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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

756 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 38

Motorist Routed by Bull Ants

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 2

LIVERPOOL, Friday.—A Liverpool motorist had the worst of an encounter with large bull ants recently. His car met with mechanical…

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Hit-and-run Motorist Four Men Injured In Adelaide ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

Four men were injured, two seriously, when the motor car in which they were travelling came into collision with another at the corner of…

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Railway Baby Clinic Second Car Put In Service SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

A second railway car with which the council of the Far West Children's Health Scheme will extend the travelling baby clinic servico to the…

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Carriages of Steel S.A. Railways Programme Rail Progress Abroad

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

The statement by the Railways Commissioner (Mr. C. B. Anderson that steel is to be use more extensively in the building of railway…

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Motor Boats As Bomb Targets Lawrence Of Arabia In Experiments Royal Air Force Tests

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 2

Once more the name of T. E. Lawence, otherwise Aircraftsman Shaw, has been linked with a mysterious enterprise. Changing his name could not divest the man who organised the Arab tribes of the Hejaz of his cloak of romance…

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Local and General February Railway excursions Single fore for Double Journey

Western Grazier · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 2

Following on the many railway excursions [?] towards the close of last year comes the announcement of a further [?] about the middle of…

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Railway Town Outclassed Solid Batting By Wests

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 7

Play was late in starting on the Jubilee Oval this afternoon when the match between Wests and Railway Towns was concluded. Although…

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Railway Excursion to Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 2

A special excursion train is to be run by the South Australian Railways and the Silverton Tramway Company to Adelaide on Thursday, February…

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32,820,000 Registered Motor Vehicles

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 11

SYDNEY, Saturday.—According to statistics received by the National Roads and Motors' Association, there were 32,820,000 motor vehicles…

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32,820,000 Registered Motor Vehicles

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—According to statistics received by the National Roads and Motors' Association, there were 32,820,000 motor vehicles…

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Railway Excursion to Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 8

A special excursion train is to be run by the South Australian Railways and the Silverton Tramway Company to Adelaide on Thursday, February…

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Victim Left on Road All Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— When Mr. Claude Nalty, aged 47, of Millswood Estate, Adelaide, was knocked down and injured by a motor car in…

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Conductor Crushed Caught Between Two Trams SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

Edward Young (42), tram conductor, was extensively injured to-day when he was crushed between two trams which collided in Railway…

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Railway Engine Capsizes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The locomotive of a train from Leaton with many passengers for Sydney crashed through a dead end at Yanco railway…

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Motorist's Fast Trip

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Details of a remarkably fast trip from Orange (New South Wales) to Sydney have just been received. They are as follows:—…

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Victim Left on Road All Night

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that when [?] aged [?] Estate, Adelaide, was knocked down and injured by [?]…

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North's Hard Fight Recovery After Bad Start Ex-high's Good Score; Railwaytown 185

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 7

A knock of 81 by M. Tremelling, the youthful captain of the Ex-High team, against Rechabites, was the outstanding batting performance in Cricket League matches to-day…

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Railway Man's Thefts Changed Labels On Parcels SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

In the Central Police Court yesterday Walter Henning (24), railway porter, appeared on a charge of having stolen goods on 15 occasions since…

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Swan Lets Train Pass Over It

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 4

A swan, a policeman, and a railway porter had an hour of exciting life on the Southern Railway line, between Wandsworth Common and Palham…

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Special Train to Sydney on March 26

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 2

Authorities of the Crystal-street station have been advised that a special train is to run on March 26, leaving Broken Hill at 5.30 p.m. local…

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