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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 14
The train carrying the Australian mails via Brindisi has been greatly delayed by avalanches and floods. The passengers who completed their journey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of gentlemen interested in the formation of a tramway service for Broken Hill was held this afternoon. Several of onr leading townsmen are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Nyngan to Cobar and Kiama to Nowra Railway Bills were introduced into the Assembly last night and read a first time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs Ann Johnson commenced an action against the Railway Commissioners in the No. 2 Jury Court yesterday, claiming £20,000 damages for alleged neglect,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME time ago a leader appeared in this journal strongly advocating the construction of a tramway, which should have, for part of its route,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kadina Quintrell Musical Family and Moonta Fisks, on route to Broken Hill, very generously gave a rehearsal for the school children here yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning James Langley, a shooter in the Sydney railway yard, was ran over by a train, which passed over his leg and cut it off. He is now in a precarious state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Adelaide Advertiser of Friday, says:— "In view of the importance of the Barrier trade to South Australia, considerable interest is attached to the negotiations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A woman named Walters was cut to pieces by a train at Stanmore last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In consequence of the accident by which, the young man King had his head cut off at North Melbourne by the open door of a passing train, it is probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IF anything were needed to demonstrate the magnitude and importance which the Barrier trade has attained, it would be found in the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A laborer named George Patford, of North Melbourne, was run over by a train near Prince's Bridge on Saturday night and terribly mutilated, dying on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A number of residents of Riverina intend to ask Parliament for leave to construct a tramway between Hay and Deniliquin; the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first meeting of the select committee on the Pinnacles Tramway Bill was held this morning, but only preliminary business was done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The second reading of the Tarraqingee Tram way Bill, as amended and agreed to by the Select Committee, will be moved to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Assembly last night, the Minister for Works (Mr. Bruce Smith), in reply to Mr. J. P. Abbott, stated in reference to the Railway Bill, that the matter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government is considering the question of borrowing 30,000,000 of taels in American silver for the construction of railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John NIMMIS, a settler, had his head frightfully gashed by a train near Croydon to-day, and is lingering in the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. Bruce Smith, Minister for Public Works, moved the second reading of the Nyngan to Cobar Railway Bill. He said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, mored the second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill in the Assembly last night. It provides for the…
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