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

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Silverton Tram Company

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 2

A [?]R which galned currency in Broken Hill to the effoot that the Silverton Tramway Company was dismlesing a number of hands and…

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The Trams

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 1

THE total number of passengers carried over the Government tramways last week was 27 539…

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Victorian Railways. Appeal on Behalf of strikers. Fur[?]her Retrenchments

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, organised by Representatives [?]ger and Hame-Cook, is to ask the Railways Commissioners to reconsider the cases of the men…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the War. Another "Communique." Siberian Railway Cannot be Guarded. The Manchuria's Cargo[?] [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 4

The Viedomost[?], a leading St. p[?]b[?]rg d[?]ly, p[?] a remarkably frank Communique, which [?]es that the Siberian raliway cannot be guareded…

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The Weather. Railway Traffic. To be Resumed To-night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 4

INFORMATION has been received by the Silverton Tramway officials that satisfactory progress is being made with the repairs to the railway line between…

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The Siberian Railway. Its Value As a War Asset the Crossing of Lake Baikal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 2

The Great Siberian Railway, by which Russia will have to transport practically all war supplies, connects Moscow with Port Arthur by a ribbon…

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The Trams: a Complaint. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

SIR,—We often see and hear of people falling when alighting from the trams, and I venture to say that in eight cases out of ten it will be found that…

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Silverton Tramway Sports

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

The annual general meeting of the Silverton Tramway employees was held the other evening. Tnere was a large attandance, and Mr. C. Eley presided…

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Heavy Rain in South Australia. Railway Line Washed Away

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 1

THE following official message from South Australia was received this evening:— Yunta had 1½in to-day…

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Cobar-wilcannia Railway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

MR. MARSHALL, the engineer in charge of the party now making the permanent alignment of the CobarWilcannia railway, paid Wilcannia a…

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The Victorian Railways. And the Late Strike. [By Telegraph] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

Answering a large and influential deputation representing many interests, the chairman of the Railway Commissioners (Mr. Talt) yesterday…

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Russia and Japan. More Japanese Landed in Corea. Destroying the Vladivostok Railway. British Officers Decorated. Russian Complaint Against Japan. "Violating the Laws of Civilised Nations." the Mandjour Between Two Fires. Russian Minister Directed to Leave Seoul. [Reuter's Messages] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 2

The [?]hee [?] correspondent of the Morning Post cables that 40,000 more Japanese troops have been landed at C[?]emulpo. The Standards Seoul correspondent states that 70 miles of railway, including some important bridges, have been destroyed between the new…

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The Weather. Heavy Rains in Tasmania. Submerged Roads. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

Exceptionally heavy rains have fallen on the north-east coast, and the roads are all submerged and traffic has been stopped. Charles Clarke, a farmer, last night was…

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The Adelaide Tramways. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

The Adelaide tramway companies met yesterday and decided to abandon their proposals for the joint electrification of the lines. This leaves the way…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Another Tram Victim. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 3

Eva Carroll (17), employed at Mark F[?]y's establishment, and residing with her parents at Redfern, was run over and killed (being terrib[?]y mutilated)…

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Silverton Tramway

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 3

A PROFIT of approximately £60,000 was earned by the Silverton Tramway Company last year, working under the old freight rates upon a traffic revenue…

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Russia and Japan. Fighting in Corea. Several Small Engagements. Corean Soldiers Join the Japanese. Affairs at Port Arthur. Japanese Women Allegedly Outraged. Siberian Railway Not Meeting Demands. Condition of the Russian Warships. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

A cable from Corea states that a body of Japanese infantry encountered a detachement of Russian cavalry northwards of Phyeng yang, south of An-j[?], and that after a sharp fu[?]lilide the Russian horsemen retired. The Daily Chronicle's Saoul correspondent cables:—"Reports have…

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Russia and Japan. Movements of Russian Warships. Japanese General Staff Embarks for Chemulpo. a Military Railway in Corea. Thousand Russian Soldiers Frostbitten. Punishment of Russian Spies. a Sunken Japanese Destroyer. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 2

The captain of the Russian warship Dimitri Donukol has asked permission to stay a fortnight at Suez to effect repairs to the vessel. A Russian cruiser has gone to the Azores on general "police duty," Frostbite is alleged to have rendered 1000 Russian soldiers crossing…

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Adelaide Tramways. To be Nationalised. Decision of the Government. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 2

The State Government has decided to nationalise the Adelaide and suburban tramlines. The decision was come to at a…

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Terrible Railway Fatality. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 2

Elward Both, a railway ganger on duty at Axedale, was yesterday afternoon knocke down by an excursion train and terribly injured, the clothes…

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