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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 13

Labor Unrest. The Irish Railway Strike. Troops on Guard. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 2

Troops are guarding the railway tunnel at Cork, and also the lines at Limerick Junction. There has been some…

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The Tramp Printer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 3

The following from the pen of W. E. Vincent recently appeared in the columns of the Canadian Press:— Here in this new country, which may…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

A BICYCLE road race, promoted by the local Fire Brigade took place on Wednesday afternoon last, and attracted a large crowd of spectators. The distance was five miles, over the Araluen road…

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Local News. The Burnt Motor Car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

MESSRS. POOLEY AND MALONE'S motor car which accidentally caught fire on Friday of last week, or the remains of it, was hauled into town on Wednesday by one of Mr…

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In India. Humours of Railway Travelling

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 4

An Indian railway time-table affords interesting study. It combines voluminous railway information with a considerable amount of matter…

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A Motor Water-cart

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 4

The city authorities of Toronto, Canada, have been quick to realise the value of motor traction. Our illustration shows one of the two…

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Market Report. John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- Rabbit Skins

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 3

Catalogues showed considerable falling off, both in quality, and quantity. Prices of the lower sorts were without material change, but the better grades were…

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Military Motoring Private Smithy's Views. the Captain's "Shover."

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 4

Mr Edgar Wallace writes amusingly in the London "Daily Mail" of September 23rd:—"What'll be the badge for that?"…

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A Bear Motorist Scene in Argyll Street

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 3

Most Londoners know Madame Bata via, the highly trained bear of the Royal Italian Circus. Her clever tricks have for some time past provided a fund of…

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Train for Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 3

An electric goods train for use on ordinary roads has just been made. The train consists of a generating waggon and six trailing…

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The Russian Royal Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 3

The Empress Marie always travels in the Russian Royal special train. It is the heaviest and most luxurious in Europe. When it was…

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Local News. New Passenger Motor Car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 2

MESSRS POOLEY AND MALONE have purchased another motor car, a Catillac which arrived in Braidwood on Monday morning. It will be placed in the passenger service on the Braidwood-Tarago…

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Railway Improvements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 3

Owing to the increasing number of railway smashes in late years, a great deal of consideration has been bestowed on signalling improvement…

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Alps Could Run the Railways

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 6

Engineers in Zurich report, after careful examination that sufficient electric power could be developed from the waterfalls of the Alps to run all…

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Motor Car Accident and After

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

In the Braidwood District Court, on Tuesday last, before Judge Fitzhardinge, William T. Gardiner sought to recover from Pooley and Malone, Limited, £200,…

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Local News. New Railways

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

A good many of the new railways proposed have very little chance of giving any adequate returns. The South Coast line has been one that has never paid for the simple…

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Motor v. Horse Power

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

A PULLING match between a motor lorry and a single horse was witnessed the other day at Er-kineville. A loaded waggon was snick in the street drawn by two horses, when the driver…

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Market Report. John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- Rabbit Skins

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Best sorts were unchanged, but other descriptions were fully 12d lower. Since the sale, London has reported a drop of 1d to 2d per lb., and the general…

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Over an Embankment. Express Train Falls. Only One Death

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 3

While running at the rate, of a mile a minute an Eric Railroad train carrying 150 passengers, including many New York professional and…

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Federal Capital Motor Car

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Mr. Austin Chapman asked the Minister for Home Affairs, in the House of Representatives-- Is the motor car now in use in the Federal Capital the property…

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