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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
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An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John Lombard, who was found dead on the Armidale railway station. Evidence was given that the passengers by Tuesday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large and enthusiastic meeting in connection with the proposed Cobar-Wilcannia railway was held in the Bijou Theatre last night. Some of those present came over 100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting in connection with the above was held at the Bijou Theatre last Thursday evening. There was a fair attendance, some of the gentlemen coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A force of Boers wrecked a train between Krugersdorp and Potchefstroom. Amongst those on the train were 21 British sick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government of Portugal has deposited the amount of the Delagoa Bay railway award in the Paris Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The telegraph wires and railway line in Orange River Colony north of Honig Spruit have been destroyed by the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Mayor (Alderman Wright), who returned to Broken Hill yesterday, has apparently not waited his opportunities while in Sydney. Primarly the object of his visit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A telegram from Rockhampton states that Joseph Martin, a shearers' cook, was cut to pleces on the railway line at Tauby Crossing, it is presumed that he went to sleep on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two hundred men of the Welsh Fusiliers and a British supply train have been captured by the Boers near Roodoosvaal, in Orange Free Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the meeting of the municipal council last night, Alderman Retallick moved that the council accept the offer by the Minister of Works to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Methuen has completely defeated the Boers with heavy lose, thus relieving the town of Rustenburg. Steyn's and De Wet's forces were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The majority of the foreign admirals at Taku have giren the Russians control of the Taku-Pekin railway, though the line is mortgaged to Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHEN on behalf of an unnamed syndicate Messrs. Bowering and Hall put forward a proposal to build and maintain a system of street tramways in Broken Hill, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I noticed your report of the debate at last night's council meeting; and, reading between the lines, it is apparent that unless a reasonable course is adopted to voice public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. COMMISSIONER FEHON is at present in Broken Hill in connection with the proposed railway to Cockburn, via The Pinnacles and Thackaringa. Mr. Fehon arrived by train at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—An error crept into one of the cloting lines of my letter which appeared in your Saturday's issue. The alternative proposal for a referendum vote should read…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts, who has returned to Pretoria, explains that only one supply train was captured recently by the Boers, and that the prisoners are 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER a brief adjournment of last night's council meeting, after the valuations had been disposed of, the question of street tramays was diacussed. Aldermen Hendry, Wanga,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Lyne introduced this proposal last week, when it was road the first time. The second reading is set down for to-night, so in the course of a few days we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A petition was presented to the Treasurer yesterday, bearing the signatures of 114 persons directly or indirectly interested in the flux industry. They state that 200 men…
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