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

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Interstate Railway Charges Cost of Crossing the Border Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 1

The farmers on the Victorian side of the border in the Pinnaroo district, if they truck their wheat from Panitya station, two miles from the border, are…

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Railways Union Conference No Decisions Yet Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 1

The conference of the Australian Railways Union was continued at the Sydney Trades Hall yesterday. The principal business of the conference is…

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Charge of Manslaughter Against Motor-car Driver Collision with Cyclist

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 1

Last October, on the Port-road, near Hindmarsh a collision occurred between a motor car driven by Ernest Warburton Jeanes and a bicycle ridden by…

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Railway Engine and Trucks Overturned at Big Mine Workers Escape Injury

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

At 11.30 o'clock to-day a locomotive and two trucks, the property of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, which were being used on a zinc dump…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, January 27, 1922. Our Railway Service

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

THIRTY-FOUR years ago, when the railway to Broken Hill was opened by the Duke of Manchester, while the thermometer registered 112 in the shade, there…

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Work on City Railway Preference to Married Men Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. W. Bodkin, secretary of the railway workers' branch of the A.W.U., had an interview yesterday with Mr. J. Dooley, Premier, and Mr. E. J…

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Work on City Railway Preference to Married Men Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. W. Bodkin, secretary of the railway workers' branch of the A.W.U., had an interview yesterday with Mr. J. Dooley, Premier, and Mr. E. J…

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A Railway Strike (Reuter's Message.) London, January 28

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 1

The Cork Bandon, and South Coast railway has temporarily ceased operations in consequence of a strike of engine cleaners…

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Mysterious Railway Smash Two Expresses Damaged One Passenger Is Killed and Others Are Injured (Reuter's Message.) London, January 28

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 1

The Glasgow to London and the London to Birmingham expresses were passing each other near Blisworth Junction when they simultaneously struck an…

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Now to Manage a Railway Explained by Mr. H. Ford Cutting Out the Loafers Results Actually Achieved

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 3

The London "Times" Washington correspondent writes:— "A great controversy over the question of ra[?]road management has arisen…

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Silverton Tramway Charges To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 2

Sir,—Most business people in Broken Hill have bad to suffer great loss during the industrial troubles in this city, and are lucky if they have been able…

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Goods Train in Collision a Guard Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

A railway smash occurred at the aldgate station on Saturday, when two goods trains came into collision (reports the "Recorder"). One train was…

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Sir Sidney Kidman's Tour 1200 Miles Motor Car Trip Visiting Pastoral Areas Keeping Down Dogs in N.s.w

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 3

In, order to keep in personal touch with his many pastoral interests. Sir Sidney Kidman travels periodically through Australia (says the…

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Railwaymen Affiliate with the Labor Council Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

The railway workers branch of the A.W.U. decided yesterday to reaffiliate with the New South Wales Labor Council…

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W.a. Railways Award

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 1

The Railways Classification Board has issued the minutes of an award for three years, with the right to apply for a variation after six months…

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Improved Railway Earnings Absorbed by the Tramways Higher Working Expenses Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

The quarterly report of the Railways Commissioners for the quarter ended December 31 last shows an improvement in railway earnings, two-thirds of…

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Motor Omnibus Fatality Wheel Runs Over Man's Head Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

John Henry Caldwell (74) who lived in Addison-road Manly, was run over and killed by a motor bus on the Esplanade last night. The bus left…

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Naked Woman Boards Tram Taken Away in Window Blind Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

An East Perth tram was proceeding alone Wellington-street towards the city yesterday afternoon when a naked woman stepped on board. The tram…

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Granulated Slag on Roads

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 2

Councillor Campbell asked the town surveyor at the meeting of the Port Pirie Council, held on Tuesday night, for his opinion as to the use of…

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Australian-built Aeroplane Trial Flight in Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 1

The first aeroplane designed and built in Australia of local materials will undergo its trials in Sydney about the end of this month…

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