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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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

"John Bridge" Easter Arrangements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 7

John Bridge & Co., Ltd. write: "The fact of the Easter Show having been abandoned this year will [?] doubt cause many producers…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Ii. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 6

'My luggage was put on a donkey-cart, and sent in charge of a small, bare-footed boy, with green eyes and hair the…

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Good Mailmen Require Good Roads

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

Every one who is fortunate enough to know our genial mailman, recognises that he is anything but a grumbler. When he complains of bad roads and damaged…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Ii. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

'My room is at the back. Its windows give on the garden and the orchard. As I write, I can see borders bright with…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Iii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 6

A week had passed since Mary Cole wrote the letter which made her father call her a self-righteous minx. The…

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The National Government's Railway Construction Policy. I.

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 7

We were told by the Government that the winning of the war had to take precedence over everything, that all available funds…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Iii. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

'You will allow me to play with you? Thank you—thank you! But will it not give you a great deal of trouble? I am…

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The National Governments Railway Construction Policy. Ii

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

The Nimmirabel-Bombala line, agitated for by the Bombala residents for thirty years, and the construction of which had been…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Iv. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 6

Mary sat down to rest upon the stones at the foot of the cross, and leant against the carved upright, the dogs lying…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Iv. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 4

The last day came. Mary's heart jumped when she saw the donkey-cart containing her luggage wind down the avenue,…

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Trip in a War Aeroplane. Above the Enemy Lines

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 3

Life has scarcely anything more thrilling to offer than a trip in an [?]eroplane above enemy’s lines. The most blase mortal is whirled in an…

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LOVE'S Rough Road CHAPTER V. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 6

How did he come there? Was he thrown out of the trap also? Mary gazed at him in horror,…

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Reprint from the "Land," 9/5/'19. Co-OPERATION--A Big Movement. Producers Determined to Market their Own Produce. the Business of John Bridge & Co. Ltd., Sydney, Acquired

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 5

We owe it to our numerous clients, business connections, and sympathetic, producers in the country to make a public pronouncement of the reasons, and motives,…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Vi

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

For a week Mary lay hovering between life and death. When she opened her eyes once more on the world her…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Vi. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

The girl did not sleep much that night, and she went to bed in a passion of shamed tears that nearly caused a relapse…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Vi. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 6

'Promise me to wear them!' he said gravely. 'I Promise, and I will take great care of your mother's…

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Run Down by a Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 3

A shocking level crossing accident occurred at Bunnythorpe, near Palmerston (N.Z.) A spring cart, containing two boys and two…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Vii. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

'I'll not touch it!' she cried hotly. 'Oh, if he would only allow me to be independent! These hands'—throwing them…

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LOVE'S Rough Road Chapter Viii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 6

Some evenings later, when Mary returned from shopping, her mother pointed to a big envelope on the mantlepiece…

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Deputation to Shire Council. a Dangerous Road. the Proposed Deviation of Stringy-bark Hill

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a large, representative and influential deputation of leading town and country residents was introduced by Mr. A. J. Studdy, J.P…

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