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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Motor Car Falls 30ft; Occupant Hurt

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday.—George D. Culley (35), inspector for an insurance company, living at Wagga, suffered serious injuries when the car he was…

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Motorist's Death After Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Alfred Macpherson (18), who was admitted to the South Sydney Hospital last night in a Critical condition suffering…

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Railwaymen's Protest; Transport Act

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The council of the Railways and Tramways Salaried Officers' Association has carried a resolution condemning the action of…

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WOOL & Wheat Record Railway Department Handled SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 1

A record wool clip and wheat har vest last year were handled by the Railways Department. To the end of December 1,109,386 bales of wool…

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Tram Car Parts; Contract Split

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Following representations of the Chamber of Manufactures, the State Government has decided that portion of the…

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158 Passengers On Sydney Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 2

There were 158 passengers on the express that left the Crystal-street station last night for Sydney. Of these 117 were availing themselves of…

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158 Passengers On Sydney Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 2

There were 158 passengers on the express that left the Crystal-street station last night for Sydney. Of these 117 were availing themselves of…

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Burke [?]Dum Railway

Western Grazier · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 2

A further step in the proposal of a Sydney syndicate to construct a railway from Bourke to Birdom, in the Northern Territory and to establish a direct…

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Burke-darwin Railway Effect On Cattle Production SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Cramsie, a former chairman of the Meat Board, says that if the proposed railway from Bourke to Darwin is completed soon enough he…

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Motor Cyclists Killed

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 15.— George Wadham (18) and Noel Anderson (19) were killed when a motor cycle which they were riding crashed…

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Motor Cars Crash 10 Persons Hurt; 3 Seriously Head on Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 3

Ten people, three of whom are in a serious condition, were injured when two cars met with a terrific crash on the Port Wakefield road in…

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Unregistered Motor Lorry Owner Fined in the Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., Mick Maras was charged with having permitted an unregistered vehicle to he…

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A Flying Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 3

In the German Flying Exhibition, hetti in Berlin, vast and elaborate charts were shown to demonstrate that these light machines are, over a…

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Harbor Bridge Suicide Woman Married To Chinese Was Disowned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

At the inquest yesterday into the death of Mary Anne Mee Hing (62), who jumped off the Harbor bridge on January 5, it was stated…

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Three-Wheel Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Following its successful run to Sydney at Christmas, the three-wheel motor car built by Mr. J. Pelgrave, of Brisbane,…

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Man's Body on Railway Line Companion Tells His Story SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

The mutilated body of Sydney Anderson (about 23), of Hamilton, near Newcastle, was found on the railway line near Hornsby late last…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending January 11, the tonnage for the…

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Car Hits Mob of Horses Maddened Animal Kicks Motorists MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

When a touring car collided with a mob of horses at Macaulay-road, North Melbourne, one of the animals rolled across the radiator, and…

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Obstruction on Railway Line Engine Crew Find Fishplates SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

While a goods train from Lithgow to Enfield was approaching Blaxland, Driver Briggs and Fireman Friedman noticed a fishplate on the up line, and…

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Motor Car Hit by Train Three Passengers Killed MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 1

Three persons were killed when petrol-electric motor train travelling from Werribee to Melbourne crashed into a sedan motor car a few miles…

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