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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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

Canberra to Yass Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 5

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon Austin Chapman, relative to the proposed construction of a railway from Canberra to Yass, that the Engineer in Chief…

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Queanbeyan-Canberra Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

THE laying of the rails on the Queanbeyan-Canberra line is now in full swing. Yesterday the train ran out to the two mile peg. A full supply…

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Dashed to Death. Man and Girl Killed by Rushing Express Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 2

A shocking accident resulting in the deaths of a man and a girl occurred at the railway crossing at Canley Vale on Friday evening…

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World's Largest Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 3

The steel arch bridge over the Hell Gate in the northern part of New York city will be with its viaducts, the largest bridge in the…

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What Is Read in the Trams

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 4

In my daily travels to and from the city in trams I have developed a curiosity to learn the kind of literature most polpular with my fellow travellers…

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Main Roads Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

THE amount of the main roads grant (1100) to the Tallaganda Shire has been allocated by the Works Department as follows Nelligen.Braidwood to Queanbeyan road,…

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How Railway Sharpers are Frustrated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 3

The feud between the "R.P.," or railway police, and the army of three-card tricksters has reopened. At Waterloo Station, for instance…

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