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

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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Silverton Tramway Company. London Office to be Closed. A Shareholder's Complaint. The Pranks of Stock Jobbers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 3

THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company, Limited was held on friday at the Austral Chambers, Melbourne; Mr. D. E. M'Bryde presiding…

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The Yukon Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

The Canadian Government has decided to proceed with the construction of the Stickeen railway to the Yukon goldfields at the risk of the United States…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday Free Railway Riding. Four Men Fined at Cockburn. [By Telegraph.] Cockburn, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 1

To-day, before Mr. Bartholomacus, J.P., four men named Flynn, Gleeson, Jennings, and Malone were charged by Mr. F. W. Stephen, resident engineer at Petersburg, with…

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The Cycle and the Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 3

IT is astonishing how the bicycle has taken possession of the railways during the last few years. Four years ago (writes an English cycling contributor), when I was going down…

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The Alluvial Trouble in the West. Two More Diggers go to Gaol. Big Demonstration of Miners. Prisoners Escorted in Procession to the Train. Mass Meeting in Kalgoorlie. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 2

The two diggers, Rost and Smith, who were committed to gaol on Friday for contempt of court in disobeying the warden's instructions to cease working on the alluvial…

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The following appeared in our lats editions Saturday: Late Cable News. [Reuter' Messages.] The Silverton Tramway's London Register. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 4

Investors complain of the proposed withdrawal of the Silverton Tramway Company's London register…

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The Road to Klondyke. The White Pass Seized by Rowdies, American Troops Despatched. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

News is to hand to the effect that a number of Alaskan rowdies have seized the White Pass, on the road to Klondyke…

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Railway Collision. London, March 21

Western Grazier · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

Two passenger trains collided on the South-eastern railway at Newcross. Three Persons were Killed and six injured…

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A Railway Porter Killed. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

A porter named James Newman was engaged in shunting tracks at Armidale last night, when he was run over and cut in two. Death was…

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Serious Railway Collision. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 4

In a collision between two passenger trains on the South-eastern Railway at New Cross, three persons were killed and six seriously injured…

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Sale of Railway Tickets in South Australia. a Heavy Fine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

AT the Adelaide City Police Court on Monday afternoon Edwin Charles Phillips was charged before Mr. James Gordon, S.M., on the information of Sidney H. Bleechmore,…

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The Tarrawingee Road

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

THE state of the road between Broken Hill and Tarrawingee, at a point where it suffered damage by the late floods, was recently brought under the notice of the…

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The Road to Klondyke. an Australian's Experience

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

We (Australasian) have been favored with the perusal of a letter from a young Australian miner on his way to Klondyke. It is dated Lake Bennett, British…

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Railway to Klondyke. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

The Canadian Senate has rejected the, contract entered into by the Lower House for the construction of a railway to Klondyke…

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The Klondyke Railway. London, March 31

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

The Canadian Senate has rejected the contract for the construction of the Klondike railway…

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The Proprietary Smelters. And the Tarrawingee Tramline

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 1

IT has been, stated In town that the Tarrawingee tramline will cease to be worked from an early date this month. The tramway authorities, however, assert that the closing of…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Selling Railway Tickets. a "Scalper" Fined £15. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 1

At the Police Court to-day, R. Tulton, charged with selling the return halves of railway tickets, was fined £15…

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Railway to Klondyke. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 1

The Canadian Sonate has rejected the contract entered into by the Lower House for the construction of a railway to Klondyke…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Gibson). Uncoupling a Train

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 4

John Gray was charged with having maliciously uncoupled the express train from Broken Hill to Adelaide on the night of February 7, thereby endangering the lives of the…

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The Victorias Tramway Men. [By Telegraph.] Melboubne

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 2

For several weeks past a select committee has been sitting inquiring into the grievance of the Melbourne tramway employees. Little progress has, however, been made, owing to…

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