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

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Train-wrecking Attempts Some Trucks Derailed Binnaway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

Two attempts were made to derail a train near Coonabarabran last night. In the first attempt a number of trucks were run off the catch points,…

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Girl Is Found Bound on Adelaide Road Confession to Police Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

Eunice Doreen Copeland, aged 15 years, of Waverley-street, Mitcham, who was discovered last night on a lonely road between Mount Lofty and…

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Girl Is Found Bound on Adelaide Road Confession to Police Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

Eunice Doreen Copeland, aged 15 years, of Waverley-street, Mitcham, who was discovered last night on a lonely road between Mount Lofty and…

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Showed-up Train Arrangements Being Made to Help British Passengers (Special to "The Miner.") Constantinople, february 8

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

The British Embassy is arranging to succor the British passengers s[?]owed up for a week at C[?]erkeskeu[?], 60 miles from the capital, aboard the famous…

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Missing Motorist Former Goulburn Resident Says Man Is in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

Investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Leslie Williams, aged 24 years, electrical engineer, of Goulburn, New South Wales, took a…

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Missing Motorist Former Goulburn Resident Says Man Is in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

Investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Leslie Williams, aged 24 years, electrical engineer, of Goulburn, New South Wales, took a…

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Railway Examinations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

The vision, color sense, and Learing examination of the local employees of the New South Wales Railways, which is held periodically, was started…

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Railway Examinations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

The vision, color sense, and hearing examination of the local employees of the New South Wales Railways, which is held periodically, was started…

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Animals and Motor Cars

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 3

The following letters from correspondents on the subject of animals, birds, etc., being killed by motor cars appeared in a recent issue of the…

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Aeroplane Crash Pilot Fatally Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

H. P. Appleyard, a pupil pilot of the New South Wales Aero Club, was fatally injured at the Mascot Aerodrome when a machine he was piloting…

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Amusements "The Ghost Train"

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

Considerable interest is being displayed in the forthcoming visit of "The Ghost Train" company. The action of the play occurs in the little…

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New Adelaide Bridge Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The City Council to-day approved of the plans for a new bridge across the River Torrens in King Williamroad, at an estimated cost of £79,000…

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Aeroplane Crash Pilot Killed Instantly Passenger Soon Succum[?]s Goulburn

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The Gipsy Moth aeroplane which left Goulourn for Sydney at nine o'clock this morning crashed at Marulan, 117 miles from Sydney, and was…

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The Estimate for Repairs Is Fixed at £100,000 Heavy Damage to Roads Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The floods have done great damage to tho North Coast roads. One estimate is that £100,000 will be required to restore roads to their normal…

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Killed by Motor Car Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Miss Camilla Maude Ah Gee (34) was killed on Saturday night on a road near Aldgate by a motor car driven by Thomas Wright of Stirling West…

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Fatalities and Accidents Two Spectators Killed at Melbourne Motordrome Cyclist Badly Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Two spectators were killed when a motor cycle left tho track and leapt into tho crowd at tho Motordrome on Saurday night. The rider of the cycle…

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Body on Railway Line Mittagong

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The body of William M'Farlane was discovered early yesterday morning between the railway tracks about 200 yards from Aylmerton station.It is…

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Missing Motorist Story Told to Police by Donnyb[?]k Man Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. R. Hadfield, who lives at Donnybrook, has informed the police that at 4 a.m. on January 27, the date on which Leslie Williams…

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Amusements "The Ghost Train"

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

One thousand consecutive performances is the record claimed by "The Ghost Train" Company, which will open for a short season at the Crystal…

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North Coast Mail Train Arrives 29 Hours Late Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

The North Coast mail train steamed into the Central station at 11.30 o'clock last night, 29 hours late, having been held up by the floods…

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