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

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

2,008 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 101

The Coal Crisis Rothbury Coal Railway Department Officials to Man Trains Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

Arrangements have been made by the Railway Commissioners to relieve members of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association of the duty of…

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The Sydney Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

A large crowd attended at the CrystaLstreet railway station last night saying farawell to friends and relatives on the sydney bound train…

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The Sydney Railway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

A large crowd attended at the Crystal-street railway station last night saying farewell to friends and relatives on the Sydner bound train…

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Boys Cause Explosion at London Railway Depot Three Killed; Five Injured. (Special to "The Miner.") London. January 3

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

Some children while playing on a line at a railway depot in Holloway.. road lit a fire under an empty 50-gallon petrol drum. A terrific explosion…

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Motor Car Fatality Driver Had No Licence Finding of Manslaughter Returned at Inquest Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

At an inquest to-day on the death of Bernard Paul Jeffrey, 20 months, Harry Cutting, miner, of Yarraville, was committed for trial on a charge…

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Motor Vehicle Accidents 237 Killed Last Year in Capital of N.S.W. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

According to police returns, the number of persons killed in motor vehicle accidents in the metropolitan area during last year was 237. The…

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Motor Car Overturns and Kills Small Boy Seven Persons Injured Forbes

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

John Allan Appleby, four months, of Newtown, was Killed, and seven persons were injured when a motor car overturned on the Orange road…

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Interrupted Proposal Young Couple's Escape in Motor Car Smash Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

At the time that the front tyre of a car blow out in Burwood-road, Camberwell, early yesterday, causing it to crash into a pole, a young man…

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Drivne Into Sea Police Find Motor Car Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Sergeant Kroemer, officer-in-[?] of the Glenelg police, was awakened at 5.30 yesterday morning and informed, that there was a motor car in…

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Railway Town Stars v. GAFFNEY-STREETS

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

The following are the scores of a match played on the West B pitch between the Railway Town Stars and the Gaffney-street Cricket Club:…

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Motor Cyclist Killed in Collision with Car Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Jack Brady (19) was killed instantly at Wollongong when his motor cycle crashed into a motor car. His neck was broken and his skull…

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Mishap at Outalpa 19 Railway Trucks Topple Over Into Creek Line Will Be Cleared by 7 O'clock To-night Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

The Broken Hill express trimed to leave Adelaide at 5.55 p.m. to-day is expected to reach the scene of the accident about 4.22 o'clock to-morrow…

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Silverton Tramway Company Arrivals and Departures

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

The following figures relating to passenger trainc over the Silverton Tramway Company's [?]e have been officially supplied:…

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[?] at [?] Fourteen Railway Trucks Topple Over Into [?] Line Gave Way

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Fourteen trucks attached [?] motive [?] miles north-east of [?] [?] [?]…

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Road Relief Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

A gang of 20 men are now employed on relief work making a road in Thomas-street between Oxide and Iodide streets. These men will finish…

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Railwaymen in Court Reduction of Basic Wage Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Judge Lukin dealt with a Chamber application to-day by the Amalgamated Engineering Union for an order nisi under section 20…

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State Railways Applicants for Work Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department during 1929. During the game period it iras found…

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Silverton Tramway Company

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

The management of the Silverton Tramway Company reports that the tonnage carried over the company's lines for the week ended January 1…

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Rain Worth Millions in Central Australia Railway Damaged Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Reports received by Mr. G. A. Gahas (Commonwealth Commissioner of Railways) from his officers stationed at intervals along the 300 miles of new…

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Blizzard in Canada a Train Frozen in (Special to "The Miner.") Vancouver. January 7

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

Caught in a blizzard in Field Station, on the top of the Rocky Mountains, a Canadian-Pacific Railway train was absolutely frozen in. Five…

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