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

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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The West Australian Railways

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 2

"THE Railways of the Western Australia, their Purpose, Performance, and Promise," is the title of a hundred page handbook " issued in agreement…

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3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Victorian Railways. Result of the Parliamentary Conference. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 4

The conference between the managers of both houses in reference to the Railways' Management Bill met in the library of Parliament House to-day to discuss the…

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The Imperial Parliament. The Building of Light State Railways. Assistance to Local Bodies. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

In submitting the rules of procedure for the session, the leader of the Commons (Right Hon. A. J. Balfour) said the real function of the Committee of Supply was to…

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The Victorian Railways. Result of the Parliamentary Conference. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 1

The conference between the managers of both houses in reference to the Railways' Management Bill met in tho library of Parliament House to-day to discuss the…

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The Junction Tramway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 4

THE tracks this afternoon passed along the Junction tramway for the first time…

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The Weather. [By Telegraph.] Saturday's Storm in Adelaide. A Tramcar Upset. ADELAIDE, Monday

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 February 1896 · page 4

The storm on Saturday did a good deal of damage in the suburbs, details of which have since come to hand. A church in, Payneham, was wreaked…

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The Junction Tramway

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 February 1896 · page 1

THE tracks this afternoon passed along the Jonction tramway for the first time…

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The Johannesburg Disaster. Damage Estimated at £1,000,000, Netherlands Railway Liable. Narrow Escape from Further Disaster. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 February 1896 · page 2

Further details of the terrible dynamite explosion in Johannesburg show that the dynamite in the railway trucks which exploded had stood in…

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Washaway near Thackaringa. The Express Train Stopped

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 2

Intelligence was received yesterday evening by the stationmaster (Mr. Spence) that a washaway had occurred on the Silverton Tramway at the old…

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Rains and Floods. [By Telegraph.] Further Heavy Falls in Queensland. Rivers Again Flooded. Parts of Railway Lines Submerged. Narrow Escape of a Mail Train. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 2

Accounts of further heavy rains again come from the central districts. All the rivers are rising rapidly, and further disastrous floods are feared…

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Silverton Tramway. Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 4

The half yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company was held this afternoon. Mr. D. M'Bryde, chairman of directors,…

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Silverton Tramway. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 1

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company was held this afternoon. Mr. D. M'Bryde, chairman of directors,…

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The Victorian Railways. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 3

The railway earnings last week show a decrease of £18,000 on the corresponding period of last year…

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The Proposed Tramway to Menindie. Discussion in the Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 2

AT the meeting of the municipal council last night, Alderman Wright, pursuant to notice, moved,—"That the minute…

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Repairing Railway Trucks. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2

SIR,—I write this with the old axiom in view, that "A stitch in time saves nine." In Broken Hill there is a great number of railway trucks…

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The Menindie Tramway. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in your issue of the 6 th instant the report of the Broken Hill municipal council meeting, and on looking down the report of proceedings…

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The Condobolin- Broken Hill Tramway. a Trial Survey to be Made Immediately. Arrival of Mr. Cumming in Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

FOUR parties have been dispatched from the Lands Department in Sydney to make a trial survey for a tramway from Condobolin, on the Lachlan River,…

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Light Railways in Great Britain. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 4

The bill introduced into the House of Commons by the Government to provide for the construction of light railways in the agricultural districts of…

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The Menindie Railway. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday last, over the signature of "William Baker," I notice an effusion wherein the said William Baker charges me with…

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The Victorian Railways. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

The Government has decided to advertise both in the United Kingdom and Australia for a manager for the railways under the Railways…

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