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

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Industrial British Railway Dispute Tarties Negotiating (Reuter's Message.) London, January 25

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

The critical negotiations between the representatives of the British railway companies and the National Union of Railwaymen opened at Euston this…

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Ownership of Railway Is Key to the Dispute Chang Savior of China. (Reuter's Message.) Pekin. January 25

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. Perceral Landon, special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph,' Vires from Pekin that he is of opinion that the control of the Chinese…

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Four Persons Injured in Motor Car Accident Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

A motor car accident as the result of which four persons were admitted to the Adelaide Hospital occurred on the Port Adelaide-road at a late hour last…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

The management of the Silverton Tramway Company reports that the tonnage carried over the company'3 lines for the week ended January 20…

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General Cablenews Aeroplane Racing. (The "Times" Message.) London, January 25

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

The refusal of America to postpone the Schneider Cup race from October to the spring of 1927 lessens the chances of international competition, says…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Man Meets His Death Going at 50 Miles an Hour Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

Councillor Leonard Kernutt, a master baker, was killed at Wagin yesterday. While riding a motor cycle at 50 miles an hour on the racecourse…

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Industrial British Railway Dispute Men Finally Decide to Accept Board's Award Trumph for Mr. Thomas (Reuter's Message.) London, January 25

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

The railwaymen's delegates discussed the companies' memorandum for an hour, after which Mr. J. H. Thomas issued a statement that a…

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Latest News Issue Troubled China M. Ivanoff Released Railway Trouble Settled (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 26

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

Reuter's Pekin correspondent reports:— The Russian Embassy states that M. Ivanoff, the president of the Chinese…

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The Kyogle Railway Settlement of Disputes Now Reported Bright

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 3

Prospects of a satisfactory settlement of the difficulties and misunderstandings between the Queensland, New South Wales, and Commonwealth…

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Drunken Motorists Prevalent in U.S.A. (Reuter's Message.) Washington, January 24

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

The American Automobile, Association, as the result of a survey throughout the United States, has announced that the drunken automobile driver…

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Victoria Motor Vehicles Collide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

A large double-seater motor car turned two complete somersaults at Malvern on Monday, but the driver escaped with only a few cuts on his…

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Water at Aerodrome Allowed to Run Away

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

Annoyance has been expressed by the people connected with the aerial service between Broken Hill and Mildura at a wicked waste of water at the…

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Governor General's Dental of Aeroplane Purchase

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

Captain Curtis, military secretary to the Governor General, states there is no foundation for the cabled report from London that a De Haviland…

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Victoria Train Hits Motor Car and Injures Three Persons

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

A train from Waubra to Ballarat and a motor car, owned and driven by Mr. Paul Whiffing, of Seddon, collided at the Lake Learmonth railway…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 4

A message from Bombala says that a motor ear party was travelling from Pambula to that place when the gear went wrong, with the result that the…

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Presentation for Mr. Lang From 1917 Railway Strikers Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 1

The 1917 railway strikers who had their seniority restored, at the expense of the loyalists during the great upheaval, have decided to express their…

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W.A. Railways Loss on Last Quarter Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

Colonel Pope, the Commissioner of Railways, in a report for the quarter ended December 31, 1925, states that after paying the interest there was a…

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Department Studying Every Phase of Question Water by Train If No Rain Falls Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

A telegraphic message from Mr. B. J. Doe. M.L.A., states that he has been officially informed that on January [?] there were 215 million gallons…

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Department Studying. Every Phase of Question Water by Train If No Rain Falls Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

A telegraphic message from Mr. B. J. Doc. M.L.A., states that he has been officially informed that on January 16.there were 215 million gallons…

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Hoskins' Steel Works and Proposed Railway Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. J. T. Lang, the Premier, has rewired a report from tho Railway Commissioners in respect to the offer of Hoskins' Limited to construct a steel…

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