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

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Wilcannia Hospital Aeroplane Appeal Fund

Western Grazier · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

The following donations have been received with thanks.—Previously acknowledged £144 7 0 J. Parker, (Mone Murtec) 50 0 0…

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Motorists Fined

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 2

Robert Warren was fined 2/- with 8/- costs, by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, when he pleaded guilty to having; failed to…

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Motorists' Problems Expert's Visit Extended Big Demand for Service

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

THE R.A.A. technical adviser (Mr. Brinknian, A.M.I.A.E,, London) has had a busy time solving technical difficulties for local motorists…

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Silverton Tramway Tonnage

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 3

Tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's. line for the week ended March 31, 1937, is given below. "A "comparison with the previous week…

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Advice Service For B.H.Motorists

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 3

"Transmission," "The Barrier Miner" writer on motoring, with the co-operation of the Royal Automobile Association, will…

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Motorist's Lucky Escape PERTH

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 4

Pinned beneath a motor truck when he went to make repairs, H. Clarke suffered a terrible ordeal at Onslow when the truck sank lower and lower…

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Man Killed by Train

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Near the spot where a man with a dog in his arms was killed by a train several months ago, a man, believed to be…

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Railways Issue Map of Australia

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

THE Commonwealth Railways Department have available for distribution a very handy reference map of Australia. In addition to…

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Motor Car Missing

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

Police are continuing, inquiries into the alleged theft of a motor car from outside the Ozone Theatre on Wednesday nighty. The vehicle,…

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Topical Motoriiig Notes " Motorlounge" Caravan

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

The accompanying caravan design is by Mr. Edwin H. Koch, of New Jersey, and is termed by him a "motorlounge," or mobile cabin cruiser…

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Saints Have Grip on Premiership Railway Towns Behind on First Innings

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

THE third day's play of the cricket premiership match between.A St. Peter's and Railway Town on No. 1 wicket at the Western Oval on Saturday turned the pta me in Saints'favor. On the whole the day's cricket was disappointing, being too dogged from…

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Problem for Motorists All States Pass Hold Up

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

SEVERAL Broken Hill motorists have made complaints that although they hold, an interim receipt on their insurance policy for motor…

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Couple Dead In Motor Car MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

A MAN and woman, each about 28 years of age, whose identities have not yet been established, were found dead in…

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No More Trouble At Goally Flats New Stretch of Road

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 1

COALLY FLATS, a source of trouble to motorists and mail drivers during the rainy season, will soon become one of the best—if not the best—…

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Silverton Tramway Tonnage

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 4

Tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's line for the week ended March 31, 1937, is given below. A comparison which the…

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20 Injured in Train Crash

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

LONDON, April 14.—The Irish mail train from Holyhead, Wales, to London was running into Crew station when the restaurant car and another…

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35,000 Cars a Day Census On Bridge

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

A MONTH after its official opening a census was taken of the motor traffic which crossed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge, and the…

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Methodist Clergy Arrive Comment On Bad Roads And Good Hospitality

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

THE two new Methodist ministers—Rev Stanley H. Dorman and Rev. R. L. H. Tilbrook—who have been transferred to Broken Hill to fill vacancies caused by the removal of Rev. J. J Mahoney and Rev. J. C. Barrett, have taken over their new…

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Topical Motoring Notes Australian Motor Bodies Equal To Best In World

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

"It can truthfully be said that the Australian motor body manufacturing industry is ahead of many internationally recognised manufacturing…

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Interstate And Local Racing; Track Gallops; Cricket Can Railways Turn Tide on Saints? Still Trailing By 42 Runs

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

ALTHOUGH St. Peter's have a definite advantage over Railway Town in the final of the Cricket League's competition being…

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