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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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

The Railway to Canberra. Daily Train Service Wanted

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon. Austin Chapman as follows:--I desire to acknowlege receipt of the communication of the…

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A New Mono-railway

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 6

A plan for a suspended mono-railway has been submitted to the Minister of Public Works in France by a French engineer, M. Mahl, on which, it is claimed…

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Railway Travellers' Unique Experience

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 4

TRAVELLORS by the paper train on Tuesday afternoon had an experience which was at once startling and unique. After leaving Harefield the…

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Monstrous Proposal. Gate Across Federal Capital Road. Strong Opposition to It

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

THE Mayor of Yass (Alderman J. Browning), in the course of a short interview with a representative of the "Tribune" stated that he was strongly opposed to the action of the…

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The Financial Tangle. Federal Capital Works Proposal. Yass-canberra Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 4

MR. CLAUDE THOMPSON, hon, Secretary for the Industrial Unions Committee, writes:—"After waiting patieutly for the State and Federal Governments to exponnd their…

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Main Roads Grant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 3

The Department has ordered the allocation of this grant, amounting to £1100, as follows:— 1. Bateman's Bay, via Nelligen…

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The Tipperary Road. Unexpected Popularity

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 4

The route to Tipperary is devoid of any strategical importance, but it is playing no mean part in upholding what military experts term…

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Aeroplane Signals: Clever Scheme

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

There has been tried in France an apparatus for signalling from aeroplanes, consisting of a reservoir of lamp black, which is connected with a…

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Official Correspondence. Canberra-queanbeyan Train Service

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

[?] Minister for Home Affairs advises the [?] Austin Chapman, regarding a request [?] the Town Clerk of Queanbeyan for a [?]senger train service between that place…

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Official Correspondence Canberra-queanbeyan Train Service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

THE Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon. Austin Chapman, regarding a request from the Town Clerk of Queanbeyan for a passenger train service between that place…

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[?]Ass to Jervis Bay Railway

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the [?] Austin Chapman: I am desired by the Minister for Home Affairs to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 24th…

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Yass to Jervis Bay Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon. Austin Chapman: I am desired by the Minister for Home Affairs to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 24th…

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New Military Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6

A new type of military aeroplane. designed by Glenn H. Curtiss, has been tried out at San Diego, Cal., and developed remarkable speed and climbing…

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Railway Holiday Arrangements

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

IT will be of public interest to know the arrangements that will be observed on the railways during the approaching holiday period. On December 25 and 26, and on…

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