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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Robbery at Mypolonga Two Men Captured Outside Store Third Escapes Murray Bridge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 6

Sensational captures followed the alleged rifling of a store at Mypolonga early this morning. A [?]re was blown off a motor car by…

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Tampering With Railway Signals

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

LITHGOW, Saturday.—Railway officials are investigating two attempts to interfere with signals near Lithgow. On one occasion the signal…

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Tampering With Railway Signals

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

LITHGOW, Saturday.—Railway officials are investigating two attempts to interfere with signals near Lithgow. On one occasion the signal…

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Man's Body in Road a Few Feet Away From Cycle HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 1

Lying a few feet away from a motor cycle on the Port Cygnet road yesterday morning, the body of Ellis Cross (19) was discovered by two…

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Passion Play Staged At Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 2

At the conclusion of Evensong at St. Philip's Church of England last night members of the St. Philip's and St. James's churches staged Creagh…

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Registration of Motor Cars Tibooburra Residents' Wishes Met Commissioner Acts

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 2

Inconveniences experienced by residents in the Tibooburra district in regard to the registration of motor cars and other transport…

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Criticism of Railways Chief Commissioner Replies SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 2

Mr. T. J. Hartigan, the Chief Railway Commissioner, speaking at the annual meeting of the Government railway and tramway ambulance…

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Motor Traffic Act Prosecutions

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 3

In the Police Court before Mr. V. H. Wells, D.S.M., this morning Robert Coombes pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven an unregistered vehicle…

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Railway Charges On Coal

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The railway charges on £59 worth of coal transported from Newcastle to Wagga amounted to £100…

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Boy Killed By Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 3

YASS, Monday.—John Beck (7) was struck by a motor car in the main street on Saturday night. He died from the injuries on the way to…

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Cyclist Killed; Motorist Drives On

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — After crashing into a motor cyclist in the Dandenohg-road, Spring Vale, the driver of the car went on, leaving the…

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Boarding a Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 1

James O'Brien pleaded guilty before Mr. V. H. Wells, D.S.M., in the Police Court this morning on a charge of having on April 10 attempted at…

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Fatal Motor Accident Baby Killed and Constable Dies SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 1

A police constable and a baby, 10 months old, received fatal injuries in a motor cycling accident in Erskineville-road, Newtown, on Saturday…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 3

The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending April 5, the tonnage, for the…

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Gruelling Motor Car Race in Italy Two British Cars Win In Light Section a Dangerous Course (Special to "The Miner") ROME, April 9

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 3

Flying tiny Union Jacks two M.G. Magnettes came first and second to-day in the light car class of the Italian 1000-mile race, the most…

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Silverton Tramway Club's Sports

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1

The Silverton Tramway Employees' Club will hold its 41st. annual picnic and sports at Silverton on Easter Monday. A special sports programme…

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Sleepers On Tram Line

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two heavy wooden sleepers were placed across the tram line between Park and Gregory-avenues, Moora Park, last…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday.—Frank Croom (22), unemployed, of Matilda-street, North Kensington, was killed instantly in a collision at the…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt In Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 3

Benjamin Gully, of 504 Lane-lane, is in the Hospital suffering from a broken shoulder, head injuries, and shock as a result of being thrown…

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Heavily Laden Goods Train

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 1

Another heavily laden goods train arrived from Sydney this morning, 808 tons being brought in. Two trucks of wood from Bielpajah for the…

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