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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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The Weather. [By Telegraph.] The Cootamundra Floods. Railway Traffic Restored. SYDNEY, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

Through railway traffic on the Great Southern Railway between Sydney and Melbourne, blocked by the floods in the Cootamundra and Harden…

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The Transcontinental Railway. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

Mr. Andrew O'K[?]fe, the contractor for the O[?]ter Harbor railway, just completed, will leave Adelaide this afternoon for Oodnadatta, He intends…

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The Street Trams. Opening of the Extension

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

OUR Sydney corresnondent wires that Mr. M'Lachlan, Under Secretary for Pubilc Works, informed Mr. W. J. Williams, M.L A., yesterday that the…

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The Transcontinental Railway. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

Captain H. V. Barclay, civil engineer and engineering surveyor, has arrived in Adelaide from Eagland in connection with the land-grant…

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Mishap on the Railway. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

Portion of a goods train became derailed near Featherstone yesterday through colliding with a horse that had strolled on to the line. The…

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A New Road Soon Inaugurated

Western Grazier · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 1

The President of the French Turing Club. accomprained by the clod engineers of the Al as Maritinces and Var and two uther engineers from then Department…

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A Delayed Goach. Rain on the Wilcannia Road

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

The Wilcannia, which left at 2 o'clook on Monday afternoon, arrived at half past 10 last night instead of af 4 o'cloak in the afternoon, at which…

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The following appeared in yesterday Third Edition:— the Tramways. [By Telegraph.] Proposed Alteration of Sections. I Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners recently received a petition, seigned by over 2000 residents of Broken Hill, in favor of an alteration of the existing…

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Victorian Railway Employees. Must Leave the Trades Hall. The Government Obdurate, [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

The Government has now finally and definitely ordered that the several railway s[?] must withdraw from affiliation with the Trades Hall within…

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Death in a Train. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 4

E[?]hel Hyde, while returning to Bombala after undergoing medical treatment in Sydney, died in the train…

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The Victorian Railways. The Men and the Trades Hall. [By Telegraph] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 1

The railway men following on the Government pronouncement, state that they are determined to abide by their previous de[?] to refuse to…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, April 30, 1903. the Tramway Sections

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

THE reported determination of the Railway Commissioners not to alter the tramway sections, the anomalies of which have already been…

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Victorian Railways. Will the Men Strike? Secret Meetings Held. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

The several railway [?] connected with the affiliation with the Trades Hall dispute met last night, but the proceedings have been kept…

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Railway Men's Insolvencies. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 4

Speaking with reference to the frequent insolvencies of railway employees, against which business people have lately spoken with some…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Bagdad Railway. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 4

The French financiers associated with the German capitalists in desiring to construct the Bagdad railway are demanding increased control, which…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— Victorian Railways. Prospects of a Strike. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 1

The Victorian railway men have been given until to-morrow to reply to the order of the Acting-Commissioner that the anions shall withdraw from the…

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Victorian Railways. The Men and the Trades Hall. An Ominous Silence. Support of Other Unions. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

There is an ommous quiet still amongst the Victorian railwaymen. Nobody, either on their side or on the side of the Government, will say…

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Telegraphic News The Victorian Government and the Railway Employees. a Strike Imminent. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

The affiliation of the Victorian railway employees with the melbourne Trades Hall has led to a crisis with the Government. The officers…

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The Victorian Railways. The Men and the Trades Hall, [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 1

The situation with regard to the railwaymen's difficulty is unchanged. The Minister (Mr. Bent) states that he is ready to meet any trouble, and…

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Tramways Extension

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

MR. P. W. SHAW, engineer of the tramways and railways construction department, arrived in Broken Hill this morning in connection with the…

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