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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

104 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

The Railway Time Table

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 3

The proposed alteration to the time-table of the Southern line trains will not take effect until Monday next, 15th February…

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The Gates on Tharwa Road

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 2

We've got a gate on Tharwa Road, And now you Cockies, close it; You dated not sneak around with list You hadn't grit to oppose it…

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New Roads in Ecuador

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

There is but one completed railroad in Ecuador, that between Quayaquil and Quito. Until this road was extended in 1905, Quito was, by modern…

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Motor Sensation

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

WHILE the 16-year-old daughter Police Sergeant Meldrum was returning home at Burwood on Friday afternoon, she was accosted by a man in a…

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Heavier Rails for Railways

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 3

It is apparent that the rapidly increasing weights of both locomotives and loaded cars of all descriptions in America will soon make a heavier rail…

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Another Aeroplane Raid Slight Damage Reported

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

Another aerial raid on England was carried out on Sunday when a German 'plane flew over parts of Essex and dropped several bombs…

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Delay of Cooma Mail Train

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

SINCE the new time-table came into force the Cooma mail train from Goulburn has been half an hour late in leaving each morning, the delay being caused by the heavy…

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Motor Car Burnt

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

LATE on Tuesday afternoon last Mr. H. F. Maddrell's Darracq motor car was totally destroyed by fire some three miles out of Braidwood on the…

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Railway Mens' Union. 24Th Annual Conference

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

THE 24th annual Conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the Association's Head Office, Sydney,…

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Railway Men's Union. 24th Annual Conference

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The twenty fourth annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the Association's Head…

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The Safety of the Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 3

Mr. Harry Hawker asserts that the aeroplane to-day is as safe at an elevation of 2,000 feet as a motor-car on the road. He contends that near…

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Strategic Railways

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

The situation is undoubtedly critical For although some of the authorities declare that Germany is beaten, she herself seems, to be quite…

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Railway Mens' Union. 24Th Annual Conference

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

THE 24th annual Conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the Association's Head Office, Sydney,…

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Unsatisfactory Train Service

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

THE Tumut "Advocate" says:— " Perfectly disgusting!" That's the exclamation invariably used when one asks what a friend thinks about…

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Heavier Rails for Railways

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

It is apparent that the rapidly increasing weights of both locomotives and loaded cars of all descriptions in America Will soon make a heavier rail…

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A Railway Mix-up

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

A serious railway smash occurred at Wallace Town, Wellington (N.Z.), on Wednesday. The Southland goods train…

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Train Alterations

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 3

MR. W. DAVIS WRIGHT, of Brooklyn, C[?]'s Flat, called at the " Express" office last week, and told them how the men on the land…

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Electric Motors for Pumping

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

The use of electric motors for operating pumping plants is on the increase in Europe. Such plants comprise city waterworks sewage, and drainage…

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