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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Railway Employees and the Trades Hall. (By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

It is freely rumored that the members of the Victorian E[?]ginedrivers' and Firemen's Amalgamated Association, who have refused to comply with…

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The Street Trams

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 2

LAST week's passenger traffic over the Government street tramways was very heavy, passengers carried aggregating 22,220…

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Silverton Tramway Sports. a Successful Gathering

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 3

THE annual gathering of the Silverton Tramway employees, which has been an important Easter event for many years past, took place at…

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Late Caele News. [Reuter's Messages.] Fight in Railway Carriage LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 4

A Dutchman's t[?]ing remarks regarding the Queen provoked a Queenslander to fight him yesterday whilst the two were travellign in a train from…

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The Bagdad Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

The Imperial Ottoman Bagdad railway has been constituted in Constantinople with a capital of £15,000,000. Herr Gwinner, one of the managers of…

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Victorian Railway Employees. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

The Daily paid Railway Employees' Union has written to Mr. Fitzpatrick, Acting-Commissioner of Railways, declining to withdraw its affiliation with…

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The Victorian Railway Employees. [By Telegraph.] Mklbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 1

Mr. Fitzpatrick, Acting-Railway Commissioner, to-day received letters from all the railway labor societies exept the [?]ilders doollnlng…

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The Dutch Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 2

The Datch railway workman who participated in the now-collapsed strike are imploring the authorities to reemploy them…

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The South Australian Railways., [Bytelegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 2

The Engineers[?] who recently conferred on the matter of the projected line of railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta intend visiting…

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Late Cable News. [Reutrr's Messages.] Fight in a Railway Carriage, LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 4

A Dutchman's insulting remarks regarding the Queen provcked a Queenslander to fight him yesterday whilst the two were travelling in a train from…

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The Tramway Settling

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 3

The [?]tling over the Silverton Tramway sp[?]s took place last night at the South Australian Hotel. There was a large gathering of employees and…

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The Street Trams

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

THE number of passengers carried on the Government street trams last week was 28,134. This is the second highest total in the history of the trams…

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Killed by a Train. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

G. Bandook, builder, of Cootamundra, tied a horse to a tree yesterday. As a train was [?]pproaching be rushed along the railway line to attend…

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The Unemployed. £200 Road Vote

Western Grazier · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

The Council held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to [?] arrangement for expending the road vote of £200. There was a good deal of discussion, and finally…

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Accidents and Fatalities, [By Telegraph] Run Over by a Train, ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

Ernest Roberts, a laborer, who had his feet so terribly crashed by a train at the Adelaide railway station yesterday morning, died in the hospltat last…

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The Bagdad Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, in reply to a question in the House of Commons last night, announced tbab so change had taken…

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Railways in China, LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

A Geronn-Aslatic railway company has been incorporated with a capital of £500,000 nomiually to construct a series of Chinese State railways…

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The Bagdad Railway. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 4

The newspapers declare that the Bagdad railway is only poseible it Great Britain consents to a large increase of Turkish Customs and…

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The Bagdad Railway. London, April 23

Western Grazier · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 3

English papers in[?]ist on the Government completely pre[?]ting British political and commercial interests in connection with the Bagdad railway…

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The Bagdad Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

[?]In the House of Commons last night Mr. A J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, stated that the Government had lately considered that the proposals…

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