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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

834 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 42

Railway Unions Before Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday,—When representatives of the Australian Railways Union and the Australian Tramway Employees' Association came before…

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Radio Phone Call To Express Train

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 5

Using only services available to the general public, a business man in London recently put through an urgent call to a man in Germany and…

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Railway Bowlers Return to Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 2

The party of South Australian railway bowlers with the exception of Mr. Chatterton, who will spend a holiday in Broken Hill, left lost…

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N.s.w. Motorist Taxed £800 in Six Months

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—An extraordinary illustration of the anomalies arising out of the lack of transport co-ordination between New…

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Fewer Road Accidents in Britain (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, March 27

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 3

The Minister of Transport (Mr. Hore-Beliaha) said in Parliament today that the number of people killed and injured on the road—which had…

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Big Task For St. Peter's SET 384 to Win Railway Town Get 220 Saints Lose 2 FOR 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 7

Carrying their second inning's score to 220, Railway Town obtained a very firm grip on the Cricket League premiership this afternoon. This set St. Peter's a total of 383 to win—a big…

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47 M.p.[?] in City Hair Modes! STREET Motor Cyclist Fined In Court Police Chase

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 1

Evidence that a defendant had ridden a motor cycle at nearly 50 miles an hour in Oxide-street was given in a case before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M.,…

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Motor Traffic Offences

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 2

A fine of 30/- with 5/6 costs, was inflicted on Ronald William May by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day on a charge of driving…

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Railway Town Should Win Premiership St. Peter's Bad Opening in Second Innings

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 4

Another stage of the premiership match between Railway Town and St. Peter's has passed, and Railway Town's hold on the game is more pronounced than before. Setting Saints 384 runs to get in the second innings,…

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Train Strikes Motor; Men Escape Death

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Three young men narrowly escaped serious injury, if not death, when a motor utility truck and a goods train collided at…

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Road to Adelaide Is Passable

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 1

The road to Adelaide is passable, according to advice received from the Automobile Association' office. Mr. Davis, who watches the interests of…

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S. Tramway to Carry Wood for Unemployed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 1

The directors of the Silverton Tramway Company have consented to the carriage by rail of wood from the North mine to the rear of the Trades…

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Woman Killed by Train

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 2

M.E.L.B.O.R.N.E. Wednesday.— Scrawled across a railway time-table found in the handbag of a woman killed by an electric train at Jolimont…

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Large Police Patrols Motor Outfits Advocated SYDNEY,Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 1

The police conference to-day adopted a resolution providing that where police were in charge of, a patrol area. exceeding 50 square…

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Two Deaths in Motor Cycle Crash

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When a motor cycle struck a kerbstone at Dee Why last night Mervyn Rawson (18), who was riding: pillion, was killed…

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Hit and Run Motorists? Two Constables Suspended BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 3

Two police constables have been suspended as the result of official inquiries into an alleged hit-and-run motoring accident st Bald Hills, and…

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Engineering Feat in Austria Bridge Moved Upstream

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 5

One of Austria's largest bridRes recently left the supports on which it was placed in the heart of Vienna, and was moved 100 ft. up stream on to…

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Logt Piano Sets Farmer On Road To Legal Career SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Dairy farmer, concrete mixer, butcher, estate agent, and now an employee in a lawyer's office, having passed his final examinations for admittance to the Bar—a barrister. That is the amazing career of Mr. L. C. Jordan,…

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New Schedule Soon For Railway Freights Carrier's Contract to Be Terminated

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 1

The announcement by the chairman of directors of the Silverton Tramway Company (Mr. V. J. Saddler) that it had been decided to terminate the agreement Mr. E. J. Green has with the South Australian railways concerning…

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Hull Of Abandoned Motor Ship

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 6

DANISH MOTOR SHIP VICTORIA, which ran aground at Tunkalilla Beach, S.A., nearly six months ago, has been stripped of all that has any value. This picture was taken after the salvage men had left her to her fate…

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