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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

125 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

The Angle Bridge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 2

A strong deputation waited on Minister Stewart at Canberra last week to urge the claims of residents of the locality for b a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at…

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Shire Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 4

The acting-engineer (Mr. P. B. Tay-lor) reports as follows upon the month's work:— "The following matters have been…

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Yass-canberra Railway

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 3
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The construction of a railway from Yass to' Canberra, to avoid the detour by Goulburn on the way up from Melbourne, has been referred to…

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Canberra Motor Service

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 2

Mr. R. F. A. Tetley intends running a regular motor service between Canberra and Queanbeyan putting his commodious Char-a-bane, with seating accommodation…

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The Jervis Bay Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

The president of the Shire Council Cr. Les Chapman, who, with Cr. P. R. King, attended the railway conference at Yass on Monday, reported at…

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Footboards on Trams

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

The abilition of footboards on trams and the substitution of the corridor system was urged yesterday. It was stated that over 20 accidents…

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Yass-canberra Railway Yass Conference

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 5

"This meeting of delegates, representing shires, municipalities, progress associations, and railway leagues, strongly urges the…

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Railway Pilfering

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 4

Inspector Harding, of the Railway Investigation Branch, stated at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday that during the past six months…

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Row on Reidsdale Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 4

Luke John Hickey summoned Timothy Kennedy and Daniel Kennedy on two charges of using insulting words and threatening words to him…

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Sensational Tram Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 5

An electric tram car, pushing a dummy, collided, with a stationary tram on an intersecting junction near Flemington bridge, Melbourne,…

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Main Roads Allocating Money

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 6

Arrangements have been completed for the allocation of the State's share of the grant of the Federal Government under the Main Roads…

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Run Down by Train

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

John King, a railway ganger residing at Chakola, was found dead by the side of the railway line yesterday morning near Bunyan. His tricycle was found smashed…

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Main Roads Grant

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 3

In connection with the Commonwealth grant for main roads, the acting-engineer, Mr. P. B. Taylor, submitted the following report at…

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Local and General News Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

Last week Mr. J. Collins's car, carrying the mail between Moruya and Araluen, met with an accident about eight miles from Moruya. While…

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New Motor Fuel

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 3

Interest is being taken by the Com-monwealth Government in the experiments of Captain C. M. Dyer, with eucalyptus oil as a motor fuel. He…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 6

On the railway line between Cooma and Chakola a railway ganger, John Charles King, was killed by an engine on Saturday, and lay by the…

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The Recent Railway Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

An inquest was held at Cooma on Monday last touching the death of John Charles King, whose death was reported under tragic…

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Canberra Train Service

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 October 1923 · page 2

It is proposed to run a passenger train service between Queanbeyan and the Canberra power house daily in the very near future. At present from 80 to 100 workers…

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Motor Vehicles Suggested Taxation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1923 · page 2

The report read to the annual conference of the Local Government Association on Friday announced that a special committee had decided to…

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