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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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

Aeroplane Disaster. M. Lefebvre's Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 5

Deep is the regret expressed at the death of M. Lefebvre, the young aviator who distinguished himself at Rheims, and who was killed last evening while…

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"Life's Toilsome Road." Sermon in 100th YEAR

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 4

Hundreds of people from all parts of North Staffordshire visited Blurton Church, near Stoke-on-Trent, recently to hear the Rev. Prebendary…

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B. and B. Road Race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

THE above race was [?] on Saturday last from Buttle's Culvert to Canberra and return, a distance of 20 mile. There were a fan number of spectators…

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Millionaire Tramp. Gives All His Wealth Away

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

Mr James Ends How, of the United States of America, now representing the unemployed of his country at the Ipswich Conference, is (says the…

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Harriman's Career. Messenger Boy to Millionaire. Ruler of 90,000 Miles of Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

Mr Edward Henry Harriman was 'America's latest railway king, and that on a more extensive scale than any of t his predecessors, having, in the words…

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Train Arrangements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

OWING to the strike sweeping changes have been made in the train service for the State. The Wednesday alteration will cause a serious disarrangement of…

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Wool on the Railways

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

WE received a telegram from the Station Master at Tarage on Monday informing us that the Railway Commisioners had issued instructions to again stop the receipt of wool on the railway, and that no…

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Motor Car Travelling

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

A MOTOR CAR SERVICE for passenger traffic has been establisher between Cooma and Bega, which is well [?] and taken a good numbers of passenger regularly and it is proposed to extend the…

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Overcrowded Trams

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

An accident indirectly due to the strike [?] in King Street, near the Supreme Court [?] after six o'clock on Monday evening, [?] people were swept from the footboards [?]…

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Further Train Alterations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

ADDITIONAL and important train alterations have been decided upon, to take effect to-day. The alterations include the following:—On the Cooma branch,…

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The Bridge. an Appreciation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

Mr Bart Kennedy writes in the "Daily Mail":—Have you ever looked upon a mighty bridge and tried to grasp the…

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Car of the Air. Motor the Essential, Part

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

An absorbing interest having been aroused by the feats performed lately with flying machines, even conservative Englishmen now view the coming of the…

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Motor-car Abduction. Traveller Runs Off with Rich Girl

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

A young traveller named Lewis, employed by M. Hadin, a rich manufacturer of Brussels, fell in love with the pretty sixteen-years-old daughter of…

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Motor Travelling

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

MR. JOHN NORTON is visiting the Mo[?] and Coast Commonwealth electorate in his candidature for the senate in a splendid motor car in which he overcomes di[?] in the wide areas over which he…

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Motor Service

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 2

MR. BUTCHER has commenced the motor services which he has advertised to ran between Tarage and Gonlbura on alternative days when there is [?] train to Tango. He despatched a our from…

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The Railways

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

WE received a mem, from the Station Master at Tarago, announcing that the full regular service of trains was again running from Monday last…

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