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Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4
Mr. R. Bell, M.P. (General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants), On behalf of the railwaymen, complains that the London and North-Western…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor 'Bus Strikes. Demonstrate in Hyde Park. [Reuters Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2
Nine hundred motor 'bus strikers demonstrated in Hyde Park yesterday, and res[?]lved to apply to the Board of Trade f[?]r a[?] inquiry to be made into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Trams. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2
It is expected that two or three tram lines in North Adelaide and Kensington, and possibly Paynoham, will be converted to electric traction before next Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speech by Sir William Lyne. Srrong Adv[?] of Trapscontinental Railways. Broken Hill Should [?] Connected With Sydney. Sydeny
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4
The Federal Treasurer, Sir William Lyne, in the course of a speech on Saturday, said that West Australia never could be what may be called a true part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Progress. Water Works and Railways. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2
The head works of the Pekina water scheme are to be rushed on as quickly as possible. The Angaston and Booleroo railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Railway
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2
A representative of the Sydney " Daily Telegraph" arrived in Broken Hill to-day his mission being to study the railway question from the [?] of view at [?] end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Old Man's Death. Run Over by a Train. Aceident or Suloide? Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 4
Bonjamin Ralph, aged 60. was killed by the Glenelg train at the Wayville crossingat about 7 o'clock this morning. Deceased had been in the habit of going for a walk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-car on Fire. Totally Destroyed. Driver's Legs Singed. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 2
A motor-car, valued at £650, reached Cola[?] yesterday on the road from Melbourne to Warrnambool, when it burst into flames so suddenly that the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident. Ganger Badly Hurt. Zedhan
Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4
Michael Davern, an elderly ganger, was yesterday engaged sighting rails on the Strahan-Zeehan railway line when a special train ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railway Robbery. Shots in the Guard's Van
Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6
Three robbers made a most daring attack on a French mail train near Paris the other month and escaped in a motor-car with about £1200, after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tram Smoke Nuisance. Scarcity of Coke
Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4
The nuisance caused by the Government steam trams belching forth black grimy clouds of coal smoke when passing through the streets of the city has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble on Railway Works. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 8
The laborers and draymen working on the Belmore to Bankstown railway extension have struck because of the refusal of the contractors to grant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-car Trip. Adelaide to Broken Hill
Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 4
By motor-car there arrived in Broken Hill this morning from Adelaide Messrs. N. Birks (of C. Birks and Co.), R. Morton (Vivian Lewis, Limited), H. R. Harley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner. Tuesday, January 14, 1907. the Menindie Railway
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2
IT is distinctly hopeful for Broken Hill that both the Sta[?] Government and the metropolitan press are envincing a live interest in the matter of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accommodation
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2
A short while ago the City Council instructed the town clerk to write to the South Austral[?]an Commissioner of Railways asking for better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Trip. Adelaide to Broken Hill
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4
By motor-car there arrived in Broken Hill this morning from Adelaide Messrs. N. Birks (of C. Birks and Co.), R. Morton (Vivian Lewis, Limited), H. R. Harley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Performance. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2
The Deutsch Arch[?]con prize of £2000 was yesterday won by Henry Farman, who on his aeroplane covered 1100 yards in 88 seconds, going a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colt's Death. Fell on the Train. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4
The Positano colt, Sydney Harber owned by Mr. H. Wheeler, of Adelaide, fell on the train while coming to W. H. Hickonbotham, the trainer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train Collision. Nine Persons Seriously Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2
The Lancashire to Yorkshire express collided with the North-Western express at Huddersfield yesterday, nine persons being seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Chinese Railway. Taken Over From Foreign Syndicates. China Issuing a Loan. to Carry Out Its Construction. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2
The Chinese Government has [?]tv.fn over from the foreign syndicates the construction and control of the Tientsin-Yaugstze railway…
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