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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

116 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6

The Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

MR. KENNEDY, a [?]yor from the Works Department, was in Bradwood on Saturday last in connection with the survey of the proposed line of railway to connect the federal capital size at…

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Two-storied Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 7

The success of a remarkable engineering feat was celebrated at Sunderland recently when the Earl of Durham formally opened the new double-decked…

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Sport on a Tramway Route. How Mr. Bunting Plated. [?] Practical Joke on His Friend, Mr. Larkin

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

That was a very shabby trick which Bunting played apon Larkin. Larkin is a great student of matters which lie outside of the…

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Tramps and Tramping. Delightful Discussion by Bart Kennedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

One of the curious things about a tramp is hardly anything will induce him to turn back when once he has set out in a given…

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Run Over by a Train Kurri Kurri

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on the Aberdale railway yesterday afternoon by which Henry Allen, 45, was killed instantly, and Egerton Mackness, 16, was seriously…

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Great Railway Project. Ceylon to India

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 4

"Sanction has just been given by Viscount Morley for the construction of a line of railway across the Pambam Straits to connect Ceylon with the main…

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Interchangeable Railway Tickets

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

The Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and North-Western, and Midland railway companies have agreed, commencing forthwith, that ordinary and…

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Aeroplane Flight. Mr Cody's Success

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 5

Mr S. F. Cody beat all English records in aeroplaning last evening at Aldershot by making a circular flight of nearly two miles (said the "Daily Mail" on…

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Railway From Yass to Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 7

THE Federal Government require a railway from Yass to the Capital, and the matter will be discussed with the N.S. Wales Premier at Melbourne this…

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White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 3

The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…

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Great Railway Project. Ceylon to India

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 5

"Sanction has just been given by Viscount Morley for the construction of a line of railway across the Pambam Straits to connect Ceylon with the main railway system of Southern "India,"…

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Man Under a Tram. Sensation at Balmain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

It was about 8 o'clock on Saturday night in Darling-street, Balmain, and at its most congested part for traffic, where the whole population seemed to congregate, a cry went…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by Correspondents.] Duplicating Our Railways. (To the Editor of the AGE.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

SIR,—Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for Railways, has told us that our single lines of Railway for about 150 miles out from Sydney cannot carry the traffic they are now…

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The Absent Motor. a Lost Vote

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 4

"Is it comin' ?' said he old man. The girl poked her head further out of the cottage window; then stepped back into the room…

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White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 3

The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…

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Original Correspondence. The Homebush Sale Yards and Railway Duplication. [To the Editor of the Dispatch.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

Sir,-The country producers of this State over and over again through every one of their representative bodies have unanimously asked that new stock sale yards shall be buil[?] and that the control…

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In a Tram-car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 4

The electric tram had reached the terminus, and the conductor smartly seized the trolley-pole and swung it round to the otehr end. The lights,…

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The Bagdad Railways. a Turco-germanic Undertaking

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 3

The Turks have a curious habit in the making of railways. The offer the cencession of some particular route to a foreigner, and guarantee…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselve with the opinions expressed by Correspondents.] Homebush Sale Yards and Railway Duplication. (To the Editor of the AGE.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

SIR,—The country producers of the State over and over again, through every one of their representative bodies, have unanimously asked that new stock saleyards shall…

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Tramps As Pirates. Caught on Way to France

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1909 · page 4

An extraordinary story of longshore, piracy was told (says the "Daily Express") at they Chichester Police Court on July 17, when two tramps, John…

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