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

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Tram Leaves Rails Drivee Is Injured. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

A tramcar while returning to the depot at Logan-road last night left the rails and dashed across the roadway straight towards the grocery…

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Tram Leaves Rails Driver Is Injured. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

A tramear while returning to the depot at Logan-road last night left the rails and dashed across the roadway straight towards the grocery…

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The Senate Adjournment Op Debate on Northern Railways Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

In the Sonnte the Northern Australia Bill passed through committee without further amendment and the third reading was made an order of…

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Safety First Hints. (By Frederic Coleman, ono of England's Pioneer Motorists, in the London "Daily Mail")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

Neglect by some motorists of certain elementary rules of driving costs Britain a thousand lives or so a year, and brings sorrow to many homes. The…

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Motoring Notes, Circlig Australia

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

The utility, of the.present-day car for outback country travel in Australia has been strikingly demonstrated during the last two months. Three…

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Arrested in Motor Car Five Defendants Fined on Charge of Drcnkenness

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

At about 2.45 o'clock this morning Constable Finn, in response to a communication went to the yard of the Southern Cross Hotel and found five…

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W.A Railways Loss on Last Quarter Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 8

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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Two Women and Baby Injured by Motor Car Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

Two women and a baby were burt when two motor cars collided at Caringbah. The driver of one machine was arrested and charged…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor Cyclist Killed and Companion Hurt Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

William Doyle (22). of Rockdale, was killed and Henry Henderson (29), of Rockdale, suffered a broken collarbone when a motor cycle and sidecar…

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S.a. Railway Commissioner Due to Arrive To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

To-morrow evening Mr. W. A. Webb, Chief Railways Commissioner, with the leading railway officials of South Australia, will arrive from Cockburn…

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Killed on Railway Line Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

A man waa run over and killed on the rallwav near Gordon station at 5 o'clock this morning. The body was mutilated beyond recognition…

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Trouble Is Threatened in State Railways Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

Trouble is threatened by a section of the railway employees owing to the system under which the 44 hour week is being complied with. The men…

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Fencing the Aerodrome Road From S.b.h. Closed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Major J. O'Neill, inspector of aerodromes for the Commonwealth Government, said to-day that a start had been made on the work of placing a…

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South Australia Boy Killed by Motor Car Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

John M'Kenzie Freeman (6), son of Mr. J. G. Free[?] of Payneham-road, Royston Park, was knocked down by a motor car at Long Gully late on…

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Unattended Motor Car Fatally Injures Woman Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

An unattended motor car backed down a hill and crashed into a sideshow at the Mordialloc carnival last night. Mrs. G. Morris was so badly…

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Three-year-old Child Injured by Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Dulcie Williams, a little girl aged three years, was admitted to the Hospital last night suuering from concussion of the brain and abrasions to the…

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Dissatisfaction Reported in the State Railways Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 3

Dissatisfaction with the administration of the 44 Hour Week Act is extending among the railway employees throughout the State, and leaders…

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In the Riverina Motor Lorry with Food Overtaken and Destroyed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Reports received yesterday state that bush fires are still raging in the Riverina. A motor lorry which was keeping volunteers supplied with food…

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Motor Lorry Overturns and Kills Two Persons 20 Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

A motor lorry containing about 25 people returning from land sale at Sassafras overturned on Devil's Elbow, Tourist-road, last night with the result…

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Motoring to Sydney Experiences of Teachers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 3

Among those who travelled to Sidney and back by motor car during the Christmas vacation were Misses Golding, Floyd and Dawson, members of…

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