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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

175 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 9

A Wonderful Bridge in the Jura Mountains

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 1

"The Jura Mountains have long been popular with tourists and travellers on account of their majestic and wild grandeur." So writes a contributor to the…

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Motoring Elopements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 3

One often hears nowadays of fair ladies eloping with their motormen, writes Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in the "Car," and the commonest…

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By Road, Water, or Air

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

An aeroplane for use as a motor-car or motor-boat has been constructed by a German aviator. It is a combination of biplane and monoplane, and…

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An Expensive Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

Some particulars have been published of the new Florida Sea Railway. It is carried for miles across lagoons, marshes, islets, and a…

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To Revolutionise the Motor Traction

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 6

Our sketch shows Mr. Edison's long-promised storage battery, which it is claimed will revolutionise motor traffic. It has been tested at New Jersey,…

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Railway Communication. the Line to the Capital

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2

How long it will be until the Federal Capital is linked up by the necessary lines of railway is becoming a matter of much speculation(says the…

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Aeroplane for the Arctic Regions. Model of the Apparatus by Which Mr. Sandon Perkins Hopes to Reach the North Pole

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3

Mr. Snadon Perkins recently showed at the Motor Club a model of his aeroplane by which he hopes to reach the North Pole. The…

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Motor-cars to Measured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 4

Nearly all of the large motor-car factories fit cars to their prospective users in very much the same way as a clothier alters ready-made…

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Short Story. The Tragedy of the Cross Roads

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 2

I netted a handsome commission out of my first experience, and, being naturally enthusiastic, began to indulge in visions of a speedy affluence. For some weeks after my…

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The Railway to the Capital. Interest at Yass

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 2

YASS, Tuesday.—Much interest is now being taken locally in the proposed railway from Yass to Canberra, with the object of making up the Federal capital territory with…

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Accident to Yass Tram

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 3

As the 11 o'clock tram was proceeding from the junction to the Yass terminus on Friday night, an accident occurred at the Cross-roads,…

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[?] Motor Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 2

[?] was attending to the motor car of Messrs. O. N. Farner and Co., of Goalburn, [?] half-pase one on Saturday near the firm's promises preparatory to starting, the vehicle…

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Dog's 600-Mile Tramp

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

A remarkable case of a dog which travelled alone upwards of six hundred miles recently occurred. A shearer living in Sydney, some…

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Motor Vans for War

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

The German government it granting subsidies to owners of industrial motor Vans, provided the vans and motors are constructed according to…

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The Clyde Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 2

MR. P. E. CAINS, the agent at Nelligen for the I.S.N. Company, at the last meeting of the Euro-bodalla Shire Council, in a communication to that body, urged upon the Councillors the necessity of…

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On the Yilgarn. Several Favorable Reports. a Railway Without Delay

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 2

SOUTHERN CROSS, Wednesday.—The find near Marvel Loch, discovered a few days ago, is reported to be opening up well. The find made by Harry Swincer, west of…

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Nearly Electrocuted. Tram Driver's Escape

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 6

James Turner (29)," a" tram driver, living at Bellevue-street, Glebe, received a frightful electric shock at his work on Friday…

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Doing Business in the Train

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 1

The London and North-Western Railway have conceived the novel idea of providing shorthand-typists on their new expresses between London…

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A Train That Runs on One Rail

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 1

That remarkable invention, the Brennan monorail, which it is perhaps superfluous to say to-day is kept up-right on a single rail by an…

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Sewing Machine Motor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 1

An electric motor for sewing machines is now being introduced by a company in Toledo, Ohio'. It is about the size of the hand wheel on the…

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