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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

104 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 6

Commercial. "John Bridge" at Easter

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

JOHN BRIDGE & Co. send us a gracefully phrased invitation card similar to that of which many of our readers have no doubt been the recipients. It invites wool-growers…

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Aeroplane Wind Covering

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

Many different materials hare been tried for covering the wings of aeroplanes, including linen, silk, cotton, celluloid films, and aluminium foil. To…

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The Sydney City Railway

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

The announcement that a Government which is profesedly impecunious, and, on that account has been compelled…

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Science Notes. Motor Street Sweepers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The city of Houston, Tex., reports that the use of motor vehicles in sweeping and flushing its streets has resulted in a saving of £320 per month. The…

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Fired by Wireless. a Boon to Shipping and Railway Companies

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

Almost ever since the introduction of Marconi telegraphy for the communication of messages without the intervention of wires, inventors…

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Miracle of Science. Train Without Rails at 300 Miles an Hour. No Wheels. Suspended in Space by Electricity

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 7

The air train has arrived! It has come to Londaon unherabled, secretely mysteriously, and it is the most marvellous invention of the…

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Railway Smash. Melbourne Express Runs Into Temora Mail. One Man Killed, Fourteen Persons Injured

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 3

THE Melbourne limited express and the down Temora mail met bead on at Binalong at 4.20 on Saturday morning, Robert Thomas of Temora,…

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An Ill-Fated Train. Lucky Guard

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 2

THE Temora Mail officially known as " Number 5," has earned the evil reputation, and it is common knowledge that…

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When Everyone will Fly. Marvels of the New Safety Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 4

Britain lags behind in aviation mutters. She has not the machines. She has not the trained men. She has not the experts, the inventors…

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German Aeroplane Brought Down

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

A German aeroplane continued its flight until within rifle range of the British trenches and was then brought down…

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Motor-cycle Up Ben Nevis

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 3

A 6 horse-power motor-cycle with a sidecar, driven by Mr. D. Bell, of Glasgow, has just climbed to the top of Ben Nevis. Mr. Bell, who was…

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Canberra-Jervis Bay Railway

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 2

Mr. Austin Chapman has been advised by the Department of Home Affairs, with reference to the representations…

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John Bridge and Co. Shareholder's Annual Meeting

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

Presiding at the Annual Meeting on the 14th instant, Mr. Lionel Bridge (Chairman of Directors), in submitting the report and balance…

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John Bridge & Co. Annual Meeting

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 2

WE have been favored wity a copy of the eighteenth Annual Report of the Directors of John Bridge & Co., from which we extract some features…

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Smuggling by Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 2

According to the Paris "Journal," smuggling has been carried on by aeroplane on the Belgian frostier The aeroplane did not actually land…

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British Aviators Destroy Scheldt Railway Bridge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

A Rotterdam despatch says that British aviators have destroyed the railway bridge over over Scheldt Rievr. It is believed that this will…

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Wireless on Railway Trains

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 3

The advance which has been made by American scientists in the practical application of wireless is illustrated in the successful use of wireless train…

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Narrabundah Road

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 2

THE road between the Ainslie P.O. and Narrabundah School is being reformed and metalled, no doubt not before it was…

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Train Mishap at Canberra

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 2

THE Canberra train ploughed its way over the dead end the other day at Canberra Station. Trucks found their destination…

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Federal Capital Railway and Dams

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 3

THERE are between 600 and 700 men employed at present at the Federal capital. " They will continue to be…

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