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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 13

On the Road, by Marie Von Thilo (of the Pseudonym Library). [All Rights Reserved.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

HE COLD wintry day was slowly drawing…

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Motor Cycle Hill Climb

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

The first hill climbing contest of the Federal Capital Motor Cycle Club took place last Saturday afternoon. Eight contestants took the field and they rode…

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A Marine Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 6

The first heavier than air machine to make successful flights starting from and alighting upon water is the Fabre. For this purpose the…

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Motor Car, Motor Boat and Aeroplane Combined

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 6

Trials have been made in Berlin with an interesting machine invented by Herr Grawert. It is designed to be used as a motor car,motor boat, and…

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Safer Railway Travelling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 6

There has been installed on one of the English railways a new system of signalling which, it is claimed, is the most perfect yet devised. The…

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Shire Roads Expenditure

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

THE Clyde Council's statement of accounts for the past year shows that the sums devoted to the maintenance and repair of the roads included Nowra to Nerriga L116, Bulah Crossing L21 Wool…

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The Paris Motor Race. Alone on the Prairie. Desperate Flight From Solitude. Record Day's Run

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

Signor Antonio Scarfoglio, the special correspondent of the "Daily Mail." wrote from Paxton, Nebraska, on 11th March:—…

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New South Wales Government Railways. Cheap Excursion to Melbourne. Tuesday, April 11

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 5

CHEAP Excursion Tickets at £2 6s First Class and £1 13s Second Class Single and £3 10 First Class and £2 10s Second Class Return will be issued to Melbourne…

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Railway Rates and Decentralisation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 6

The recent remarks made by Judge Heyden, concerning differential railway rates hit the mark squarely. In this business the railways are following the worst form of the…

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Overhead Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 3

An ingenious overhead miniature railway may be seen doing effective work at Victoria Station, Manchester, for the conveyance of…

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Novel Wind Motor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 3

An American inventor has been experimenting with motors of a novel type. The motor consists of a series of wings formed with movable…

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Purchasing a Motor Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 3

Last week we drew attention to the error there is in thinking a rough and cheap car is suitable for heavy country roads, and as a furtherance of our opinion, we mention…

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Triumph Motors Again Triumph. Result of Kowen Hill Climb

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

TRIUMPHS finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and secured fastest time for Roadster Machine Let it be understood, we did not enter our racing motor, we thought it a better…

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Railway Accident at Bungendore. Man's Leg Cut Off

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

Our Bungendore correspondent wires:-- Charles McIntyre, a married man residing at Bungendore, fell between a goods' train and the platform early this…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

A goods' truck ran off the line at Marulan early on Saturday morning, and blocked the mail traffic for a couple of hours, A special train, conveying the…

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Frightful Accident on the Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

WORD was received in town this morning the Charles McIntyre, a wellknown resident of Bungendore, had been run over by the up goods train…

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A Curious Tram Car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 6

The longest tramline in Australia is but a child's walk compared with a tramway in the Argentine Republic, which was recently celebrating the centenary of its independence…

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American Humour. A Sardonic Motorist

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 3

"Where's your automobile?" "Traded it off," replied Chuggins. "What for?" "One of these street pianos. When…

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The Bungendore Railway Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

MR. Charles McIntyre, who met with a railway accident at Bungendore, was removed to the Goulburn Hospital on Tuesday, and his left leg was amputated below the knee. The patient is…

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Dr. Llewellyn's New Motor Car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

DR. LLEWELLYN returned from Sydney on Thursday in the new motor car which he has purchase, driven by the coachman be formerly had and who has been in Sydney for a time getting indoctrinated…

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