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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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15 Feet Bridal Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

A constellation of the stare of Shaftesbury-avenue moved southward to St. Margaret's, Westminster, for the wedding of Miss Ann Todd, the…

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Walking on Roads Enumeration of Dangers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

The danger of persons walking on roads which, together with the question of what aide of the footpath people should walk on, ralsied by…

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Holiday on Monday Special Train To Menindie

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

Monday is to be observed as a public holiday by the traders of Broken Hill. The holiday really fell yesterday, but by an agreement…

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Holiday on Monday Special Train To Menindie

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 9

Monday is to be observed as a public holiday by the traders of Broken Hill. The holiday really fell yesterday, but by an agreement…

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Barrier Miner Saturday, January 27, 1934. Safety On The Roads

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

MEMBERS of the City Council took a wise course at their meeting on Thursday night when they decided to give attention to educating the public…

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Barrier Miner Saturday, January 27, 1934. Safety On The Roads

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 8

MEMBERS of the City Council took a wise course at their meeting on Thursday night when they decided to give attention to educating the public…

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Man's Thigh Broken Motor Cyclist Did Not Stop

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

Mr. Edmund Irvine Guppy, of 625 Chappie-street, is an inmate of the Hospital suffering from a broken thigh caused in an accident last…

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Walking on Roads

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

In his comments in "The Barrier Miner" on Saturday regarding pedestrian traffic on the roads Mr. C. Sinclair Wood, local…

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Motor Cyclists Leg Broken

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 3

PORT PIRIE, Monday.—A motor cycle crashed into one of the posts at the side of the bitumen about two miles out on the Warnertown road,…

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Tramway Employees' Picnic on Easter

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 3

Arrangements for the forty-second annual picnic of the Silverton Tramway Employees' Club were made when the club held its annual…

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Railway Company's Profits

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

The Midland Railway Co. of West Australia Ltd., after transferring £2000 to taxation reserve, £30,000 to depreciation and renewals, and…

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Motor Vehicles and Petrol Imports

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

The latest annual report of the Main Road Department states that in the four years from 1929 to 1933 the total number of motor vehicles registered…

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Motor Chassis Imports

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—To illustrate the difficulties with which Allied Motor Interests Ltd. has had to contend in the last four years, the…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 4

The number of persons crossing the Sydney Harbor bridge daily amounts to approximately 84,000, of whom about 4500 are pedestrians. The…

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Harbor Bridge Suicide Foiled

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—As he was about to climb the railing on the Harbor Bridge footwalk last night a man was seized by Patrolman…

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Adelaide Road Condition

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 1

Mr. R. M. Caines, accountant at the local office of the Vacuum Oil Compuny, returned last night from holidays spent in South Australia. Mr…

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Presentation to Parkes Railway League Secretary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

At a representative public meeting held recently at Parkes it was decided to make arrangements for a presentation early in February to Mr. J. B…

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Taxman's Long Chase Witnessed Street Crash Hit-and-run Motorist (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.) SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 4

Crashing into a stationary taxi cab in Williams-street, city, early this morning a motor car ripped off the mudguards of the taxi. The driver,…

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Rescued From Bridge Girl On Pylon 150ft. From Ground (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.) SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 6

A 16-year-old girl was found this morning clinging to the granite coping of the platform of the harbor bridge pylon, 150ft. from the ground…

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Variation in Bidding Contract Bridge Proposal

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

A revolutionary variation in contract bridge bidding has been proposed by Mr. Ely Culbertson, the American expert, says the New York…

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