Motor Collides with Weighbridge
A motor car accident occurred opposite the Burke Ward Hall yesterday afternoon to Mr. J. Messenger, engineer at the Zinc Corporation, Mrs…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,246 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 63
Hampered Railway Construction Sydney
A deputation was told by the Minister of Works yesterday that lack of material, as well as lack of money, hampered railway construction…
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Railway traffic has been restricted owing to the coal shortage. The Government is taking other measures to limit consumption…
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A fire was discovered last Sunday at the Fort Macquarie tram depot. A watchman on duty noticed at 5 o'clock a.m. that smoke was issuing…
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Melbourne, Sunday. The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated that yesterday the amount of £600 had been contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramway Talks. Brief References to Current Topics. Series No. 69. (By The Tired Traveller.)
"Judging by the cable news in the papers," said the Regular Rider to his companion on the Southward-bound tramcar, "all the heads and members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daylight Saving. Tramway Union Protests. Sydney
The meeting of the executive of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union has resolved to send to the Prime Minister a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daylight Saying. Tramway Union Protests. Sydney
The meeting of the executive of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union has resolved to send to the Prime Minister a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smoke in a Tramcar. Chemical Soaked Cotton Waste Found. Sydney
A fire was discovered last Sunday at the Fort Macquarie tram depot. A watchman on duty noticed at 5 o'clock a.m. that smoke was issuing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darling Empire League. Motor Ambulance for Australian Troops. Melbourne
The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated that yesterday the amount of £600 had been contributed by the Darling Empire League,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australia. Fatal Tram Accident. Adelaide
Eileen Rowe, aged 16 years, residing in Rundle-street, Kent Town, was travelling by a Kensington tramcar to the city, when it is believed she jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Western Front. Railway Collision on the Frontier. Between Passenger and Military Trains. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam
A military train collided with a passenger train at Heurzogenrath, between Dusseldorf (on the Rhine) and Aachen. Over 100 persons were killed and…
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The Government tramways in Broken Hill carried, 34,833 passengers last week, compared with 30,882 in the corresponding week of 1916…
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Last week 1229 passengers were carried to and from Broken Hill on the Silverton Tramway, this being only two less than in the corresponding period…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock this morning, a tram from South Broken Hill and a pig cart came into collision near the Globe Timber Mills. The driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workshops Dispute. Trouble with Boys Settled. Sydney
The strike of boys at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops, which threw a number of men out of employment, was settled to-day. Work will be resumed…
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The work of plate laying is being but slowly continued on the Menindie section of the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway, owing to the shortage of men…
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About 100 men were idle in the blacksmithing department at the Eveleigh[?] Railway Workshops yesterday, owing to the strike of shop boys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Attack on Furnes. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
A Berlin message received via the Sayville wireless Station states that naval aeroplanes from Flanders heavily bombarded Furnes and returned safely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-car and Cyclist
Dr. Steven was passing along Argent-street this morning in his motor-car when it and a bicycle ridden by a man coming down Sulphide-street…
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