London Bridge
A VERY enjoyable time was spent at Mr. F. Warwick's residence on Friday night last. Being the last of Messrs. Mc- Innes Bros'. contract sheds they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
116 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6
The Evils of Bridge
A tradesman in the fancy line (His name I won't repeat), Whose shop stands, filled with gewgaws fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Congress. France's Welcome to Delegates
The great amphitheatre at the Sorbonne presented an imposing spectacle this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Restrictions. Drastic and Amusing
Mr Beasley, the general manager of the Taff Vale Railway, has been unearthing some of the provisions of Acts of Parliament relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Politcians and Tramps. What Bart Kennedy Says
Whenever I go to Westminster I am struck with the resemblance that exists between politicians and tramps. To the unseeing eye there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, January 12, 1909. the Brindabella Road
"BEEN to the Goodradigbee?" Any luck, what is the road like?" These questions are generally the first that are asked when a party of anglers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trammels of Earth
IF a person who had given no thought to the matter were told that he is perpetually sustaining a weight of about fourteen tons, and that that stupendous burden is ever varying,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Rates for Starving and Store Stock. Starving and Store Stock and Food for Starving Stock
(1) Starving Stock.—(a) Where the natural feed or water has failed in any stock district through drought, and it is necessary for the preservation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Elephant on the Railway
The wild elephants in Siam occasionally do a considerable amount of damage, but rarely do they go to the length of stopping trains. Still, this has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxix. the Vale Road Robberies.—baffling the Police
Being a true narrative of his career—illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago—in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, and a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telephones in Motor Caravans
A French nobleman and his wife have lately become enthusiastic "caravanists". With the practical ingenuity that distinguishes their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Reflective Tramp Abroad a Clever Book
Starved in 'Frisco, herded sheep in Riverina, made sail in a blizzard on a topsail yard, fought his man in a sailors' home in Hull, ranched from Texas to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood Railway
Our Mayor, Alderman Olivey, has forwarded us the following letter addressed to Colonel Ryrie from the Under Secretary for Public Works:—Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Motor Tragedy End of a Pleasure Party
A correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" telegraphed from New York on 7th October:— A large Panhard touring car,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Braidwood Railway. Visit of Public Works Officer
Mr. Kennedy, an officer connected with the Public Works Department, arrived. in town yesterday, to make inquiries in connection with the proposed continuation of the railway from Tarage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways. Returns for Last Year
Though during 1907 there was an increase of more than 4 1/2 millions in gross receipts of British railway companies, nearly 90 per cent, of this increase…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Killed. Motorist Sent to Prison
At Sussex Assizes on November 10, Hareld Burnett Gylee, secretary of the Minerva Motor-car Company, was found guilty of manslaughter, the Motor-car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Braidwood Railway
Mr. Kennedy, an officer connected with the Public Works Department, who is making an inspection of the timber resourses of the district in connection with the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emotions Beneath a Train
Describing his feelings as be lay between the metals while a goods train, which bad knocked him down, passed fiver his body, John Hughes, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Killed. Motorist Sent to Prison
At Sussex Assizes on November 10, Harold Burnett Gylee, secretary of the Minerva Motor-car Company, was found guilty. of manslaughter, the motor-car…
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