Under the Railway Bridge
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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
235 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 12
The Road Ageht. a True Story
A Western stage coach in which were six men of us had been held up by 3 singele robber, and all of us plundered. When he had finished his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →League Members to Have a Goulburn Sydney Road Race
The announcement in the press last week that the Dunlop Rubber Company would not run their annual “Duniop Goulburn-Sydney Road Race this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Trouble
THE tramway employees held a mass meeting on Monday night, and decided not to accept the Commissioners' proposal. The meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Balloon Railway
An Austrian engineer, Herr Baiderauer, of Saltsburg, is said to have been experimenting with much success in the mountains near Salaburg with a novel balloon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners
In the Assembly last night, Mr. Cavruthers gave notice for the introduction of a bill to abolish the present Railway Commission,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Poskitt’s Purchase. a Motor Car
Mr J.S. Fletcher writes in the Daily Mail” it’s no use denying it Martin. ” Baid Mrs Poskit[?] as she watched her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, July 17, 1906. Railway Rates and Freights
SOME time ago the Narrabri Municipal Council made a move in the direction of having the present high freights and passenger fares charged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superstition at Bridge. Charms and Ceremonies
It is now obvious that the portion of Society which takes its gambling seriously — it is a very large portion in deed—has become superstitious An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Railways
The Japanese Government is purchasing six of the railway lines of the Empire. The consideration is 260 million yen and a 5 per cent, bonus, payable at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ladies' Bridge Parties. Public Prosecutor Declares Them Criminal
From New York on 6th April the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The anti-bridge crusade in Georgia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Tramway v. Queanbeyan
On Wednesday the above teams played on Queanbeyan park, the local men winning by 8 to nil. In the evening the visitors were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of Tramway Men. Football Match
By Wednesday morning's train about 25 men of the Sydney Tramways arived in Queaubeyan, included In the number being a team of footballers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners
The Premier (Mr. Carruthers) introduced a Bill for dissolving the present Railway Commission. When asked by the leader of the Opposition what the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football. Queanbeyan Defeats the Sydney Tramway Club
ON Wednesday morning last, a combined team from the Sydney Tramway employees, visited Queanbeyan and fulfilled their engagement with the local club. Twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOOTBALL. Tramway v. Queanbeyan
ON Wednesday last a fair crowd assembled at the rec. to witness the match between the Sydney Tramway and Queanbeyan Football…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecking Lunatic. Schoolboys Assist Capture
The dangerous lunatic, Caleb Josiab Daniell, who on Wednesday night, 23rd May, escaped from the Cornwall County Asylum at. Bodmin for the second the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduced Railway Rates
MR. J. HARPER, Chief Traffic Manager, attended the Farmers and Settlers' Conference on Monday, and much to the satisfaction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Men's Grievances
THE State Premier on Tuesday refused to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the complaints and charges recently made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trampled to Death. an Explorer’s End
The “Express” correspondent writes from Geneva on 15th:— Mme. Streun has just received details of the death of her husband Dr. Streun…
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