. Leadenhall Tenants Migrating

The Age · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 6

Strong complaints have recently been made of the discomfort and inconvenience caused to residents in Fleet street by motor-busses, but a…

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An Illustrated Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 4

To help the excite traveller to find his or her own seat, which may have been temporarily vacated in a long and crowded train, the…

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