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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 10

Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, December 11, 1908. Rabbits on Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

LAST week the Adjungbilly Shire Council conferred with Stock-inspector Macpherson, representing the local Pastures Protection Board, regarding…

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Railway Guard Killed

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred on the Blue Mountains about eight o'clock on Tuesday night. Portion of an up goods train broke away…

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The Death Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 3

Heroism now is not usually set forth in such dramatic or inspiring surroundings' as it was in Nero's days. But for all that it is as great…

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Rabbits on Roads. Action at Gundagai

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 6

Last week the Adjungbilly Shire Council conferred with Stock-inspector Macpherson, representing the local Pastures Protection Board, regarding the destruction of rabbits…

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Railway Smash on the Zigzag

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 5

Shortly after 7 o'clock on Tuesday night a goads train bound for Sydney had a sensational experience on the stiff up-grade of the Zigzag, near Clarence Tunnel. A portion of the trucks and a…

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A Co-operative Motor Society. Formed in Sydney. New System of Profit-sharing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 3

The principle of co-operation is nowadays so universally applied that it needs no advocacy. Co-operation in some shape or form enters into…

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Bridge-building Extraordinary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 3

In no branch or the British Army are there more intelligent men to be found than in the Royal Engineers. They may be called the "Handy…

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On the Road to Mandalay. Forbidden Burma Now a Resort of Tourists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

Burma, once forbidden, has become attractive to tourists. Steamships from Glasgow and Liverpool run direct to Rangoon the great city of…

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Railway and Tramway Association

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the local branch of the above Association was held at the Queanbeyan Railway Station on Saturday afternoon when the following officers…

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At the Railway Station

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 1

Traveller: "I presume you have to answer a great many foolish…

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Railway Mismanagement

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 3

Private ownership of railways in England does not seem to work very satisfactorily, and he would not be a daring prophet who foretold that, before very…

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New Models for Evening Blouses. Wanted, an Aeroplane Costume

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 6

The numerous passengers in Mr Wilbur Wright's aeroplane have various impressions, but they all agree that it is intensely cold while sailing in the…

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