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

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Long Programme at M. Bridge Adelaide City Stables Well Represented Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

THERE will be no metropolitan meeting in South Australia to-morrow, but the Murray Bridge Club has arranged a programme which should satisfy the most exacting racegoer as regards quantity and…

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Topical Motoring Conducted by "Transmission" Use of Ethyl in Petrol Fuels How Advanced Firing Affects Efficiency

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

"THE MINER" MOTOR SECTION It is a well-known fact that the performance of an engine is only as good as its mechanical and electrical adjustments will…

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Empty Train Leaps Rails

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—When portion of an empty electric train leaped the rails Between Campsie and Canterbury this morning, one carriage…

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Empty Train Leaps Rails

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—When portion of an empty electric train leaped the rails between Campsie and Canterbury this morning, one carriage…

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Dacotah's Great Finish Now Discussed for Big Cup M. Bridge Hurdle to Glenaides Murray Bridge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

ONE of the South Australian nominations for the Australian Cup, run over 2½ miles, is Dacotah, a six-year-old King Ingoda mare, who easily defeated her opponents in the Pellew Handicap, the…

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Adelaide Road Has Improved Now Passable for Traffic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

THE Adelaide road has dried out well in the last couple of days and in once again passable for traffic…

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Adelaide Road Has Improved Now Passable for Traffic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

THE Adelaide road has dried out well in the last couple of days and is once again passable for traffic…

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Heavy Railway Traffic 200 Passengers Last Night for Adelaide 210 Home To-day

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

ALTHOUGH Broken Hill is back to normal as far as its earning capacity is concerned, it will be many weeks before its estimated population of 28,000 is settled after the holidays…

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Heavy Railway Traffic 200 Passengers Last Night for Adelaide 210 Home To-day

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

ALTHOUGH Broken Hill is back to normal as far as its earning capacity is concerned, it will be many weeks before its estimated population of 28,000 is settled after the holidays…

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Excursion Train Will Be Late

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

The last of the combined mines picnic committee's special trains left Adelaide at 9.15 o'clock this morning and was due at Sulphide-street…

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Missing Motor Cycle Recovered

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

The police have recovered the motor cycle, belonging to Roy Alfred Lanthois, of 114. Piper-street, which was reported missing on Saturday, night…

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Railway Towns Cause St. Peter's Trouble

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

ONE of their worst reversals for the season was suffered by St. Peter's on Saturday when they met Railway Town at the Alma Oval. It was an…

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Milk Bucket For Laundry Govt. Grant For Council? Footpaths and Roads

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

THE Mayor (Ald. E. J. Barnes) and the Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley) are hopeiul that as a result of representations made to Messrs. E. M…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Body Found Near Railway Line Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 4

The body of Henry Vernon Caston (24) was found lying on the road near the railway line four miles from Port Pirie at 10.30 o'clock last night…

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18-Hour s Journey Ends Death Missed 510 Passengers on Delayed Special Train Most Trying Trip

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

DELAYED for three hours at Peterborough because of a derailment a mile this side of Mingary, and losing another hour on the journey, the combined mines picnic committee's special excursion train…

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Pooley Bridge or Sarokos

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — When Pooley Bridge and Sarokos clash in a two-mile hurdle race it is probable that there will be more interest in…

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Special Train for Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

When the special excursion train for Sydney draws out from the Crystal-street Station to-morrow evening it is thought that there will be…

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News In Brief Motor Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Alfred Charles Langsford, of Knoxville, was riding a motor cycle along O'Connell-street, North Adelaide, when he…

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Topical Motoring Where Shall We Put The Engine? Trend Towards Rear of Car

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

"THE MINER" MOTOR SECTION DURING the last two years, one of the most discussed subjects in automotive circles has been the future position of the engine in motor cars. Is it going to stay in the front of the chassis, or be…

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First Railway Signal

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 4

Railway [?]is were the invention of a railway policeman. At one time the police had to [?]tend on point duty, directing traffic by hand. One…

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