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

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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Lecture at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 4

ON Friday night the Rev. W. H. Evans lectured in the Railway Town Primitive Methodist Chnrch on "From the Coalpit to the Palace of the King." The church was…

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Parkes to [?]Ondobolin Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 2

THE contract for the second section of the Parkes to Condobolin railway has now been let, the Minister for Works having authorised the acceptance of the tender of Mr…

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Lecture at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 1

ON Friday night the Rev. W. H. Evans lectured in the Railway Town Primitive Methodist Church on " From the Coalpit to the Palace of the King." The church was…

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The Railway

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF TSE BARRIER MINER, SIR,— "E. W. R " calls my suggestion re looal railway "a short sighted effusion." My locality for settlement…

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Bicycle Road Race. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 4

A bicycle road race of 25 miles took place this afternoon. A. Middleton, an old Austral Wheel Race winner, finished first, Kuhle second, and F. Beeson third. The…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 4

There is great excitement at Lithgow to-day, as it has been discovered that an attempt was made last night to wreck the Western mail train at a point between…

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Road Cycling. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 2

In the road bicycle race from Goulburn to Ashfield, 130 miles, Hayes won in three hours 49 minutes. Graine was second, 3 hours 49½…

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Bicycle Road Race. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 1

A bicycle road race of 25 miles took place this afternoon. A. Middleton, an old Austral Wheel Race winner, finished first, Kuhle second, and F. Beeson third. The…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 1

There is great excitement at Lithgow to-day, as it has been discovered that an attempt was made last night to wreck the Western mail train at a point between…

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Serious Railway Collision in India. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 4

A serious railway collision has occurred at Delhi, in India. Thirty passengers were killed and 20 injured…

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Serions Railway Collision in India. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 1

A serious railway collision has occurred at Delhi, in India. Thirty passengers were killed and 20 injured…

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The Uganda Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 2

in the House of Commons last evening the second reading of a bill for the construction of a railway in the Uganda Territory, Central East…

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The Railway Town School

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 2

THE proposal—if it still be no more than a proposal—to provide the residents of Railway Town, or Burke Ward, with a public school building is…

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A Wave-motor Boat

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 3

MR. NEVILLK-ROLVE, British Consul at Naples, reports that Mr. [?]. Linden, secretary to the Zoological Station there, has made an invention which may prove…

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A Corean Railway. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 4

The Corean Government has granted to an American syndicate permission to construct a railway between Seoul, the capital, and the seaport of…

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The Railway. Public Works Committee's Inquiry Begun. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 2

The Public Works Committee has commenced its inquiry into the proposal for the connection of Broken Bill with Condobolin by railway. Persons…

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A Corean Railway. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 1

The Corean Government has granted to an American syndicate permission [?]o construct a railway between Seoul, the capital, and the seaport of…

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The Railway. The Works Committee's Inquiry. Statement by the Railways Engineer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 3

The Pablic Works Committee has begun its inquiry into the proposal construct a railway from Coudobol to Broken Hill. Mr. Henry Deane,…

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The Railway. Opinion of the " Evening News.' [By Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 4

The Evening News has a leader to-day on the report of Mr. Henry Deane, the Enqineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction on the proposed line…

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The Railway. Mr. Deane Under Examination. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 2

Mr. Henry Deane, Engineer-in-Chief, has been further examined by the Public Works Committee as to the proposed Condoblin-Broken Hill railway line. He said that in…

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