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

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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The Menindie Railway. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

SIR.—I notice that Alderman Wright has considered it worth while to answer my effusion, as he terms it, but I am sorry to say that at the time of his noticing the…

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The Tramway Sports. The Handicaps

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

The following are the handicaps for the principal events to be run at the Silverton Tramway Employees' Sports at Silverton on Easter Monday (April 6):…

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Accident at Railway Town a Lad Severely Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 2

DR. THOMSON was this morning called to Railway Town to attend a youth named Bailey, who resides with his parents in Pell street, Railway Town,…

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Late Cable News. The Venezuelan Railway Debt. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 4

General Crespo, President of Venezuela, proposes to borrow 10,000,000 francs from a German bink in order to pay the foreign railway debt,…

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Selling Railway Tickets. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 3

A man named T. F. Firkins has been fined £20 for selling the return half of a railway ticket to Armidale, he not being an authorised agent…

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Late Cable News. Venezuelan Railway Debt. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 1

General Crespo, President of Venesuels, proposes to borrow 10,000,000 francs from a German bank in order to pay the foreign railway debt,…

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Tramway Sports. Additional Handicaps

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 4

The following additional handicaps for the Tramway Sports, to be held at Silverton Park on Easter Monday, have been declared by Messrs. H. F…

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The Victorian Railway Management. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 2

Mr. Duncan Gillies, Agent-General for Victoria, states that the prospect of obtaining a satisfactory general manager for the Victorian railways is…

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The Gilded West. Opening of the Coolgardie Railway. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 2

The Coolgardie Railway waa formally opened yesterday afternoon. A Ministerial party from Perth was present. A banquet in the evening…

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Britain's Naval Supremacy. Statement by Admiral Bridge. the Defence of the Colonies

Western Grazier · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

Admiral Bridge has been interviewed by a New Zealand Herold reporter, and has talked with great freedom and force on the importance to the colonies of the maintenance of…

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Fearful Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 4

Adam Dick, a railway fettler, was taking Mrs. Davey, a nurce, from Albury last night upon a railway tricycle to attend his wife, and was…

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Fearful Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 1

Adam Dick, a railway fettler, was taking Mrs. Davey, a nurse, from Albury last night upon a railway tricycle to attend his wife, and was…

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Killed on the Railway Line. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 3

Mrs. Davey, a midwife, and a fetler named Adam Dick were proceeding along the railway line near Albury yesterday on a tricycle, when they…

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The Tramway Sports

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 4

THE following are the acceptances for the Silverton Tramway Sports, to be-held at Silverton on Easter Monday:- Easter Handicap.—J Sly. W. M'Kinlay,…

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The Tramway Sports

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 3

THE following are the acceptances for the Silverton Tramway Sports, to be held at Silverton on Easter Monday:- Easter Handicap.—J. Sly, W. M'Kinlay,…

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Tragedy in a Railway Carriage. a Professor and a Seamstress Found Shot

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

MR. DAVID LLOYD MORGAN, English lecturer at the Swedish University of Land, near Malmo, shot himself and a young lady from Land in a railway…

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The Victorian Railways. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

Mr. Duncan Gillies, Agent-General, is advertising for a manager of the Victorian railways…

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The Menindie Railway. Deputation to the Minister. Starting at Both Ends Advocated. A Favorable Reply. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 4

A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Cann and Thomas, Ms.L.A., saw Mr. Young, Minister for Works to-day in reference to the Broken Hill Menindie…

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The Menindle Railway. the Immediate Survey of the Line Urged. the Matter Placed Before the Minister. Sydney, Thursday Night

Western Grazier · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2

Messrs Cann and Thomas, Ms. P., waited upon the Minister for Works to-day, and urged that the survey of a line of railway from Broken Hill to…

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The Menindie Railway. Deputation to the Minister. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 1

A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Cann and Thomas, Ms.L A., saw Mr. Young, Minister for Works to-day in reference to the Broken Hill Menindie…

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