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

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Motor C[?]cling Silver City Club Outing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 1

The Silver City Motor Cycle Club held a sports meeting at Stephens Creek on Sunday. The events resulted:-…

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Theft of Motor Tyre Defendant Fined £2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. swiney, D.S.M., [?]rank New[?] (40) was charged with having on January 2 stolen a motor…

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Motor Traffic Act Breaches of Regulations

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

In the Police Court this mornnig, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, D.S.M., the following cases under the Motor Traffic regulations were dealt with:-…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

The management of the Silverton Tramway Company reports that the tonnage carried over the company's lines for the week ended December 28…

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An Aeroplane Crash

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 1

At Willaura on December 15 an aeroplane, piloted by Mr. F. C. R. Jaques, and carrying Mr. H. Fitzsimmons, of the Willaura Hotel, crashed…

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Former Captain Killed While Flying Aeroplane Paris, January 2

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 3

M. Dumanoir, a former Rugby captain of France, was killed in an aeroplane crash. He was completing the course for a commission…

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An Aeroplane Used for Police Purposes Policeman and Pilot Bring About Arrests Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 3

Recently residents at Camooweal, Queensland, reported losses of various articles from houses and stores. Finally on Christmas Eve a valuable motor car,…

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Mishap to a Train Breaking of Couplings Leaves Half Stranded London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

An extraordinary accident is reported. A train from Enfield (Middlesex) with a thousand passengers broke in two at the tunnel at Bishopsgate at 8…

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Motor Car Stolen

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 3

The police have been advised that between ll a.m. on December 27 and 9 a.m. on the following day a light yellow or champagne colored touring…

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Railway to Sydney Excursion to Menindie Arranged Eor January 26

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

The holiday excursion trains to Menindie have proved so successful from a business point of view to the railway authorities that it has been…

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Motor Car Crush Two People Injured When Brakes Eail Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Hilda Hunt (40), of Loveday, River Murray, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital this afternoon suffering from severe, cuts and bruises,…

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Motor Gar Overturns Parish Priest Killed and Companion Hurt Auckland (N.Z.), January 4

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

Containing Dean Van Dyke (superior of the Maori mission) and Father Charles Kreymbourg (parish priest of Rotorua) a motor car burst a tyre and…

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Road Relief Work Men to Start

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Below are the names of men who have been chosen to start on the relief works on Tuesday morning next at 7.30 a.m. Eight single men who…

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Man Hunt by Air an Aeroplane Used by Queensland Police Four Men Captured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

Probably for the first time in Australia, an aeroplane has been used to track down men believed to be criminals (says a Brisbane message in the…

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Drunken Motorists Gaoled Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Frederick Holdsworth (56), a clerk, and John Donovan (19), an aircraftsman employed at Point Cook, were at the Melbourne court yesterday…

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Robbery at Bowral Motor Car Stolen Bowral

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

A sensational robbery was committed here in the early hours to-day. A man and a woman hired a yellow taxi in the city, and when they were on the…

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Railway to Sydney a Lack of Facilities at Crystal-street Station Proposed Improvements

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

With the increased use which is being made of the Crystal-street station, the lack of facilities there is becoming more and more pronounced. To reach…

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Private Control Suggested for State Tramways Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

A number of State Ministers intend to bring before the Cabinet a proposal to han[?] over the tramways to a private corporation controlled by Act…

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Motor Car Overturns Man Returning From Tour Killed Near Melbourne Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

W. H. Ballard, a resident of Beecroft, 17 miles from Sydney, who was returning from Adelaide after a motor tour, was killed yesterday about 40…

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Silverton Tramway Log Unionists Are Uneasy Regarding the Position

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

A little uneasiness is beginning to become apparent, however, amongst inionists at the situation which has developed between the Silverton…

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