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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Motor 'Busmen's Strike. Two Hundred Agree to Employers' Terms. the Remainder Follow Suit. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Two hundred motor busmen who have been on strike over the question of wages agreed to the employers' terms on account of the smallness of the…

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Menindie Railway

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 4

The Mayor, Mr. Tonics (secreatary of the Darling River Railway League) and Mr. M'Gregor (representative of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph") have returned from…

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American Bridge-building

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

Dealing with the Quebec Bridge disaster, "Eng[?]eering" says that there is no more mystery about the design of a large strut tian a small one, and the unmechanical…

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A Water Train. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8

When the water train arrived at Portland yesterday there was a big demand for water, which.(including cartago) is now being sold at 4s. per 100…

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A Railway Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8

Len Robinson was riding on a railway tricycle at Bellambi yesterday. when an engine struck him and dragged him a distance of 30 yards. He is…

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(Railway Goods Manager Deat Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8

The death is announced at the age of [?]2 of Mr. Corns, railway goods manager, one of the officers who came from England in Mr. Eddy's time…

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Trans-australian Railway. Action about to be Taken. Conference of Engineers to Reassemble. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8

Attention is being given by the Home Affairs Department to the forthcoming survey of the railway to West Australia authorised by the Federal…

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A Graving Dock. For Tramp Vessels. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

The Premier (Mr. T. Price) stated yesterday that the Government was determined in the near future to ask that a sum of money be voted to enable it…

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Melbourne Motorists' Arrival. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

Messrs. Kellow and James, motorists, from Melbourne, arrived, in Sydney at 10 minutes past 4 this morning…

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Railway [?]Ard's Death. Young Man Committed for Trial. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

The adjourned inquiry into the death of the railway guard, Edwin Thomas, who was alleged to have died from injuries, the result-of a blow struck by…

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Fined for Abusive Language In a Tram Car. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

At the Adelaide Police Court to-day John Waite, of North Adelaide, was fined £2 and costs for using abusive language in a tram car to Inspector…

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Railway Construction in South Australia. Deputation to Chief Secretary. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

"A largo deputation, waited on the Chief Secretary to-day and urged the Government to include in its policy next session the construction of a…

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Menindie Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

Mr. H. W. James, jun., secretary, of the Broken Hill Chamber, of Commerce, this afternoon received the following wire from Mr. 'Arthur Griffith,…

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Blackguardism in Oxfordstreet. Tram Traffic Interrupted. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2

A push of blackguards took possesion of an Oxford-street fish shop on Saturday. They attacked the proprietor, a colored man, and assaulted him. The…

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Motorist Committed for Manslaughter. Careless Driving. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 4

An inquest was held to-day on "the body of the child Doris Hanson, who w[?]s killed by a motor-car at Sandringham On New Year's Day. The coroner…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Man Run Over. at Tram Intersection. Oxide and Chapple Streets. Inquiry Opened

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2

Shorty before 8 o'clock on Saturday evening a shocking term accident occurred at the intersection of Chapple and Oxide streets, whereby a man…

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Another Tram Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2

At about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a tram accident occurred near the Hillside Hotel, when a man named Robert Shields, a plumber, had one of…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Farmer Killed. His Daughter Badly Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 4

A train from Melbourne at 6 o'clock Inst night crushed into [?]buggy and pair at a lovel crossing at Shepparton. driven by a farmer named Henry…

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New South Wales. Railways and Tramways. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

For the quarter ended December, 1907, the revenue from the railways totalled £1,381,542, compared with £1,319,322 for the previous year. The…

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China and Japan. a Manchurian Railway. Leads to Estrangement. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

China's defiant disregard of Japan's protests against the proposed H[?]nmintung-Fakumenn railway in Manchur[?]a has caused surprise and indignation at…

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