Sir T. Lipton's Adventure. Arrested While Motoring in France
Sir Thomas Lipton had during a recent motor tour in France a somewhat unpleasant experience of the French peasant where motorists are…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
235 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 12
Tramway Tragedy
A remarkable mishap occurred yesterday in a tunnel which is being constructed between Long Island and Jersey City New York…
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Many ingenious inventions have been developed for laying the dust on our roads, but it has been reserved for Italy to essay the problem by removal. The Invention…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Train Robbers. Lost L20,000 in Two Months
The German correspondent of the "Express" wrote on July 26:— Two fashionably dressed men and a young woman have been arrested by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Summer Time Table
THE Railway Commissioners have revised the train services so as to provide for the increased traffic during the summer months. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramcar’s Flight. Panic and Collision Sixty People Injureo
From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…
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IN consequence of the excellent financial position of the railways, and in accordance with a promise made by the Commissioners some time ago,…
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Col. Ryrie, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Works' Department:—" Sir,—With reference to letter dated 15th ultimo and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Female Bridge Players
In the opinion of Sigma of the “Daily Chronicle,” women rarely play well and they are almost invariable had losers. “A women who reached the…
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The danger of Inside railway carriage handles, especially when children are travelling, was again illustrated lately. when Mrs Abraham Bradbury, of Well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telephone to the Railway Station
YESTERDAY afternoon a deputation of subscribers to the telephone service now being installed locally, waited upon the Hon. Austin Chapman,…
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To the Academy neck the bridge brain and the cycle-arm must now be added the motor-eye and the wonder is that it has remained unmined and…
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In the Assembly Mr. Lee moved second reading of the North Goast way Bill. It was proposed to start. line from Maitland, and take the…
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The Supreme Court at Bendigo was crowded with ladies on October 17, when Mr. Justice Cussen took his seat. They had gathered to hear the case in which Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Jung-frau. an Alpine Railway
The success of the Alpine railways, notably of those, around Interlaken encouraged Mr Guyer-Zeller an engineer of Zurich to venture a railway to the…
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On 16th August the “express” correspondent wrote from Geneva:— The crusade against motorists in Switzerland continues, despite the…
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The "Depeche Colonials" gives some particulars of the understanding which has, it says, been arrived at between the British Government and the committee…
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THE following were the lowest tenders received for road works in the Queanbeyan district :—Queanbeyan to Brindabella, at Uriarra, W. C. Tankey, £112 12/6;…
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Some little excitement was created in cycling circles on Saturday in connection with a race from Ballalaba to Braidwood. There was a number of…
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FOLLOWING are the lowest tenders opened on Tuesday for road works in this district:--Queanbeyan to Brindabella; at Uriarra, W. C. Tankey…
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