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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Railways Commissioners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

It is understood that the matter of the inharmony and incohesivcness of the Railways Commissioners, as disclosed by the evidence taken by the…

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The Railways Trouble. Mr.Cann Favors an Imported. Commissioner

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

Seen with regard to the State railways trouble, Mr. J. H.Cann,M.L.A., said that all that he had heard on the matter had been through the press…

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Bauuier Miner. Friday, May ll, 1906. Again, the Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

ANOTHER effort should be made to induce the Government to extend, the Broken Hill tramway system—at least, as far as the Western Oval, which is…

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Railway Station Robbery. Midnight Thieves. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

The ticket office of the Ovingham railway station was broken into by thieves after midnight last night. They were evidently disappointed because of…

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Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 6

The weekly, meeting, of the Railway Town Literary Society was held on Wednesday night in the Nichollsstreet Lecture Hall. The president…

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A Queensland Railway. The Premier Sympathetic. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

A deputation, representing the commercial and mining interests of Crockan,. waited on the Premier (Mr. W. Kidston), and urged the necessity…

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Railway Accident. a Guard Has Hand and Arm Cut Off. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

At Shepparton railway station to-day Guard Harry was engaged in shunting, and was riding on a buffer, from which he fell. The result was that…

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The Sydney Club Raid. One Hundred Arrests. Great Excitement in the City. Tram Traffic Blocked by the Crowd. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

The raid on the Sydney Club, m[?]ittstreet, was in progress early yesterday, but it was not un[?]l 1.30 p.m. that [?] attack proper was made The police…

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Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 7

The Nicholls-street Lecture Hall, in Railway Town, was comfortably filled on Wednesday ought, when a challenge debate took place between the Alma…

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The Kurrawang Railway Smash. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 2

Driver Sexton, who was injured in the Kurrawang railway accident about a month ago. is still an inmate of the Kalgoorlie Hospital. It has been found…

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The Tramway Sports

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 4

At a general meeting of the Silyerton Tramway Employees (presided over by the general manager, Mr. Charles Eley), the balance-sheet and reports in…

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Gembrook Railway Smash. a Badly-injured Boy. Rival Claimants for Compensation. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 1

In the Practice Court to-day Nollie Hornby, motlier of the boy Francis Hornby, who was badly injured in the Gembrook railway smash, applied for a…

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Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

Alderman Booth has given notice of his intention to move at the meeting of the City Council to-night that the Council confer with the Chamber of…

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Terrible Railway Fatality, Killed at a Crossing. Heroic Attempt to Avert an Accident. The Rescuer the Victim. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

Henry Dent, railway crossing keeper at Coglin-street, Hindmarsh, was run over and killed by a train yesterday afternoon. Dent had not…

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Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

The matter of the extension of the tramway system was again brought up at the meeting of the Cit Council last night. Alderman Jobling, on behalf…

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Dreadful Railway Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

A dreadful accident occurred at Nhill to-day. Mr. E. E. Thurston, a wellknown commercial traveller, was drkying in a cab, when he was run over by…

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Tramway Employees. Proceeding Against Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 2

The Government Tramway Employees' Union has decided to proceed against the Railway Commissioners. Action in the Arbitration Court Is to…

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Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 3

The weekly- meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society was held in the society's rcoms on Wednesday. The president. (Mr. Quindlen) presided. The…

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Germany's Policy. the Reichstag Dissatisfied. Refuses to Vote West African Railway. Angry Scene in the House. Attempts at Dragooning Resented. [Router's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 2

The Reichstag has refused to vote the funds required for the construction of the German South-west African railway, because of its dissatisfaction…

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Gembrook Railway Smash. a Badly-injured Boy. Rival Claimants tor Compensation. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 1

In the Practice Court to-day the application of Nellie Hornby, mother of the boy Francis Hornby, who was badly injured on the Gembrook railway…

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