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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Killed by a Tram. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 2

Junies Ambrose Hibberson, aged 16, a visitor from Booligal, while travelling to Coogee on a tram yesterday jumped off to obtain his hat, which had…

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New Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 2

The Cabinet has come to a decision regarding the appointment of the new Bailway Commissioners, but the names of the chosen applicants have net been…

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Child Falls From a Train. Terribly Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 8

The [?]-year-old daughter of Mr. Francis Jorgenson[?] engineer at the Technical College, Charters Towers, fell from a first-class carriage in the train from…

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A Railway Accident. Departmental Complications. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 8

An inquiry was held this morning into the cause of the railway accident at Wasleys. The board which carried out the investigation came to the…

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Adelaide Tramways Trust. The Municipal Representatives. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. H. J. Holden. Mayer of Norwood, and Mr. R. Cruickshank, councillor of St. Peters, have been elected to represent the suburban corporations…

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Fatal Fall From a Train. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

A Child fell out of a train at Castlemaine. yesterday and died this morning from the injuries received…

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The Motor Contest. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

The first section of the motor reliability contest was run from Parramatta ta Bathurst yesterday. Only one mishap occurred. Good times were…

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Tramway Commissioner. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. Richardson, of the Railway Department, is likely to be appointed Tramway Commissioner…

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A Nugget in the Road. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

A man named John Godden, while walking along the main road at Linton on Saturday, picked up a nugget of gold weighing 40oz. 18dwt. It was…

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Cape to Cairo Railway

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 3

A paper on the Cape to Cairo railway project (which has practically been carried to the north-western boundary of the Chartered Company's area) was…

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Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

The district works officer (Mr. O. C. Macdougall) was seen this morning by a "Miner" representative and asked if he knew anything regarding the…

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Railway Man Killed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

A railway signalman, William Reynolds, while handing the staff to the enginedriver at the Greensborough station, fell on to the line, and several…

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New Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

It is officially announced that Mr. T. R. Johnson, of the Great Northern Railways, England, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways. Mr…

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Railway Man Killed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

A railway signalman, William Reynolds, while handing the staff to the enginedriver at the Greensborough station, fell on to the line, and several…

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The Massey Railway Accident. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

The porter who was adjudged to be responsible for the Massey railway accident has been reduced in his pay by 6d. a day for 12 months…

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The New Railways Commissioner. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Johnson, of the Great Northern Railways, who has been appointed chief Railway Commissioner for New South Wales, is described as…

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The Main Roads. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

The Government intends to maintain, the main roads this year or else hand over the Parliamentary votes to the various municipalities…

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The Tramway Appointments. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

The Government has abandoned the idea of introducing a tromway export from England, the new Chief Commissioner (Mr. Johnson) having advised that…

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Train Luxury in America

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

A railway trip from Chicago to New York was once a thing to be prepared for in fear and trembling, but now the supplying of comfort to meet the…

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French Motor-cars. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 8

During 1906 England purchased French motor-cars to the value of £2,000,000…

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