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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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In and Out Railway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 1

Last week the Silverton Tramway carried 403 passengers from Broken Hill and brought back 635. In the corresponding week of last year, 401…

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In Arabia. Success Op Arab Raiders. Important Positions and Railway Gained. Prisoners and Booty

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Official information has been obtain-' ed of the success of the Arab operations against the Turks at the Heel j aa railway, northwards of Maan, during…

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Fatal Accident on East-west Railway

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

A Port Atigusta telegram in the "Register" states:-A ganger, Hctirv Blivens, was run over hy a goods train and killed at the 574 mile on…

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The War. In Palestine. British Bomb Enemy Aerodrome. Patrol Activity Reported. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 4

A Palestine official dispatch states:— "Despite bad weather, our aircraft bombed, the Jenin aerodrome and the Amman station on the Hedjaz railway…

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Fatal Accident on East-west Railway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 1

A Port Augusta telegram in the "Register" states:—A ganger, Henry Blivens, was run over by a goods train and killed at the 57½ mile on…

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Report on the Railway System. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 4

The Premier stated to-day that Mr. P. A. Anthony, general manager of the Federated Malay States railways, and formerly engineer on the Great Western…

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Report on the Railway System. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

The Premier stated to-day that Mr. P. A. Anthony, general manager of the Federated Malay States railways and formerly engineer on the Great Western…

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Excuses of Motor Drivers. Court Cases

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

A nurse who appeared at the Port Adelaide Police Court on Monday as the result of having driven her motor car at the rate of seven and a half miles…

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Military Train Derailed. Soldiers Killed and Wounded. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

A German leave train near Kirn, in Rhenish Russia, was derailed by the collapse of an embankment. Some of the soldiers were killed and others…

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Railwaymen's Pay Increased. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Increased pay has been granted to al West Australian railway employees…

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Another South Australian, Sensation. Hannafords Quarry Contract. Engineer for Roads and Bridges Involved. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 8

The report of the Rojal, Commissioner (Mr. W. L.. Stuart,.Master,of the Supreme Court), who was appointed to inquire into a contract for the…

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Weather in Britain and Europe. Blizzards, Snow, and Rain. Telegraphs, Telephones and Railways Interrupted. ("The Times" Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Blizzards are being experienced everywhere in Europe, breaking down the telegraph and telephone systems and suspending railway and street…

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Motor-car Collides with Tramcar. Five Persons Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 2

Last night a motor car, in which wero four recently returned soldiers, whose temporary address is the Randwick Hospital, came into collision with…

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In Russia. Food for the Troops at the Front. Passenger Traffic on Railways Stopped (fireless Press Message, per Reuter's.) Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Sunday 20 January 1918 · page 1

The Russian People's Commissaries announce a stoppage of mainline passenger trains on numerous lines of railways from January 20 to February 2,…

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No Allies' Diplomats at Assembly's Opening. Railwaymen's Decision. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states:— "Neither the Allies' nor neutral diplomats were invited to the opening…

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Importation of Motor Cars. Orders Before Last August to Be Permitted. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Trade and Customs has decided to permit the importation of motor-cars ordered prior to August, 1917, and dispatched from the factory…

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Railway Disaster. British Express Runs Into Landslide. Three Persons Killed and 20 INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

The Midland Railway express from St. Pancnass (London), collided with a landslide 15 miles from Carlisle in the north of England, yesterday afternoon…

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Barrier Motoring Club

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

A reliability contest for motor-cycles will be held by the Barrier Motoring Club on Sunday next, to the Quondong Hotel and back, leaving the…

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In and Out Railway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

An official report states that the Silverton Tramway last week conveyed 476 passengers from Broken Hill, and brought in 569. The figures in the…

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Government Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

The Government Tramway in Broken Hill last week carried, according to an official report, 31,652 passengers, as compared with 34,085 passengers…

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