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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] a South American Railway. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 1

Germany is reported to be "much perturbed" at an announcement that a syndicate of American capitalists is offering to construct a land graut…

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South African Railways. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

Lord Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, speaking at the opening of a railway conference at Johannesburg yesterday annonnced…

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An Ingenious Tramp

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

THE Gawler Bunyip writes:—Last week the Old Bushman Hotel was the scene of a novel occurrence. A young man entered the front bar with a…

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South African Railways. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The Railway Conference sitting at Johannesburg has recommended the construction of a railway from Springs, south east of Pretoria, to Ermelo, at a…

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Victorian Railways, The Appointment of Junior Commissioners, [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. Fitzpatrick, who for a considerable time past has been acting (sole) Commissioner, and Mr. Hudson, General Manager of the Tasmanian…

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The Victorian Railways. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. Hudson, general manager of the Tasmanian railways, has definitely accepted the offer from Victoria of one of the Victorian Junior…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] South African Railways. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 2

The Railway Conference sitting at Johannesburg has adopted a new railway line from Natal, via Harrismith and Wilge River, to…

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The Street Trams

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 2

AFTER persistent agitation the extension of the street trams to tap the Weat traffic has been secured, and the line is now completed as far as the…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, March 10, 1903. the Tramway Sections

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

IN anticipation of the early opening of the tram extension to the Hospital, the remodelling of the various sections should be now carefully considered…

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The Victorian Railways. And the Trades Hall. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

The Minister of Railways has decided to recommend the Cabinet to appoint Mr. Lookhead permanently as Chief Traffic Manager of the Victorian…

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The Bog and the Train

Western Grazier · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 1

A Missouri farmer, whose bog had been killed by a train, and who imagined himself to be something of a post, wrote these lines to the company's claim agent…

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Dutch Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 2

The Dutch railwaymen now threaten a general strike, unless the Government abandons its proposals to make it a punishable offence for any public…

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New Canadian Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 2

A new Canadian railway, the Grand Trank Pacific Railway, is being Incorporated with a capital of £15,000,000. The route of the line is to be from…

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The Tramways

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 1

MR SHELVERTON, officer in charge of the Government tramways, accompanied by Mr. Matters, the permanent way officer, this afternoon took a motor…

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The Tramways

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 2

AT the meeting of the Burke Ward Political Labor League on Wednesday evening the following resolution was adopted:—"That this meeting,…

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Insolvent Railwaymen. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 1

A deputation of storekeepers and members of the Victorian Traders' Association this afternoon waited upon the Minister of Railways on the subject…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— Terrible Railway Accident. Thirty Fatalities. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

A train, loaded chiefly with tanks of oil, parted in the middle, collided again, and fired at Orlean, in New York State. The explosion that resulted…

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Tram Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

A TRAM accident, fortunately unattended with serious consequences, occurred this afternoon at the intersection of Argent and Bromide…

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The Tramway to the West. Bromide-street Favored

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

THE largest public meeting for the furtherance at tramway exten[?]ion yet held in the West was that over which the Mayor (Alderman Hendry)…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on The Railway. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

A man named Huxley, who recently married the [?]ignalwoman at Woodville railway junction, near Newcastle, whilst attempting to enter an outward…

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