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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

235 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 12

Ladies and Bridge Judge’s Indictment

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

From New York, on April 4tyh, the [?] respondent of the London “Daily Mail wrote:— A grand Jury at Dalton, Georgla, [?]…

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Motor House-boat

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 6

A luxurious motor house-boat is in course of-construction for the Marquis de Dion, who is identified with the internal combustion engine of that…

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A "Bridge" Story

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 3

A curious bridge story is going the round of the clubs. At a well-known club in London four men had just finished a rubber when a member,…

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A Bulldog in a Railway Carriage

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 3

Lord Charles Hamilton used to go about Naples attended by a large ferocious bulldog. Having decided upon going to Rome, he proceeded to the…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, June 26, 1906. the Brindabella Road

The Age · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

A PETITION to the Minister for Works, has been prepared by Mr. Bridle, honorary Inspector of Fisheries, Brindabella and…

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Accident to a Railway Porter

The Age · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 3

REGINALD WOODCROFT, a porter at the Cooma railway station, had a marvellous escape from death on Friday afternoon. He booked a parcel shortly…

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A Motor Lift Boat

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 2

A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Elysses is a motor [?]boat, the first ever built in France. It is provided with a…

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Science and Invention a Liliputian Motor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 1

WHAT is claimed to be the smallest electric motor in the world is in the possession of a Texas electrician and watchmaker who made it as a [?]pin…

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Queanbeyan Railway Traffic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE, M. L. A. interviewed the Railway Commissioners this morning, and urged that, in view of the importance of the traffic at…

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Bungendore Railway Station

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have written to Lieut.-Col. Ryrie, M.L.A., as follows:—"Sydney, 28th June, 1906.—Sir,—With…

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Tramway Men's Troubles

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 3

A LARGE number of those members of the Tramway Employees' Union who were on the night shift when a mass meeting was held on Monday…

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A Motor Lifeboat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Elysees is a motor lifeboat, the first ever built in France. It is provided with a…

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The Motor-omnisus. Its Perils and Possibilities

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

By far the most striking fact of London life to-day is the advent and success of the motor omnibus. It is now little more than, a year since the…

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Luxurious Train

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

The new Siberian train which was recently sent to St. Petersburg for the approval of M. Khilkow, Minister of Ways and Communications, returned to Moscow lately, after…

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Road to Brindabella

The Age · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

THE Amateur Fishermen's Association has decided to support the request of Brindabella and Queanbeyan people that the road to the Goodradigbee river,…

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The Tramway Trouble

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have asked the tramway men to furnish a definite statement concerning their grievances, when they will arrange…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality occurred near Macquarie Fields station on Saturday afternoon, when the fast train to Sydney, which arrived at Liverpool…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on the main southern railway on Saturday afternoon, an aged woman being cut to pieces by a railway engine…

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Under the Railway Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 2

A novel 'industry' is pursued by the negroes of Bass Christian, Missouri. A railway bridge spans the bay near that place, and when the train is overseeing the…

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