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

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Aeroplane Crash at Minlaton Capt. Butler's Condition Regarded As Satisfactory Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

Captain Butler, who crashed in his aeroplane at Minlaton on Tuesday afternoon and was seriously injured, is not yet out of danger. The doctors…

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Minlaton Aeroplane Smash (Continued from Page 1.) Captain Butler's Jaws Thought to Be Broken Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

Captain Butler is stated to have both jaws broken, but he can talk. He will not be out of danger for several days…

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Construction Is Approved of Meninde Creek Bridge Mr. Doe's Movements Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. B. J. Doe. M.L.A., has been informed by Mr. J. Estell, Minister for Works, that he has approved of the construction of the Menindie Creek…

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1917 Railway, Strike Report of Commissioner to Be Ready Within a Month Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of the New South Wales Cabinet a letter was received from Mr. Justice Edmunds, the Royal Commissioner who conducted the…

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Bomb Thrown at Tramcar Man and Woman Shot Dead Standing at Street Door (Reuter's Message.) London, January 11

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

There was renewed trouble in the Crumlin-road district of Belfast to-day near the scene of the bomb outrage mentioned earlier. Another bomb was…

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Railway Fatality Young Woman the Victim Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

Lieutenant E. Evans, a Salvation Army officer, aged 20, while on her way to her first appointment at a maternity home in Perth, was killed at the Nhill…

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Horse Dashes Into Tramcar Car Passenger Killed and Two Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

A horse attached to a dogcart got out of control on the St. Kilda-road last night and dashed into a street cable tram at the Domain-road…

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Nhill Railway Fatality Eye-witness' Story

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

News of a railway accident at Nhill, as the result of which Miss Hazel Evans, aged 18 years, met with a terrible death, was brought to Adelaide…

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Australian Railway Losses Nearly £4,500,000 IN 1921 Heaviest in Queensland Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

Figures compiled by Mr. M'Gregor, Senior British Trade Commissioner, show that the combined loss in working the Commonwealth and State railways…

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Motor Ship Yncaren Most Modern in World

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

The motar ship Yngaren, which arrived in Melbourne on Christmas Eve, is the most modern vessel of its class in the world (reports the…

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Nhill Railway Fatality Eye-witness' Story

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

News of a railway accident at Nhill as the result of which Miss Hazel Evans, aged 18 years, met with a terribie death, was brought to Adelaide…

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Industrial Hatters Irish Railway Strike All Employees Called Out From Midnight Saturday (Reuter's Message.) London, January 13

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

The Irish council of the National Railway Union has decided to support the locomotive drivers in their dispute with the railway companies on the…

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Industrial Matters Irish Railway Strike All Employees Called Out From Midnight Saturday (Reuter's Message.) London, January 13

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

The Irish council of the National Railway Union has decided to support the locomotive drivers in their dispute with the railway companies on the…

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Australian Railway Losses Nearly £4,500,000 IN 1921 Heaviest in Queensland Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

Figures compiled by Mr. M'Gregor, Senior British Trade Commissioner, show that the combined loss in working the Commonwealth and State railways…

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Horse Dashes Into Tramcar Car Passenger Killed and Two Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

A horse attached to a dogcart got out of control on the St. Kilda-road last night and dashed into a street cable tram at the Domain-road…

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St. Kilda Road Collision Second Death Reported Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

The collision between a jinker and a cable tramcar on the St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, on Thursday night in which a waitress was killed, has resulted in…

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MR. B. J. Doe to Use Aeroplane to Get to Political Meeting Address at Collarenebri Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. B. J. Doe M.L.A., addressed a good political meeting at Collarenebri on Saturday night. The roads are impassable for cars…

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Canowindra-eugowra Railway Work May Be Resumed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

In all probability work will again be started on the unfinished CanowindraEugowra railway line at the end of this month. The Railways…

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Railway Strike Postponed (Reuter's Message.) London, January 15

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

The threatened general railway strike in Ireland, as a protest against the proposed revision of wages and hours, has been postponed for a month. The…

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Train Over a Mile Long

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 3

A trial run of what is described as "the longest train ever run in the world" was recently made in the State of Virginia, U.S.A. (reports the…

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