Motor-Car for the Pope
A magnificent motor-car destined to be a present to his Holiness the Pope from an American millionaire, said in some quarters to be Mr. Pierpont Morgan, was despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
116 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 6
A Game of Bridge. a Funny Partner
Oh, yes, by all means let us play" Bridge for nominal stakes; but I (a contributor to London "Punch") think it unsteadies the game a little, don't…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Smash in Sydney. Two Men Injured
A sensational motor smash occurred in Queen's Square, Sydney, about 11.30 on Tuesday night, when a car containing several' passengers skidded across the square and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Night. a Stopping Place on the Cape to Cairo Railway—the Passengers
The dark comes down with African swiftness, and at eight o'clock the train stops for the night at Choma. Instantly all is life and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Race
THE Capital Bicycle Road Race promoted by Messrs. Moore Bros. to be held on the 24th July is causing much speculation among cyclists. The handsome medal for the fastest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Romances
The motor seems, in France at least, to have added new romance to daily life. Sundry elopements where sweet seventeen is picked up by enterprising twenty-five in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disadvantage of the Aeroplane
"As one deeply interested in the progress and future of aeroplanes, and in the defence of England against, conceivable attacks by them, may I point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Settling a Railway Strike. LITHGOW
Mr. G. C. Bodkin, representative of the Railway Leberes' Association at Clarence, has madea public statement to the effect that recently a letter was received from the men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages
After a long legal fight Miss Hnnt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded L11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Veteran
There resides in Woodlands-terrace, Darlington (says the "Westminster Gazette") one of the oldest, if not actually the oldest, railwaymen living in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motorist Robbed. Riot in New York Street
Only the arrival of a strong force of police (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail"), saved the life of Mr Hirschbach, a millionaire clothier,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capital Road Race
THE Capital Speedwell Road Race promoted by Messrs. Moore Bros. took place on Saturday and out of the 40 cyclists who nominated only 21 started…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster in Queensland. Two Killed, Fourteen Injured. Brisbane
A serious accident occurred to the passenger train which leaves Roma at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday. The train, when on a spot 175 miles out on the Western line, had just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages
After a long legal fight Miss Hunt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded L11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Nature's Book. Mountain Motoring
The highest peak of the Australian Alps, Mount Koscuisko, 7,300ft. high, has been climbed by a motorcar. It is retailed that this peak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Xyz, Euston Road." the Little Old Woman with Yellow Hair
Mr. Eliotl O'Donnell, in his new book, "Some Haunted Houses," published by Eveleigh Nash, tells a bizarre story, to which be gives the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Road-making Machine
Several improvements in road machinery are embodied in the new Ohio reversible road machine, built by the Shuart Grader Co., Oberlin, Ohio. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tattoed Woman. Stricken in a Train
A woman who arrived by train at Reading on Thursday, May 20, in a dying condition, and expired shortly after, was identified (says "Lloyd's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two-storied Bridge
The success of a remarkable engineering feat was celebrated at Sunderland recently when the Earl of Durham formally opened the new double-decked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hoodoo. a Railway Sketch
Mr. W. Pett Ridge writes' in the "Daily Mail" of 26th May:—The men sauntered up and down near the door that was marked in…
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