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

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Broken Hill Aerodrome Part of Common Wanted

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

At the meeting of the City Council last night a letter was received from Colonel H. C. Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation, regarding the…

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Woman Motorist Guilty of Manslaughter Charge Released on Condition She Never Drives Again Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

In the Criminal Court yesterday Rachel Foster was found guilty of manslaughter and was discharged by Sir William Irvine, the Chief Justice,…

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Knocked Down by a Tram Man and Wife Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. T. Tuohy, who were knocked down by a tram yesterday, are still in a serious condition in the Adelaide Hospital. Mrs. Tuohy was…

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Motor 'Buses Two Licenses Are Granted by the City Council. One Application Refused

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

As a result of a special meeting of the City Council sitting as a committee to discuss applications for 'bus licenses, the following…

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Outback Roads a Motorists Complaint About Bottles and Tins

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

That the main roads leading from Broken Hill into the back country are dry in more ways than one is an opinion expressed by more than one…

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Outback Roads a Motorist's Complaint About Bottles and Tins

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 10

That the main roads leading from Broken Hill into the back country are dry in more ways than one is an opinion expressed by more than one…

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Motor and Train Collide Two Travellers Injured Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 10

A goods train ran into a motor car at Jitarning yesterday morning smashit to pieces. Two commercial travellers named Tennewell and Barnes were…

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Motor and Train Collide Two Travellers Injured Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

A goods train ran into a motor car at Jitarning yesterday morning smashit to pieces. Two commercial travellers named Tennewell and Barnes were…

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New South Wales North Shore Bridge Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

By December 31 of this year 438 houses will have been resumed in North Sydney in connection with the operations on the North Shore bridge…

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New South Wales North Shore Bridge Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 10

By December 31 of this year 438 houses will have been resumed in North Sydney in connection with the operations on the North Shore bridge…

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Drunken Motor Driver Ordered Imprisonment License Is Cancelled Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

In the Adelaide City Police Court to-day a sentence of four weeks' imprisonment was imposed on Rudolph Olans Meyn, a country baker, for…

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Drunken Motor Driver Ordered Imprisonment License Is Cancelled Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 10

In the Adelaide City Police Court to-day a sentence of four weeks' imprisonment was imposed on Rudolph Clans Meyn, a country baker, for…

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Smash at Motordrome. Speed Motorist Killed and Others Are Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

A motor smash occurred at the Motordrome on Saturday night in the City Handicap. Alex Staig (28), residing at Canterbury, was leading…

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Motor 'Bus Overturns Ten Persons Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

Ten persons were injured when a motor 'bus overturned on Saturday night while returning from Penrith with a load of picnickers, mostly…

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Man Seriously Injured When Hit by Motor Car Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

The list of serious motor accidents is being added to almost daily. John Henry Ward, while walking along Guildford-road, was knocked down by…

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Vehicles in Collision. Three Motorists Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

While motoring from Ballarat to Geelong on Saturday Messrs. Norman Booth, B. Cutter, and N. Bentley were seriously injured in a collision on the…

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Crushed by Motor Cars

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

Miss Laurel Burnett (19), who lives with Mrs. Pollock at Osmond-street, Adelaide, met with a serious accident at the intersection of Rundle-street…

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Accidents and Fatalities (Continued from Page 1.) 40 Passengers Injured in Motor 'Bus Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 4

Of the 40 paassengers who were injured in a motor bus accident last night on the Western-ro[?]d, Parramatta, only one is in a serious…

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Motor Car Destroyed Burst Into Flames, After Back-firing

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Messrs. T. M. and A. Jones, with two others, were returning from Mount Gipps in their motor car on Saturday evening, and when about a…

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Tram and Motor Collide Boy's Arm Broken

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

At about 7 o'clock this morning a motor car, driven by Mr. W. M'Master, and containing as passengers Mrs. A. Romain, her children, G. and W…

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