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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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People Urged Not to Yield Anything. Railway Stations to Be Barricaded. ("The Times" Message.) Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

The People's Commissaries urge the people not to yield anything. They have ordered armed detachments to barricade provincial railway stations…

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Railway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

Tlie number of arrivals in Broken Hill by the express during the last official week, totalled 577, and the departures 490. The arrivals during the…

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The Goverment Trams

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

During last week 35,723 passengers were carried on the Government street trams, as against 40,286 for the corresponding week of last year…

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Tram Car and Trolly Collide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

A tram car this martling. collided with one of Woodroofs troffies? Many bottles of cordials, were smashed, and the front of the tram car,ba'dly…

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Aeroplane Bombs Petrograd. Three Persons Killed, Five Wounded. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent telegraphs that a German aeroplane bombed the city on Sunday. Three persons were killed,and five wounded…

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The Goverment Trams

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 1

During last week 35,723 passengers were carried on the Government street trams, as against 40,286 for the corresponding week of last year…

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Railway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 1

The number of arrivals in Broken Hill by the express during the last official week, totalled 577, and the departures 490. Tho arrivals during the…

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The One-gauge East to West Railway. South Australian Opposition. "A Sydney Plot."

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 3

Under the heading "The Sydney Railway Plot," the Adelaide "Advertiser" publishes the following:— The proposed railway from Port…

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Tram Car and Trolly Collide Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 1

A trem car this morning collided with one of Woodroofs trollies. Many bottles of cordials were smashed, and the front of the tram car badly…

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Adelaide Tram Accident. the Mishap to Miss Harbison

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

A tram accident occurred in Hansonstreet about 6.30 p.m. on Saturday (as briefly reported in "The Miner" yesterday afternoon), and as a result Miss…

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Motor Cars at a Kadina Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 4

A Kadina message in the "Advertiser" states:— A fire occurred on the farm of Mr. James Cross on Friday afternoon. There…

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Motor Cars at a Kadina Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 1

A Kadina message in the "Advertiser" states:— A fire occurred on the farm of Mr. James Cross on Friday afternoon. There…

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The Transcontinental Railway. Consideration of the Broken Hill to Port Augusta Scheme. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball's suggestion with regard to the linking up of Port Augusta with tile Broken Hill-Condobolin railway, to create a direct east-west…

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The Motor Car Smash. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

Miss Annie Egan, one of the passengers injured in the motor car smash in Sydney on February 19, has recovered sufficiently to bo able to leave the…

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Stolen Motor-cycle Recovered. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

An Indian motor-cycle with, sidecar, said to be worth £133, stolen from Private Christie at the Mitcham camp, was recovered by the police yesterday…

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Trans-continental Railway. Proposed Connection Via Broken Hill. State Minister Speaks Hopefully. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

Want of money lias, according to Mr. R. T. Ball (Minister for Railways), been the cause of the holding-up of the construction of the Broken Hill to…

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Train Three Years Late

Western Grazier · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

There is one case on record of a train arriving three years late. The train left Bolivar bound for Beaumont, a distance of seventy-five miles…

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Aerial Activity Reported. British Airmen Drop 400 Bombs. Metz Aerodrome Bombed. (Reuter"s Message.) A London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in an aviation report, states:"Owing to the fine weather there has been great mutual activity in the air…

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in Russia. German Occupation of Petrograd Expected. British Embassy Train Fired On. (Reuter's Message,) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent telegraphs:"M. Lenin will probably secure a favorable vote on Tuesday at the…

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Additional Trams

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

The Government Tramway Department has arranged for several additional trams to run between Argentstreet and Murtoo-street, starting next…

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