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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

162 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 9

Motor Car Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

On Sunday morning a Hupm[?] touring car, conveying a party of two lady and two gentlemen tourists on route to Mount Kosciusko, came…

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"John Bridge" at Easter Preparation for Visitors

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:— "To our Clients and Friends…

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Important to Motor Car Owners

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

The business announcement in our columns in connection with Firestone Tyres is of unusual interest to motor car owners, for…

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"John Bridge" at Easter. Preparation for Visitors

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:— TO OUR CLIENTS & FRIENDS…

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The Shire Roads. Mr. Byrne and the Council

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

At the meeting of the Shire Council on Friday last Mr. J. H. Byrne, of Nithsdale, wrote drawing attention to the very…

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COMMERCIAL. John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 8

Wool.—The fifth series of wool appraisements closed on the 22nd inst. The sixth series will commence on April 16, but will be…

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Science Notes Japanese Motor

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 5

Japan is now succesfully building automobiles which are claimed to be well made and are produced at a low price. The output is not large, but is…

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Royal Easter Show. Motor Section

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Dalgety's Motor Exhibit at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show promises to be something exceptional, and in this connection we…

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Latest Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Last Illness in Train

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Agnes Maliphant, while travelling from Corowa to Sydney, was taken ill in the train at June and removed to the hospital, where she…

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The Capital Railway

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

A party of Commonwealth rail-way engineers, with Mr. Helberough in charge, is at present viewing the route of the…

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Local and General. the Belle Vue Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2

Information was brought to the Shire office on Monday night that the centre bridge at Belle Vue was in a dangerous state. Mr. P…

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The Capital Railway

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 3

A party of Commonwealth railway engineers, with Mr. Holborough in charge is at present viewing the route of the proposed railway from Jervis Bay to Canberra…

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Hughess Escape. Nearly Smashed by Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 5

Only the watchfulness and prompt action of the driver and fireman of a train saved the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, and…

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John Bridge & Co. Entertaining Easter Visitors. Expulsion Discussed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

Though clients and friends of John Bridge and Co. have been accustomed, for years past, to receive invitations to foregather…

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Mails by Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 5

Ae regular aeroplane service between New York and Chicago is prosed. It is estimated that the flight of 720 miles could be made in from six to ten hours,…

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"John Bridge" Many Easter Visitors. Expulsion Incident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 8

Responding freely to the cordial invitation issued by John Bridge & Co., just before Easter, hundreds of the firm's…

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"John Bridge." Many Easter Visitors. Expulsion Incident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

Responding freely to the cordial invitation Issued by John Bridge and Co., just before Easter, hundreds or the firm's clients and county friends…

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Local and General. the Capital Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hobler, chief railway surveyor of the Federal Railway Department, arrived in Braidwood yesterday in connection with the…

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Motor Car Runs Away

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

On Saturday last a motor car took the law into its own hands and ran away. A party from Goulburn pulled up at the…

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