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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

964 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 49

No Cheaper Motor Oils

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. P. Wilkins, assistant secretary of the Motor Traders' Association, stated to-day that it would not be possible to pass…

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Fatal Motor Crash Touring Car Driver Arrested SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

A touring motor car left the Bathurst road, between Orange and Lucknow, at 3 a.m. yesterday, and ran over a steep embankment. Francis…

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Railwaymen's Decision No Direct Action At Port Augusta Waiting Policy Port Augusta

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Almost unanimously the members of unions employed in the Commonwealth railways decided at a large combined meeting in Devonport…

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Motor Registrations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—An indication that better times are ahead is revealed by the fact that at the end of December there were 212,137 motor…

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No Cheaper Motor Oils

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. P. Wilkins, assistant secretary of the Motor Traders' Association, stated to-day that it would not be possible to pass…

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Crystal-street Railway Station Revenue

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

The following revenue was received for the month of December at the Crystal-street railway station:— Coaching, £2088; goods, £1895;…

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Motor Registrations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—An indication that better times are ahead is revealed by the fact that at the end of December there were 212,137 motor…

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Crystal-street Railway Station Revenue

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

The following revenue was received for the month of December at the Crystal-street railway station:— Coaching, £2088; goods, £1895;…

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Motor Cyclist's Death

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Archibald Threadgate (21) died in the Maitland Hospital from a fractured skull suffered when his motor cycle collided…

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Notes and Commenst Great Railways.—

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

A proposal was recently submitted to the Commonwealth Government for building a railway from Bourke to Darwin, to cost £15,000,000. The…

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Motor Car Smash; Four Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Four persons were injured near the Albion railway station when a motor car crashed into a post and was wrecked…

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Run Down by Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The body found on the railway line at Charters Towers on Saturday morning was idontified as D. Phillip Nowlands (33),…

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Pioneer From Territory Has Never Ridden in a Train Alice Springs

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

After a journey of more than 160 miles over sandhills, Mounted-Constable Kennett arrived at Alice Springs this morning, bringing a…

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Fatal Motor Accident Finding At Inquest At Katoomba SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

At the inquest at Katoomba concerning the death of Henry Frederick Holland Coward (49), who was killed when a car went over an…

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Motorists Thrown Into Water

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—When a motor car overturned near Gerringong Mrs. Thompson, aged 73, of West Australia, was thrown into a creek. Her…

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Motor Fees by Instalments N.R.M.A. Proposes Scheme SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

A deputation from the National Roads and Motorists' Association interviewed Lieutenant-Colonel Bruxner, Minister for Transport, to-day…

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Burke-birdum Railway Company Registerde In Sydney Main Objects Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

A further step in the proposal of a Sydney syndicate to construct a railway from Bourke to Birdum in the Northern Territory and to…

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Excursion Train To Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

Bookings for the excursion train to Sydney on January 13 are reported from the Crystal-street station to be good. So far 60 passengers have…

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Dismissed From S.A. RAILWAYS General Traffic Manager No Details Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

Mr. W. J. Denny, the Minister for Railways, said to-day that following a request made to him some days ago for a report with regard to…

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Economies in Railways Comment by Federal Commissioner Port Augusta

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

"All avenues of economy in the Commonwealth railways have been inquired into. If anyone can tell us of new methods of making savings we…

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