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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Agricultural Railways. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 4

The Government has received Lenders for three agricultural railways— 14 miles, 32 miles, and 25 miles respectively—from Goomalling to Dowerin,…

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Political Rights Railway Men Want Separate Representation Abolished. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 4

A deputation of railway men waited upon Premier Bent to-day and asked that the existing system of separate Parliamentary representation be…

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The New Railway Station Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 2

The Central Railway Station, it is now stated will be open for traffic on and after August 1…

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The Tailem Bend Railway. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 8

The building of a railway from Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo terminus has been completed so far as the actual laying of rails is concerned, but…

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Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

The wind-up of the term of the Railway Town Literary Society was celebrated in an appropriate manner in the Nicholls-street Lecture Hall on…

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The Junction Tramway

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 2

A new arrangement has been come to by the mining companies interested with resard to tho Junction tramway, which crosses Argent-street near…

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Trams and Cab Collide. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 2

Two trams and a cab collided on Saturday evening at the intersection of George and King streets. The cabhorse was killed and three persons…

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Record Long-distance Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

A fast corridor train, which accomplishes the longest through journey in England—that from Cardiff to Newcastle-on-Tyne—made its first run on…

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The Holiday Traffic. Railway and Tramway Increases in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

The railway and tramway traffic in Sydneys yesterday was heavier than last year…

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The Madrid Outrage. Suicide of the Assassin. Refuges at an Inn. Run to Earth on the Way to the Railway Station

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

It has transpired that Manuel Duran, otherwise Mateo Moral, the man who threw the bomb as the Royal wedding procession was passing…

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Terrible Railway Fatality. Man Sliced to Pieces. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 1

John Cann, a laborer, at Warragul, was run over by a train last night and was killed. He left Darnum, on the Gippsland…

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Mr. R. W. Perks, M.p. Chairman of the First British Railway to Become " Electrified."

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

It is believed in many quarters, both in England and America, that the days of the steam locomotive are numbered, and consequently those of the tram…

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American Railway Accident. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 4

A trolly car containing excursionist, journeying from East Providence, in the State of New York, to Rhode's Island, in the same State, was…

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Railway Accident. Another Victim of the Level Crossing. Young Man Cut Down. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 1

Richard Davey (37), residing at Castle-street, Glanville, met with a serious railway accident this afternoon. He was passing over the Glanville…

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Suggested Railways. Tapping the Darling Country from Victoria. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

A deputation yesterday asked Mr. Bent, State Premier, to extend the railway from Hopetoun to Gorya, so as to connect with the Mildura line, thus…

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Run, Over by a Train. Death of the Victim. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 1

Richard Davey, the young man who was run over by a train at Glanvile yesterday, died at the Adelaide Hospital this morning…

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Barrier Mine. Friday, June 8, 1906. Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

IT is satisfactory to know that the Government has practically decided. to extend the city tramway service from the Thomas-Kaolin streets…

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Agricultural Railways. Average Cost per Mile, £1000. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

The fallowing particulars have been suplied regarding the new three light agricultural railways, for which tenders were recently called:—Gomalling…

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A Railway Mishap. Passenger's Hand Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

The other day a passsnger by the North train put his hand out of the window of the carriage in which he was to shake hands with a friend, who was…

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Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 3

The meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society on Wednesd night was held in the Nicholls-street Methodist Church, the society's rooms…

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