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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

282 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 15

The Railway Chiefs

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

It is generally understood in well-informed political circles that the Government has decided upon two at lest of the new Railway Commissioners, In…

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War against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

Under the State Aoti-Gambling Act' of 1860, Mrs. J. J. Hors[?] one of the leading hostesses of Beaver Falis. Pennsylvania, has been find Li and costs for giving a bridge…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

From New York, on 30th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-Further information fails to lessen…

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Main Roads

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The following roads have been classified as main roads within the meaning of the Local Government Act:—Goulburn to Cooma. Tarago…

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Classification of Roads

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

THE following roads have been classified as main roads within the meaning of the Local Government Act: -- Goulburn to Cooma, Tarago to…

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Railway Commissioners

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

WITH regard to the appointments of Railway Commissioners, the Government hope to be able to make an announcement…

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Chapter Vii.—road Parties and Ironed Gangs

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 8

The convicts under the immediate charge of the Government in the Colony were divided into those who were retained in the service of the Government…

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‘Modern Smuggling. Pretty Woman and Motor

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

From Geneva on October 14th correspondent of the London Express” write:— The customs authorities on the…

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Balloon Triumph. Aerial Motor-car

The Age · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

On 24th October the Paris correspondent of the "Express" wrote:—M. Santos-Dumont has won the Archdeacon Cup by flying about seventy…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the Instruction train. A train is fitted up, with…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

From New York on 15th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 6

From New York, on 30th October the correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— Further information fails to lessen…

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Fifty Years under the Lash. Chapter, Vii.—road Parties and Ironed Gangs

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. Macarthur proposed a plan for the better conduct of road parties in the colony, which, if earned out, would certainly have made the lot of the workers…

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The New Railway Rates

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. Fred, [?] a letter to the S.M. Herald, in reply to one complaining about the advance that has been made by the Commissioners, says:-…

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Motors for Mails

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

FOR some time past the central postal authorities have been considering the advisableness of utillsing motor cars for the conveyance of mails in…

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Train Murder. Kaiser Suggests Reforms. Arrest of the Criminal

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

From Hamburg, on 13th November the correspondent of the London “Daily Mall” wrote:— The murderer of Dr. Clansmen, the…

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Fifty Years under the Lash, Chapter Vii.—road Parties and Ironed Gangs

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 8

As escapes were most frequently effected by convicts first getting off their irons, the officer was ordered to inspect aud carefully examine the irons…

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Killed by a Tram

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at Randwick on Wednesday morning, when a young man, whose named is believed to be Hibbertson, a country…

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Motor-car Traffic London Detectives' Crusade

The Age · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

Scotland Yard is apparently doing its best to satisfy the numerous writers of indignant letters concerning the misdeeds of motor-omnibuses. Each day the…

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Balloons Used to Pull Cars Up a Mountain. Austrian Inventor Makes Successful Trial of His New Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

That the balloon railway will supersede the funicular system for the ascent of mountains is the claim of Herr Balderauer, who has been…

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