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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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

Train Arrangements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 6

On account of the reduced railway passenger traffic, due to the influenza outbreak, an alteration has eben made in the service…

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Run Over by Train

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 2

The body of Mrs. Henry George Priest, wife of an old age pensioner, was found horribly mutilated on the railway line half a mile from the Glen Innes station. The…

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First Bridge at Wagga

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

The first bridge built across the Murrumbidgee at Wagga was opened for traffic on October 27, 1862 The Government having refused to build a bridge on the…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

Frederick Wilton, charged with placing an obstruction on the North Shore railway, was to-day remanded, for, a week for medical…

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Science Notes. Smallest Motor in the World

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

A jeweller of Hillsboro, North Dakota, has recently constructed a motor, said to be the smallest in the world. The motor, just a fraction over a…

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The Federal Capital and a Promised Railway Line. (To the Editor)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

Sir,—The Federal Labor Government that had so amply demonstrated its aptitude to deal effectively with the larger issues in…

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Belle Vue Bridge

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 7

There is an old proverb which says that one never misses the water till the well runs dry. This applies with equal force to the…

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Two Trammies

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 4

Fishing on the Swan River, Perth, (Western Australia), during the late tram strike for pleasure and profit to the strikers…

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Departure of Mr. Wellman. Presentation by Railway Employees

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

At the Queanbeyan railway station on Tuesday night a number of railway employees met to make a presentation to Mr. A. Wellman, who has courteously carried…

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Producers' Necessaries. "John Bridge" on Markets

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The Country Service and Supply Department of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., writes :— "With the desire to be helpful…

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Novel Road Grader. Does the Work of 125 Men

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

Not so long ago a huge roadgrading machine made its appearance in America. It had creeper feet in front that reminded one of…

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Producers' Necessaries. "John Bridge" on Markets

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 5
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The Country Service and Supply Department of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., writes:— "With the desire to be helpful…

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LOVE'S Rough Road CHAPTER I.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

“ ‘Wanted immediately, for the country, a young English lady, as companion-governess to a girl of seventeen; good…

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£1539 Left in Tramcar

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

The sum of £1539 was left in a city tramcar in Perth (W.A.) on Saturday night by Mr. White, formerly licensee of the Golden Age…

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Trams Held Up by Masked Men

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

Members of the Melbourne public who are about, at night are still menaced by masked and armed men. At first it was thought…

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LOVE'S Rough Road CHAPTER I. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 4

This world of firvolity was nearly forgotten by the man whose life for the last twenty years had known no…

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John Bridge. Easter Arrangements

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 2

John Bridge & Co. Ltd., writes: "The fact of the Easter Show having been abandoned this year will, no doubt, cause many producers,…

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"John Bridge." Easter Arrangements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Limited, write ;—"The fact of the Easter Show having been abandoned this year will, no doubt, cause many…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Ii. "Mount Murrough, County Clare, September 10th

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 6

'My dearest Mother—I hope you got the wire announcing my safe arrival a week ago. As we are seven miles from…

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