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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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

London's Silent Motor . 'Buses

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 3

Nearly 25,500,000 passengers were carried last year by the Great Eastern London Motor Omnibus Company, Ltd. This was an increase of…

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Science Notes & News. Motor Tyres

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

When a motor-car is loaded, a perfectly inflated tyre should flatten about 2-5 in., but never more than 3-5 in. under any circumstances…

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Mr. Nielsen at Yass. Railway to Federal Capital

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 November 1910 · page 2

In reply to a deputation at Yass on Saturday morning. Mr. Nielsen, Minister for Lands, slated that. in his opinion, a railway to the Federal capital should…

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Railway to the Federal Capital

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1910 · page 2

IN reply to a deputation of Yass residentson Saturday morning Mr. Nielsen, Minister for Lands, stated that in his opinion a railway to the Federal capital should start from…

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Yass Queanbeyan Railway. the Minister's Reply

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1910 · page 2

MR. NIELSEN said he was pleased as a Minister of the Crown to receive such a large deputation.—He dealt with the attitude he had adopted to get the…

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Rabbits on Roads. Wire-netting Culverts

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 3

A matter introduced by Councillors Vallance, at the meeting of the local Shire Council on Friday, concerned the danger of the rabbits making their…

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Scientific Notes. Aviators and Road Finding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 1

A German aeronaut has devised a system of orientation which will help the German aviator, at least, in finding his way through the air…

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Holiday Railway Routes of New South Wales. Part I.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 7

SENSIBLE people, and the unwise as well, are discovering that it as truly pays to change environment occasionally as it pays to read the newest book,…

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Attempted Train Robbery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

An express agent on an American railway tells of an exciting adventure he has had with train robbers. He writes:—My business is easy…

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The Motor Driver

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 3

Under a crimson touring-car The motor driver sprawls. A very mighty man is he, Yet like a worm be crawls;…

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Promised Railways

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 2

Mr. Griffith, in reply to a deputation headed by Mr. Wade, advocating a tramway line to Chatswood, said he was fast finding out that almost every square foot in New…

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New Road to Batemans Bay

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 2

A new stock route has been opened up by the Eurobodalla Shire Council from Mr. Elgin's at Bola[?]o to the Shire's boundary at the crest of the eastern range of the Mongarlowe watershed. The…

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Novel Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 4

The city of Toulouse, which already contains so many interesting monuments, has recently been enriched with a new and very remarkable…

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Round the World. a Motor Race. Competitors' Larder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 2

On 11th February the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of Paris, wrote:—The New York to Paris motor race…

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Battle of Bothwell Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 4

The defeat of Claverhouse by the Scottish Covenanters in 1679 excited alarm in London, and the Duke of Mon-mouth, the King's natural son, was sent…

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Bridge Versus Billiards. Will the Latter Conquer the Former ?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

The rumour that the popularity of bridge is on the wane in London society comes as the best of news to ladies' maids. Since the game…

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