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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Motor Ship Blown Up 13 Survivors Are Picked Up All Injured (Special to "The Miner.") COLOMBO, March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship Hannoy, 3999 tons, blew up 300 miles off Colombo on Tuesday night. The survivors spent 48 hours at sea in a boat…

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Railway Station Robbery

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Thieves broke into the Ararat railway station early yesterday morning and carried away a heavy safe, which contained…

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Motor Ship Blown Up 13 Survivors Are Picked Up All Injured (Special to "The Miner.") COLOMBO, March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship Hannoy, 3999 tons, blew up 300 miles off Colombo on Tuesday night. The survivors spent 48 hours at sea in a boat…

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Troubles Of Motorists

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 3

Several picnickers nt tlie St. Patrick's Day picnic on Saturday who wont to Silverton by car had unenviable experiences on the return…

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Motor Ship Blown Up 13 Survivors Are Picked Up All Injured (Special to "The Miner.") COLOMBO, March 17

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 4

The Norwegian motor ship Hannoy, 3999 tons, blew up 300 miles off Colombo on Tuesday night. The survivors spent 48 hours at sea in a boat…

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Charges Against Motorist Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. V. H. Vells, D.S.M., Leonard Williams was charged with having on February 12 cut the corner of Chapple…

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Railway Vacuum Cleaner

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 3

A new type of piont for purifying the inside and upholstery of rolling stock has just been installed by the Great Western Railway at is…

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Cut-Out On Motor Cyde

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 3

Anton Ravlich was charged before Mr. V. H. Wells, D.S.M., in the Police Court this morning with having on March 7 ridden a motor cycle in…

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Motor Smash; Girl Killed

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—In a terrific collision between two motor cars at Marrickville last night a three-year-old giri humed Betty Margaret Sadie…

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Motorist Fined On Four Charges

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 3

Before Mr. V. H. Wells, D.S.M., in the Police Court this morning Wilton Thomas was charged with having on March 18 driven a motor vehicle in…

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First Anniversary of Harbor Bridge SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 1

It is estimated that 29,000,000 persons have crossed the Sydney Harbor Bridge since it was opened on March 19, 1932. To-day marks the first…

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Rain Storm in New Zealand Motorists' Escape; Bridge Wrecked Hotel Cut Off Auckland (N.z.), March 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 1

A terrific rain storm over Mount Ruapehu has caused the phenomenal flooding of mountain streams. A bridge leading to the Chateau…

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Motoring Fatality in Horrocks Pass Broken Hill Miner Killed; Three Others Injured Were on Way to W.A. Pout Augusta

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 1

One man was killed and three injured in a motor lorry smash in Horrocks Pass, between Wilmington and Port Augusta, last night. The party comprised four Broken Hill miners who were travelling to West Australia to work a gold claim. They were:—…

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Robbery From Mail Bags Railway Station Entered MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 1

Between 2 and 7.10 a.m. to-day thieves forced the lock of a small building at the Nhill railway station, where the Adelaide and Melbourne…

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Motorist Crashes; Dazzled By Sun

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Mr. L. Bills, dentist, of Peterborough, with his wife and two boys, was driving his motor car along Anzac Highway…

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TENNIS Railway Town Association

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 3

At the annual general meeting of the Railway Town Tennis Association the balance-sheet was read which showed the association to be in a good…

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Motor Lorry in Lagoon Man's Dead Body At Wheel MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

While dragging the Serpentine Lagoon near Mafra yesterday the police recovered a motor lorry, at the wheel of which, was the body of Leslie…

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State Railway Finances Loss For Last Year £5,364,605 Details Given Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

Details of railway finances for the year 1931-1932 show that excluding a contribution of £800,000 from the Government towards makings good…

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Stones On Railway Line; Four Arrests

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

GRAFTON, Thursday.—It is alleged that an attempt was made to wreck a goods train 14 miles from here. The train was pulled up after…

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Railway Line Washed Away Narrow Escapes Of Trains In New Zealand Auckland (N.z.), March 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 4

Heavy rain washed away a section of the railway line near Taumnrunui yesterday and the Auckland-Wellington express narrowly escaped…

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