Correspondence. Our Railways. To the Editor
SIR—The large and annually increasing profit placed to the credit of the Government from railway earnings must be gratifying to many, but out of this…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 10
Speedwell Road Race
THE above race, promoted by Messrs. Moore Bros., took place on Saturday last. The course was over the Yass Road, from Queanbeyan to Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster Swiss Tourists Trains. Four Killed; 39 Injured
The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:—Four persons have been killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nursery Notes. Train Baby to Sleep
Most infants can be trained to sleep nearly the whole night through, waking only for food, but this lesson should be taught during the first month if you…
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THE President of the W.L.L. (Mrs. F. Campbell) has received the following letter from the Secretary for Railways:--Madam.--With reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Inventor. Edison and the Aeroplane
News comes from America that Mr Thomas A. Edison has turned his attention seriously to the construction of an aeroplane. Although he has not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nursery Notes. Train Baby to Sleep
Most infants can be trained to sleep nearly the whole night through, waking only for food, but this lesson should be taught during the first month if you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cuts and Bruises. "Zam-buk Acts Like Magic," Says a Railway Porter
CUTS and bruises are not only painful, but most inconvenient, for one cannot work properly with a finger or arm tied up, or with a painful bruise…
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THE Legislative Assembly sat on Friday from half-past .2 until 7 o'clock. One-half the time was occupied in putting the Cooma-Bombala Railway Bill through the second…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Millions Spent on Motor Cars
The enormous growth of the motor movement may be gauged from the fact that there are now approximately 400,000 persons licensed to drive motor vehicles in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooma-Bombala Railway
The Legislative Assembly sat on Friday from half-past 2 until 7 o'clock. One-half the time was occupied in putting the Cooma Bombala Railway Bill through the second…
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Max Dalloz, of Alderney street, London, a chauffeur in the employment of Lord Newtborough, was (writes the "Daily Mail") brought up on remand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Railways
AMONG the railway systems of the Commonwealth that of New South Wales stands probably first. It is true that the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Boat Phenomenal Speed
A new type of racing motor craft has been produced by M. Andre Gambin, a French inventor, which has its propellor at the bow instead of at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Apache" in a Motor-car. Terror of the Bois De Boulogne
Highway robberies have occurred with alarming frequency recently in the Bois de Boulogne, and it was believed that a large gang of thieves was at work. But…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Mysteries
It was within an hour of mid- night, and Cheltenham Road, Bristol, was almost deserted when a solitary pedestrian heard the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Futility of Motor Racing
There has never been any adequate justification of motor racing on the highway, except the practical lessons of construction which could be deduced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Swiss Railways
The purchase of the railways of Switzerland by the Federal Government has not proved a financial success (wrote the "Westminster Gazette" of October…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Egyptian Bridge: How It Was Tested
Since the days of the Pharaohs Eygpt has been the scene of some remarkable feats of engineering, the latest being the construction of a bridge from Cairo…
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