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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

94 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Astounding Motor Tyre Figures

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 1

Some 'idea of the vast scale on which the rubber industry is conducted in Akron, U.S.A. (the rubber capital of the world) can be…

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Beer at Railway Rooms

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

A prosecution under the licensing laws, which the police magistrate described as the first of its kind in the State, was dealt with at the…

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Mails by Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

An 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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The Stoppage of Those Motor Cars

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The president, of the local No Conscription League recently protested against the action of the Inspector of Police in Braidwood…

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Astounding Motor Tyre Figures

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Some idea of the vast scale on which the rubber industry is conducted in Akron, U.S.A. (the rubber capital of the world) can be gained from a description…

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Yass-Canberra-Jervis Bay Railway

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The third conference in connection with the early construction of the Yass-Canberra-Jervis Bay Railway will be held at Wagga on Saturday, 23rd February…

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Local and General News Yass-canberra-jervis Bay Railway

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The third conference in connection with the early construction of the above will be held lat Wagga on Saturday, 23rd February…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Side-tracked! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write:— We have never failed; when the true interests of wool-growers have been assai[?]ed, to utter timely…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked. Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 8

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write: "We have never failed, when the true interests of woolgrowers have been assailed, to utter…

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Terrible Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

On Wednesday morning a frightful accident occurred near Moruya, which resulted in one woman being killed and seven others more…

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Motoring Across Australia

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

A transcontinental motoring record was completed in Sydney on Tuesday by two West Australian motorists, Messrs. J. L. Burton and…

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Railway Time-table. Goulburn-nimmitabel Line

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

A Passenger train leaves Goulburn daily (Sundays excepted) at 1.55 a.m., leaves Tarago 2.50 a.m., Bungendore 3.33 a.m.,…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked. Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write: "We have never failed, when the true interests of woolgrowers have been assailed, to utter…

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Railway Time-table. Goulburn-nimmitabel Line

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

A Passenger train leaves Goulburn daily (Sundays excepted) at 1.55 a.m, leaves Tarago 2.50 a.m., Bungendore 3.33 a.m.,…

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Ringbarking Trees on Public Roads. [To the Editor.]

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

SIR,—Some of your readers have no doubt noticed recently that many of the trees on the sides of the Queanbeyan-Tharwa Road have been ringbarked by the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, February 12. Breach of Motor Regulations

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Archibald McDonald, of Royalla, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to return his motor number plate at the expiration of his licence. He…

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Railway Time-table. Goulburn-nimmitabel Line

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

A Passenger train leaves Goulburn daily (Sundays excepted) at 1.55 a., leaves Tarago 2.50 a.m., Bungendore 3.33 a.m.,…

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Railway Time-table. Goulburn-nimmitable Line

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 4

A Passenger train leaves Goulburn daily (Sundays excepted) at 1.55 a.m., leaves Tarago 2.50 a.m., Bungendore 3.33 a.m.,…

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Shocking Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 7

As a result of injuries received from a motor accident in Sydney on Tuesday morning, Ivy Allen, one of the occupants of the…

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Canberra-Jervis Bay Railway

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 3

The Wagga conference on the Federal Capital-Jervis Bay railway agreed that the Commonwealth and State Governments be urged to utilise the vast areas in the…

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