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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 24 of 49

Roads From Heated Soil

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. Bruce, the Minister for Public Works, considers that the Irvine process of building roads from heated soil is…

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Delayed Goods Train Arrives

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 2

The goods train which was due to arrive at the Crystal-street railway station at 5 a.m. on Saturday did not arrive till 2.30 a.m. on Sunday. The…

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Woman Killed by a Motor Car Child And Man Suffer Injuries Long Police Chase Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 4

A sensational car chase took place through city streets to-day after a woman had been killed and a man seriously injured. The…

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Railway Guard Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.—While a goods train was polling out of the railway station at Casino on Saturday the driver saw a number of…

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Motorist in Court Sequel To Killing Of Woman Three Charges Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day Philip Henry Rutlidge (41), manager, was remanded on charges of having feloniously slain Rose…

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Cow Struck by Rail Motor Driver Dead; Second Man Badly Hurt BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 3

A railway motor returning from Komine to Rome on Saturday night struck a cow on the line. The carriage was derailed and overturned,…

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Trespassing on Railways Magistrate's View Of Practice SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 1

In fining four swagmcn £5 each at the Grafton Police Court for having trespassed on railway property, the magistrate said the penalty was…

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Hundreds of Sheep Killed in Train Wreek

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 4

THE SCENE AT WERRINGTON, near St. Marys, New South Wales, showing the wreckage caused by the crash of a goods and stock train on Wednesday night. Hundreds of sheep were killed. The guard of the goods train averted another crash by warnining a mail train, doing 50 miles an…

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Motor Car Hits Tree

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 2

A motor car belonging to Mr. N. Y. Schofield, local manager of Cox Bros., came into collision with a big gum tree in front of D. and J…

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Motor Cycle Collides With Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 2

An accident occurred at the corner of Blende and Bromide streets this afternoon about 1 o'clock when a motor car driven by Mr. E. A. May…

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Theft Of Motor Cycle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 2

A motor cycle the property of Noel Lewis Richardson, of 641 Williamsstreet, is reported to have been stolen from O[?]ide-street near the Masonic…

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Motor Cycle In Court To Aid Evidence MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 3

So that they could better understand the contentions of police and defendant as to how the defendant and a passenger had ridden on a…

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Another Bridge Suicide?

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A woman's handbag in which was a note stating that the writer was "sorry for causing any inconvenience" was found…

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Train Wrecks Car; Motorist Killed

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), May 16.—A woman was killed and a man seriously injured when a train crashed into a car at a level crossing near…

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Gold Nugget On Road

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A nugget weighing 10soz, of solid gold was found by George Taylor and William Conroy on the road at Dunelly…

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Railway Commissioners Coming Here in June

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 2

Notification has been received at the Crystal-street railway station that the Railway Commissioners will make an inspection of the Broken Hill,…

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Tram Bolts; Man Knocked Down

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—One motor car was wrecked and four others were damaged when a tram car failed to stop and ran down Bayswater-road,…

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Man Killed by Tram Harbor Bridge Fatality SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 11

Charles Webb (48), of Leichhardt, was killed when he was struck by a tram on the sothern approa[?] of the Harbor Bridge. Webb, who was…

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Effigy Suspended on Harbor Bridge Caused Consternation Among Passersby SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 11

The effigy of a man suspended by the neck at the end of a long rope from the centre of the Harbor Bridge to-day caused consternation among…

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Railway Clerk Found Shot Had a Revolver in His Hand MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 11

Bernard Francis Nugent a clerk employed at the South Melbourne railway station, was found with bullet wounds in his head and a…

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