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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Man Killed By Train

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man who was run down and killed by an electric train between Hurstville and Penshurst railway stations last night…

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Motor Vehicles Collide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 4

While William Sulsbury Miller, of 459 Thomas-street, was riding a Harley Davidson motor cycle west along Chloride-street about 4 o'clock…

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Railway Town Association

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 3

The following are the results of matches played last Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday respectively, under the auspices of the Railway Town…

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Visited Wrong Aerodrome

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Sir William Irvine, the Lieutenant-Governor, was missing to-day for a little while. He was to have arrived at Laverton…

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Strenuous Motor Car Race Italian Cars Prove Victorious Twenty-four Hours

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 6

The most strenuous motor car road race in the world is the annual French 24 hours contest, held over the Sarthe course, an undulating…

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Railway Engines Named

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—For the first time in the history of the New South Wales railways a "named" engine drew a train. The locomotive of the…

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Museum and Art Gallery Many Exhibits Added To-day Bridge Views

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

A number of additional exhibits are being displayed at the local Museum and Art Gallery, most of them being placed in position…

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Train and Car Collide Three Killed, Five Injured PERTH, Sunday Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

A motor car containing seven members of one family and two other persons collided with a train at a level crossing at Jewell-street, East…

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Man's Body Near Railway Line

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—On the arrival of a train from Sandringham last night the driver reported that he had found the mutilated body of a…

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Train Jumpers Fined

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 3

GRAFTON Tuesday.—At the Police Court in fining two unemployed men for having wilfully trespassed on railway property the magistrate…

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Floatingisland for 'Planes Germany's Atlantic Aerodrome "Bottle" Post

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 4

A floating island left Cuxhaven recently with a "population" of 40 to take its position on the map in mid-South Atlantic between West…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 2

The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending June 28, the tonnage for the previous…

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Sir Philip and Lady Game Welcomed Met By Several Hundred At Railway Station Guests of Unemployed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 3

Sir Philip Game, Governor of New South Wales, accompanied by Lady Game and Mr. H. C. Budge, official secretary, arrived by the express from Sydney this morning and were welcomed at the Crystalstreet railway station. Several hundred people congregated on the…

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Motorists' Narrow Escape

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A motor car driven by Claude Jones ran over the hillside on the Apollo Bay road yesterday when returning from a trip…

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Speeding on Roads Police Chief Takes Serious View Record Broken Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

Attempts on speed records on the public roads are strongly condemned by Mr. Childs, Commissioner of Police, who stated that speed cars…

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Night Officer Held Up Railway Station Till Looted

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two masked thieves armed with rifles and a revolver held up Mr. Selig, the night officer at Kingswood railway station,…

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Arrest After Motor Chase Police Fired Shots At Fugitives Stolen Car Recovered Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 4

Following a breakneck motor chase, in which a police bullet went through the bonnet of a fugitive car, two young men for whom the…

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Motorists Gassed; Dead

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 4

HOBART, Wednesday.—Imprisoned in the wreckage of their motor lorry, two men met a shocking death by slow suffocation from the fumes…

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"Stopping" of Train Mr. Philip Game's Version SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 1

Mr. Philip Game, a son of the State Governor, interviewed in regard to Alderman Quintrell's statement referring to the alleged stoppage of the…

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Motor Driver Committed For Trial SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 1

The deaths of two young men in a motor accident while on the way to a wedding were investigated by the coroner at Burwood to-day. At the…

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