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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,226 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 62

New School. for Railway Town Infants. Opened To-day. But Not Fit to Give Lessons In

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 6

This morning the nice-looking little new school building in Beryl-street, Railway Town, known as the new Railway Town Infants' School, was…

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Ganger Killed on the Railway. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

A railway employee Mumed David Bromilow, a tative of Victoria, was run down by the Railway Commissioner's train and instantly killed at…

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Railway Town School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

The new infants' school at Railway Town was opened yesterday morning. A great deal of the dust, the accumulation of which had prevented the class…

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Latest Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) New Type of Aeroplane. London, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

The ''Dally Mail" states that the War Office has designed a new type of aeroplane, equipped with a transport pilot, which, will carry ten men.at a…

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Tramway Men and Broken Shifts. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 1

The Tramways Employees' Union is approaching the 'Railway Commissioner for the abolition of broken shifts' on Sundays, and for double rates for…

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New South Wales. Killed by a Train. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. Edwin, Geach, father of Mr. Edwin Geach, the well-known theatrical manager, was fatally injured by a tram at Circular Quay yesterday…

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Railwaymen's Opinion. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

The Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association of this State has carried a motion describing the action of the South African Government over…

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The Railway Assault Case. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 4

An early arrest is expected to [?] made in the case of Mrs, Minnie Thomas, who was 'brutally Assaulted by an unknown man while travelling alone in…

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Latest Cables. (Router's Messages.) Poisoned in a Train. Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

Chevalier Possalacque, a director of the Hamburg Amerika Steamship Co., and five other pasaengers were yesterday poisoned by. vintant Contained in…

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Recent Broken Hill Robberies. Find of Stolen Articles on Port Pirie Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

The recent robberiesv robberies at Mr. T. BrokenShire's residence, at West Broken, Hill, and at the Co-operative Stores, in Argent-street, and elswhere…

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A Tram Accident. North Broken Hill Resident's Fall

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

At about 11 o'clock on. Saturday night when the tram running between the Argent-street terminus and Murton-street, North Broken Hill, readied…

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Railway to Condobolin. Money to Be Included in the Estimates

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

Aprivate message has been, received in Broken Hill stating that the Minister for Works (Mr. Arthur Griffith) has assured Mr. Jabez Wright, M.L.A.,…

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Union Meetings. Silverton Tramway Employees

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. A. Gentle occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Silverton Tramway Employees Union, held Sunday morning (reports the official…

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Railway Construction. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. A. Griffith, Minister for Worlts, in reply to a question yestertlay afternoon, said he had no intention of increasing the expenditure on railway…

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Railway Rolling Stock. More Work to Be Done in the State. Statement by Mr. Cann, Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

The Acting Premier,Mr. J.H. Cann, states that the 80 locomotives which have been ordered from England would, so far at least as some of them were…

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Broken Hill Motor Club

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

A meeting of the Broken Hill Motor Club was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night, when Mr. G. P. Baxter presided over a fair attendance. The…

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Railway to Lake Tanganyika. Berlin

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 2

The German railway from Dar-esSalaum to Lake Tanganyika, in Central Africa, has been completed. It will exercise an important influence on…

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The Retiring Railway Commissioner. to Be Married. Dr. Marion Thornett to Be Bride

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. Tom Johnson, retiring Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways, is going to be married (says the "Sun" on Monday)…

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Mr. Lloyd George Threatened. Express Train to Be Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George,while in Glasgow, was the recipient of a letter threatening to wreek the express train. The to Caledonian Railway Company…

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No Railway Ticket. Commercial Traveller Fined

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

"Oh what a tangled web we worve when first we pactice to decive." These lines Were apily quoted by Mr. W. J. Denny, M.P. in the Adelaide Police…

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