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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
350 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 18
SIR,—I notice it is seriously advocated by the municipal council that the above line should be constructed. Doubtless many of your readers signed the petition for a railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident occurred to the express train at a wayside village in Holland yesterday through the pneumatic brake failing to act. Miss Roth, the daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. JOSIAH THOMAS, M.P., is not finished with the Railway Town post-office yet. The officers of the department still have the impression that a wood-and-iron building is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →T. G. Kearns, of No. 2 flying gang, on the Great Northern railway, accidentally fell under a loaded trolly while it was in motion. He lived only 24 hours after the accident,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday afternoon Merkel won the League of Wheelmen's Road Race, had made the fastest time, although he had only 3½ minutes' handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon an elderly woman was killed at the Glanville curve on the Semaphore railway line. Edward Cox saw the woman near the line and warned her of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoain, interviewed to-day with regard to the New South Wales Federal polling, said he was extremely gratified at the result, and it was a matter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CONTRACT has been let to Mr. Sumaion. builder and contractor, of Oxido-street, for the construction of a line of railway connecting the Centra mine with the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Replying to two deputations that walted on him yesterday urging the construction of the Croydon-Georgetown and Bowen-Reid River railways, the Premier promised to bring the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Silverton Tramway Company makes exceedingly large profits. That, however, is not the main ground upon which the MINER has urged that the line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR, CANN, M.P., on November 3 last, forwarded from Parliament House to the Minister for Works (Mr. J. H. Young) the fallowing communication:—"Adverting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE which we print to--day shows that the matter of the construction of the proposed Government railway to continue the Tarrawingee line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to secure State railway connection between Cockburn and Broken Hill while dealing equitably with the Silverton Tramway Company is a problem…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Ca[?]n and Thomas, Ms.L.A., say Mr. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, to-day with regard to the proposed Broken Hill [?] Cockburn railway. Mr. Young read [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A day or two ago Mr. Randolph Bedford, on behalf of the Mount Garnet and Chillagoe and Bedford Mining and Railway Company, had an interview with the Premier and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The railway revence for the past financial year amount to £1,033,000, as compared with £984,000 last year. The Treasurer's estimate was £1,035,0.0. The working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are afraid one correspondent who writes to-day on the subject of the railway to the border really misses the point of some previous remarks on the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—This important matter re freight charges which the poor consumers have to pay is becoming interesting. I do not wish to take up space in comparing the charges of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway disaster is reported from Winsford. Two goods trains collided and smashed, and a loaded excursion train ran into the wreekage and…
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