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

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Motor Cycling Record on Brisbane-sydney Run Sidney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

Messrs. Stewart and Clarke have lowered the Brisbane to Sydney motor cycling record by eight minutes, doing the 657 miles in 3[?] hours 37 minutes…

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Proposed Aerodrome

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. N. Jonas, said to-day that although the Council had agreed to the alienation of 100 acres of the Common for the purpose of establishing an…

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Woman Falls From Train. Wanders Through Night Barefooted and Exhausted Bathurst

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

After falling from a train between Wellington and Raglan a middleaged woman named Bridget Sammon wandered barefooted through the…

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Killed by a Motor Car Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Sarah Cavanagh (77), while on her way to church on "Wednesday night was knocked down by a motor car and killed…

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Railway Town Post Office

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

The orection of the new post office at the corner of Wills and Gypsum streets, next to the Burke Ward Hall, is now well advanced, walls and…

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Aerodrome Sight Selected Two Miles From British Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 1

Mr. W. Barker has arrived and is making preliminary arrangements to begin the work of levelling the ground on which an aerodrome is to be built…

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Aerodrome Sight Selected Two Miles From British Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 10

Mr. W. Barker has arrived and is making preliminary arrangements to begin the work of levelling the ground on which an aerodrome is to be built…

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Girl Falls From Train Has Fortunate Escape Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 9

M[?]jorie Deagan, aged 10 years, [?] travelling on a fast train on the North Shore line this morning when she was thrown from a seat through…

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Berthing the Ruahine Pilot Drops Dead on Bridge After Giving Final Order (Reuter's Message.) London, March 13

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 9

The moment after giving the order to drop the anchor from the bridge of the steamer Ruahine, enterine Southampton, Pilot Green dropped dead…

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Aerodrome Site. Clearing Work in Hand Aerial Mail Soon

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Barker, inspector of aerodromes for the Commonwealth Civil Aviation Department, arrived on Friday and has made a start on the…

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Train and Car Collide. Woman Seriously Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

Four occupants of a motor car had a remarkable escape from instant death at the Brighton-road crossing, near Hove station, on Saturday…

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Military Officer Injured by Fall From Train Foot Cut Off Adelaida

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

At the Seacliffe railway station an accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday. Lieutenant H. R. Conroy, who was in camp at Seacliff…

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Special Train Chartered by Relatives of Sick Man. Relatives Arrive Too Late to See Patient Alive Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

After chartering a special train from Adelaide the relatives of the late James W. M'Gregor, a well-known wool-broker, were raced to Melbourne…

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Motor Car Kills Newsboy Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

A newsboy named James Brennan jumped from a tramcar at the corner of Smith and Johnson streets, Collingwood, last night, and was run…

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Two Motorists Injured in Collision with Pole Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

Two young men, Robert M'Kein and William Howard, in a motor car, swerved to avoid a motor cycle at Preston on Satnrday, and collided…

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Men Knocked Off Tram Are Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

A motorist endeavored to pass between two trams opposite the Princess Theatre on Saturday night. He succeeded, but in doing so knocked…

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New York's Crime Wave. Three Robberies in One Day Made by Motor Bandits (Reuter's Message.) New York, March 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

Three sensational robberies occurred in the metropolitan district to-day which, for daring, have not been lately rivalled. Three bandits entered the…

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Motor Car Driver Fined for Speeding in Patton-st

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Ottavio Grosara pleaded guilty to a charge of having on February 28…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge. Dorman, Long & Co. Officers on Their Way to Sydney Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 1

Sir A. Dorman and Sir Hugh Bell, chairman and vice-chairman respectively of Dorman, Long and Co., who are on their way to Sydney to see the…

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Melbourne Trams. Competition From 'Bus Blamed for Big Loss Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 4

The Metropolitan Tramway Board lost £125,000 on its workings last year. In his report Mr. Cameron, chairman of the board, blamed the competition…

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