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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

282 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 15

Railway Strike Settlement

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

The London “ Telegraph ” advises that the principle by which the settlement between the British railway directors and employees was arrived at be applied…

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Motor may replace Camel

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 1

An interesting description of the progress across the Desert of Gobi of the leading motor in the Pekin-Paris race is given by the correspondent of the…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors

The Age · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 5

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calendar

The Age · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 4

Is the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Balley calendar (the second largest in thirty-five years) due to the bad weather of the…

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The Tramway Disaster

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 2

The official report of the tramway disaster on the Burwood-Mortlake lines, has been laid on the table of, he Assembly. No cause has been assigned for the…

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The First Corridor Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 3

The "Great Western Railway Magazine" for September claims for that company the credit of producing the first complete corridor-train, combining the…

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U.s. Cure for Train Delays

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 4

That the American mail service is as yet by no means perfect is made abundantly clear by a statement, according to which the American railroads during the…

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A Tramp Cat. Earns His Home

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 4

Aside from her own nine lives, a pet eat which had been saved from the fate of being a prowling alley tabby by little Mary Stelow saved the Stelow family…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 3

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Manuel Junction, in which twenty…

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A Veteran Railway Engine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 5

The American habit of scrapping old machines has its exceptions writes the “Westminster Gazette.” There was in regular use until a few weeks ago…

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Engine Falls Over a Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL accident on Thursday evening at Forrest (Vic.) resulted in the death of Alexander Sanderson, a sawmill proprietor and storekeeper…

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World's Motor Record

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 2

THE world's motor car record for a continuous run of 24 hours over roads is now held in Australia. The sensational feat of securing it was begun…

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Worlds Motor Record

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 2

Melbourne, Thursday.—The, world's motor car record for a continuous run of 24 hours over roads is now held in Australia. The sensational feat of…

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Vanished Motorist. Wealthy Canadian's Strange Disappearance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 4

The mysterious disappeaarnce of Mr Dugald Ross, a Canadian, who, a short time since, was brought prominently before the notice of the public by his…

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Motors in Harvest Fields

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 4

Speaking at the last annual dinner of the Agricultural Old Collegians' Association, Adelaide, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for South Australia (Mr…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate

THERE will be a cheap excursion train from Queanbeyan on Friday, December 13, leaving at 8.45 p.m., and tickets will be issued at the…

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Britain’s Railways. Who Owns Them?

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 4

SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS. The. British railways, unlike: those of Belgium, and some other countries; were built not by, the State,…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calendar

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 5

Is the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Balley calendar (the second largest in thirty five years) due to the. had. weather of the…

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Vanished Motorist. Wealthy Canadian's Strange Disappearance

The Age · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 3

The mysterious disappeaarnce of "Mr Dugald Ross, a Canadian, who a short time since, was brought prominently before the notice of the public by his…

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