Kerosene Oil and Motor Spirit Industry
DOUBTLESS very few people are aware of the vast resources of the Commonwealth in regard to the production of kerosene oil, motor spirit, and lubricating oils. The wonderful…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 13
Road Repairs
During the past week the flying Kelly gang has taken possession of our main thoroughfare. Finding no doubt that the local maintenance man was unable to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Innovation
Birmingham has introduced a new system for the printing and issuing of railway tickets. The booking clerk, when requiring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Contestant in Motor Race Killed
Fournier, when leading in the Automobile de Grand Prix de Paris, was killed instantly through his car overturning while travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Leaps a River Bank Two Men and a Women Drowned
A dreadful triple fatality occurred near Denman on Wednesday night, a motor car dashing over the bank of the Hunter River, and 'falling into the' water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Expenditure on Cawthorne's Road
At the Shire Council meeting on Thursday morning last, Cr. Byrne said he desired to refer to the expenditure said to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Motor Accident. Car Pitches Into a River. Muswellbrook
A terribly shocking accident occurred a few miles outside of Muswellbrook last night, when a motor car ran over the bank of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Statistics
The Chief Commissioner for Railways has issued his report for the year ended June 30. The earnings of the railways and tramways of the State amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bungendore. Railway Changes
ON dit, that Mr. H. Melville railway station master, has been appointed to Yass station, and will shortly take up his duties in that place. The night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. The Araluen Roads. (To the Editor of the Dispatch.)
SIR,—Is your Araluen correspondent aware when advocating taxing the [?] for the upkeep of the road, that they are already pretty heavily taxed by the Shire?…
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THE motor lorry which has been purchased by Messrs. S. Rogers and Cecil Maddrell to be put on the roads for general merchandise, and produce, arrived in Braidwood on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accidents
Two shocking motor car accidents occurred in the metropolitan districts of Adelaide on Saturday, afternoon." A motor charbane, containing a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deadly Motor Race Driver Hurled Out at Top Speed. Many Cars Overturned. One Killed; Four Injured
From New York, on 9th October, the correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote:— The automobile race for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hiring a Motor-car the London Practice
For the man who cannot afford the ownership of a car, and does not wish to buy one, there is the alternative of hiring. Hiring a car is quite a simple…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. The Araluen Road. (To the Editor of the Dispatch.)
SIR,—Will you kindly grant me a few square inches of space in your columns to make a few comments on a contribution to the "Dispatch" of last Wednesday's issue by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Revenue from Motor Cars
The license fees for motor cars and motor bikes at present goes to the State, Parliament having decided that the traffic shall be governed by a special statute a part from local government administration…
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THE motor lorry lately introduced by Messrs. Cecil Maddrell and Sam Rogers is making regular trips between Braidwood and Tarago and it is said that a storekeeping firm which…
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A most ingenious use for the motor car has been found by an American veterinary surgeon, who uses his little car as a horse clipping power plant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Geology of the Northern Railway. Section—Armidale to Glen Innes
IN order to obtain a true perspective of the features of geological interest to be seen from the train between Armidale and Glen Innes, it is necessary to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drummer's Bad Day. Sleepy Town, Miserable Hotel, Business Nil, Train Late, Threatened with Jail
The stranger stood on the cinder platform and scowled upon the world at large. He had spent the day in the town, and it had not only…
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