Profiteering Sub-committee's Report on the Price of Motor Fuel "Grossly Excessive Profit" London, March 1
Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 1
The report of the profiteering subcommittee on the price of motor fuel is a most interesting document. It declares that the present high prices are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Ja[?]ez Wright Reports to His Constituents Cabinet Graft Alleged How We Got the Railway
Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 2
Mr. Jabez Wright, member for Sturt in the last State Parliament, addressed a public meeting at the Town Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Murdered in a Sydney Tram Another Woman Wounded Assailant Shoots Himself Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1
Yesterday afternoon a man hred revolver shots in a city tram, killing one woman and wounding a[?]. Afterwards he shot himself, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drunken Railway Tr[?]villers Judge Bevan's Comments
Barrier Miner · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1
Judge Bevan, in summ[?]ng up in a case at the Cootamundra Quarter Ses[?], commented upon the amount of dr[?]en[?] among travellers to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket. Silverton v. Railway Town
Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 1
A representative team of the Railway Town Methodists drove to Silverton last Saturday and played a match against the Silverton. Cricket Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Silverton v. 'Railway Town
Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3
A representative team of the Railway Town Methodists drove to Silverton last Saturday and played s match against the Silverton Cricket Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality Returned Soldier Run Over and Killed Brisbane
Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5
A returned soldier was juniorer by a train between Gatton and Grantham, and was killed. There was a soldier's discharge in one of deceased's pockets,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality Returned Soldier. Run Over and Killed Brisbane
Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3
A returned soldier was ran-over by a train between Gatton and Grantham, and was killed. There was a soldier's discharge; in one of deceased's pockets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Train Wrecking on Melbourne-sydney Line Obstructions Discovered Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 1
A deliberate attempt on the part of an unknown person to wreck trains travelling on the main Sydney line, has been reported to the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Five Persons Injured Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4
A motor smash took place early this morning on Bridge-road, Pyrmont. A car [?]erved and crashed into a telegraph post. The injured were:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia Bolshevik Forces Defeated in the South Denikin Holds Railway (Reuter's Message.) London, March 5
Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 1
The War Office reports:- "The situation in South Russia shows that the Bolsheviks were driven back in three areas. The latest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The French Railway Strike Threatened Resumption (Reuter's Message.) London, March 2
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 1
Reuter's Paris correspondent says that after a debate on the railway strike, the Chamber of Deputies, by 503 votes to 75, expressed confidence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prince of Wales to Visit Broken Hill Particulars of the Tour Back Country Motor Trip London, March 2
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 1
The Under-secretary for the Colonies (Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery) gave a [?]cheon to the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Andrew Fisher) and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier's Aeroplane Trip Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1
The Premier (Mr. W. A. Holman) refutes the rumor that the charge for the aeroplane used in his campaign was borne by the Government. He says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Collides with Horses Action for Damages Plaintiff Successful
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 4
The racehorses Gold Coat and Grosses Plains, owned in the Young district, were being led to the Cootamundra races on the wrong side of the road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall of a Live Wire Causes Stampede From Tram an Aged Lady Killed
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 4
Close on 100 tramway passengers had a terrifying experience near the corner of [?]treet and Parramatta-road, near the Sydney Unirersity (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Payment of Gratuity to Ex-railway Men Ministerial Statement Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1
Mr. W. R. C. Bagnall, M.L.A, has been informed by the Minister for Railways that the payment of gratuity to ex-railway servants employed prior…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Bread Bad Roads Mentioned As Ground for Increase Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 1
Bad roads, necessitating superior horses for transport, was the reason advanced for an extra charge of bread in Footscray…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Line Railways Succested Electrification Engineers Asked to Inquire (United Service Message.) London, March 8
Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 1
The Ministry for Transport has invited leadale engineers to investigate the practicability of the gradual electrification of the whole main line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Portuguese Railways Strikers Obtain Demands Traffic Being Resumed (Reuter's Message.) London, March 6
Barrier Miner · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 1
Reuter's Madrid correspondent says that a message from Bigo says that the demands of the Portuguese railway strikers have been granted and that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →