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

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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The Railway. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 1

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

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The Railways. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 3

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30 shows that notwithstanding the unfavarable season the railways earned…

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The Railway. Further Evidence Before the Committee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 2

The Public Works Committee has taken further evidence on the proposal to connect Broke Hill and Condobolin by railway. Mr. Henry Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for…

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The Railway. Another Route Proposed. Temora, Wyalong, Hillston, and Broken Hill. [By Telegraph] Hillston

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 3

A large meeting of farmers and settlers, members of the local association, has resolved to wait upon the sectional committee of the Public…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Cut to Pieces on the Railway. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 2

A man named Denis O'Brien has been ran over by a train on the Yass line. His body was cut to pieces…

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Killed by a Train. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 3

A man named Denis O'Brien was out to pieces by a goods train at Harden on Saturday night…

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A Railway Incident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

THE patent railway door closing apparatus was responsible for a very amusing incident at the Montague station yesterday (friday). As is now…

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The Uganda Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 4

The bill for the construction of a railway from Mombassa to Uganda, in Central East Africa, has been read a second time in the House of Lords…

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The Railway. The Works Committee's Inquiry The Commissioners' Opinion. The Probable Traffic. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

The Parliamentary Publie WorksCommittee had another sitting yesterday, when further important evidence concerning the proposed railway from…

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The Tramway Incident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 4

WHEN fining Thomas O'Meara in the Police Courtr to-day for crossing the railway when a train was in dangerous propinquity, Mr. Makinson, P.M., said:…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 3

Mr. M'Lachlan secretary to the Railway Commissioners, was further examined at the sittings of the Public Works Committee yesterday with…

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A Tramway Incident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P. M., Thomas O'Meara was charged with having attempted to cross the railway line at Oxide-street…

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S. A. Railways

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 3

THE South Australian Railways Commissioner reports for the quarter and 12 month ended June 30 convey the following particulars:—The…

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The Railway Commissioners' Report. Saturday, August 15, 1896

Western Grazier · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners is always looked for with interest as a valuable index of the condition of the colony. Removed…

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The Railway. The Proposed Sectional Committee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

The Hon. F. T. Humphery has fiven notice of motion before the Public Works Committee for the appointment of a sectional committee, consisting of Messrs. Roberts,…

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Railway Fatality. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 3

Murdoch Grant, an elderly man, was slighting from a train at Strathfield on Saturday evening, when he fell between the carriages and was killed…

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Peculiar Tramway Fatality

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. William Whitten, aged 7, was crossing a tramline when he was knocked down by a train. The cowcatcher…

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The Railway. Mr. John Howell Examined. The Riyal Routes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 2

The Public Works Committee has resumed its inquiry into the proposal to construct a railway from Condobolin to Broken Hill…

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The Railway Rates to the Sea Board. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 4

Mr. Arihibald, Labor M.P. for Port Adelaide, in the Assembly to-day moved that a select commitee appointed to iuqura into the railway…

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The Railway Rates to the Seaboard. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 1

Mr. Archibald, Labor M.P. for Port Adelaide, in the Assembly to-day moved that a select committee be appointed to inqnre into the railway…

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