Odds, and Ends. a Tramp Who Asked for a Bath
THE village grocer (the only one, happy man !) in the sleepy little community, stood at his shop door one morning when a wonderfully ragged and dirty mem…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
282 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 15
For Motor Airships. the ‘‘Daily Mail’’ Prize
There is now a ‘‘boom’’ in aeroplane making in this country, due to the ‘‘ Daily Mail’’ offer of 1,10,000 for the first successful flight from London to Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chief Railway Commissioner
Johnson, the new Railway Commissioner, gave one of the leading railway officials a rude shock a day or two ago. The new commissioner wanted some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident
Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn ? Bridge this afternoon. March 5th. and cut to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Accident. a French Sensation
A slight accident-occurred at Vincennes on 28th February during the trial of M. Leon Delagrange’s aeroplane—the largest machine yet built on the box-kite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable’s Bridge at Flat Ford. a Question for Manchester
England is asked-by the “Manchester Guardian” to consider whether Flatford Bridge, beloved of her great landscape painter Constable, should be permitted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miscellaneous the Wqrld's Railways
AT the oud of 1903 there were in tho world about 510,000 miles of railways, which seem to have increased at the rate of about 12,000 miles a year. The amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Safest Part of a Train
The railway guard who, when asked which was the safest part of the car, replied : "That part which happens to be…
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The Nelligen correspondent to the Moruya ‘‘Examiner’’ writes in last issue:—Sickness is rather prevalent around this usually very healthy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firing at a Train
IN Tuesday's issue it was stated that a passenger by the Melbourne express on Sunday night had given information that the train had been fired at when passing Rockwood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners' Visit
THE Chief Railway Commissioner, accompanied by his colleagues, passed through Queanbeyan last night en route for Cooma. They returned at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Collisions
Two collisions between tramcars and vehicles resulting in loss of life, occurred in Sydney on Tuesday. A car ran into a springcart in Young-street at midday. Mr. J. S. Foster,…
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Mr Walter Wellman, who has a scheme on foot for reaching the North Pole by means of an air-ship, is utilising all the resources of modern invention and science…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous. an Ice Motor-car
THE development of the steamship, the locomotive and the motor-car, would seem to have exhausted the field of novel means of transportation on land or water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Bus Driver. As in London
The motor ‘bus driver’ will give way to nobody He would not give way to a brewer’s furry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on the Railway
Bert Pagnei a young miner, was killed on the railway at Maryborough yesterday. While jumping off the train he slipped and fell under the train, his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railways. “High Finanoe.” Low [?]Ficienoy
Sydney Brooks writes in the “Daliy Ma[?] Mail” Among the permanent problems of Amberican life and politics, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Race
A FIVE miles handicap sweep stake of five shillings each is being arranged for members of the Cyclists' Club, and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Fire Engines for Glasgow
The horse-drawn fire engine is rapidly becoming out of date and the motor is being adopted by the principal British brigades. The Glasgow Brigade, commanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor Car. on the Riviera
“C.,” writes in the “Westminster Gazette”:— The chief thing that struck us was the extraordinary change that has come…
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