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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

174 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 9

General Cable News. a Railway Tragedy. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 2

A shocking tragedy has occurred in a railway train at Memphis, U. S. A., arising out of a quarrel between Lawyer Foster and Judge Morgan, one…

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Land Grant Railways. [By Telegraph] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 3

The debate in the Assembly on Sir Samuel Griffith's Land Grant Railway Bill, giving the Government authority to enter into arrangements with…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, June 27, 1892. the Menindie Railway

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 June 1892 · page 2

THE reply that the Minister for Lands gave to the deputation which waited upon him in Sydney on Friday afternoon, asking that certain concessions…

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The Menindie Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 2

"PROGRESS," who very lucidly sets out elsewhere the advantages to be gained from the construction of the proposed tramway to Menindie, and…

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The Menindie Tramway. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 3

SIR,—Referring to your leader of the 27th instant on the above subject, I would like to point sut where you fail to do justice to the most salient features of the…

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The Railway to Sydney. Important Speech by the Works Minister. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 4

The Nyngan-Cobar railway line, being the first section of the line from Nyngan to Broken Hill, was opened on Saturday. The weather was…

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The Train Arrangements

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 2

On Suuday night the Chairman of [?] South Australian. Railway Commissioners (Mr. J. H. Smith) received the, following telegram from the traffic manager of [?]…

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Running a Provision Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 4

Great excitement was caused about 5 o'clock by the rumor being circulated that a train conveying provisions and blacklegs was passing up under police…

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Running a Provision Train

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 4

Great excitement was caused about 5 o'clock by the rumor being circulated that a train conveying provisions and blacklegs was passing up under police…

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Departures by Train

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1892 · page 2

There was an unusually large exodus of passengers by the Adelaide express last night, as indeed there has been throughout the last week. Last night…

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Departures by Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 2

There were again a large number of departures by last night's express —197 in the second and nine in the first class. During the day…

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The Silverton Tramway. Tampering With the Points

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 3

STATEMENTS having got abroad that the points of the tramway to the mines had been tampered with, a MINER representative interviewed the traffic…

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The Effect on the Railway Men

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 3

Through the stoppage of several trains to and from the Barrier a large number of railway men have been put to great inconvenience (the Register reports). It…

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A Canvass of the Whole Colony. Labor Members on the Tramp. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 2

Good progress is being made in connection with the proposal to hold meetings throughout the country districts. Messrs. Cann and M'Gowen,…

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Railway Rates for Bullion. Mr. Grainger's Little Scheme Fails

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 July 1892 · page 3

Mr. Gra[?]nger, member for Wallaroo, moved in the South Australian Assembly. on Wednesday night,— "That it is desirable to increase the railway charges on…

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Train Alterations

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 August 1892 · page 3

MESSRS. BERRIMAN BROTHERS write:— In consequence of the mixed train leaving Petersburg at 2.30 p.m., which usually brings our dairy produce, and (as stated…

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Cobar-broken Hill Railway

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 August 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of the Broken Hill permanent committee in connection with the above has been convened at the Town Hall for Tuesday, the 16th…

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Big Blow in Sydney. a Mail Train Delayed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 August 1892 · page 2

The wind attained a force of 64 miles an hour during a westerly blow in the city last evening, about 7 o'clock, and a blending of dust pebbles and the…

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The South Australian Railways

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 3

Since the Broken Hill strike started there has been a steady diminution in the railway revenue, much of which may of course be attributed to the…

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Broken Hill-cobar Railway

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of the Permanent Railway Committee—which was appointed at a public meeting held in April, 1891, to urge on the construction of a railway…

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