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

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Fatality at Kangaroo Island Collision on Railway Several Persons Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 1

A motor track and a railway track collided on the line to Salt Lakes, near Pennisshaw, Kangaroo Island, on Monday…

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In and Out Railway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 1

During the month of March the arrivals by the express numbered 1250 and the departures 1143 as against 1166 arrivals and 1970 departures in…

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Government Tram Traffic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

During last month 119,072 passengers travelled on the Government trams as compared with 96,979 for the month of March, 1921. For the…

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Arrested Men in Motor Car Escape From Police Custody Unlawful Possession Charge Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 4

Ernest Sutton and a man named Phillips were arrested near Peterborough yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of goods worth £1200…

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Appeal to Railwaymen Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 1

Mr. E. J. Stein, secretary of the Railway Workers' Industrial Branch of the A.W.U., has issued an appeal to the men urging them not to be…

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Silver City Show Plans Exhibition to Be Given of Motor Car Jumping

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

Mr. W. Hogg, secretary of the Silver City Show Committee, is in communication with the New South Wales Railway Commissioners with a…

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Easter Excursions. Sorted of Cheap Train

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

The Railway Department has arranged two series of cheap excu[?]ttion trains for Essier. The trains will [?] two [?] from the country thus catering for country…

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Aeroplane Crashes Pilot Killed (United Service Message.) London, April 7

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 1

A Royal Air Force aeroplane crashed in a field near Ely, in Cambridgeshire. The pilot was terribly injured and died in hospital…

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Allegation of Impropriety Made Against Railway Officer Appeal Against Dismissal Girl in Sleeping Berth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 1

The case in which John T. Shillington appealed to the Railway Appeal Board, of which Warden Owens is the acting chairman, against his dismissal…

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Holiday Train Services for Easter and the Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 1

Two special trains will be run from Broken Hill to Adelaide, leaving at 7.15 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, and on Tuesday, April 18. The trains…

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Plot to Blow Up Buildings at Belfast Mine Discovered Under Road (United Service Message.) London, April 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

At the trial of three men in Dublin charged under the Firearms Act, the police stated that documents had been found on them giving most elaborate…

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Government Railways Deficit £12,000,000 Loss in Canada (Reuter's Message.) Ottawa, April 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

The official figures show that the Canadian Government railways last year lost £12,000,000. This was a slightly better showing than in the…

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Attempt to Wreck Train Sleeers Found on Line Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

An attempt was made to wreck the Maldon to Castlemaine train yesterday. Twelve sleepers in three heaps were found placed on the line. The driver…

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Railway Town Meth Juniors Hold a Wind-up Social

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 1

The annual wind-up social of the Railway Town Methodist Juniors, runners-up in the Junior Church Cricket Association competition, was…

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Ross Smith & Lieut. Bennett Killed. Aeroplane Falls to Earth During a Trial Flight. Keith Smith Not on Board (United Service Message.) London, April 13

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 1

Sir Ross Smith, in a trial flight to-day, crashed to earth. Sir Ross Smith was picked up, apparently dead. Sergeant Bennett, his mechanic, is dead. Sir Keith Smith did not fly. Later Sir Ross Smith showed faint signs of life, but his recovery is…

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Ross Smith & Lieut. Bennett Killed. Aeroplane Falls to Earth During a Trial Flight. Keith Smith Not on Board (United Service Message.) London, April 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

Sir Ross Smith, in a trial flight to-day, crashed to earth. Sir Ross Smith was picked up, apparently dead. Sergeant Bennett, his mechanic, is dead. Sir Keith Smith did not fly. Later Sir Ross Smith showed faint signs of life, but his recovery is…

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Two Men Injured Horse Bolts on Menindie-road

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 4

This afternoon two men named P. Hoar, a returned soldier who is employed at Netley Station, and Edward Kinnear, of South-street, South Broken…

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Broken Hill-menindie Railway. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 1

Sir,—We respectfully desire to again draw attention to the great neglect of the Government Railway Department in respect to the rerenue-producing…

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Man Found Dead on the Railway Death Believed to Be Due to Fall From a Train Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 4

William Edward Fuller was found dead on the Glenelg railway line this morning. His neck was broken. It is believed that Fuller fell off the…

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Railway Car Windows Broken Two Men Fined

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., William M'Clusky pleaded guilty to a charge of having on April 17 wilfully broken…

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