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

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Souvenir Hunters Damage Trams

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 1

MELBOURNE Monday.— Moro than 1000 souvenir, hunters on Saturday night rushed the Melbourne cable trams,…

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Railway town And Wests In Draw

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

WITH insufficient time left to catch TT Wests' score of 302, Railway Town played, out time and made a draw of the game on No. 1 wicket,…

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Tramway Employees' Picnic and Sports

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

Applications are being called from persona wishing to conduct stalls and sideshows at the Silverton TramwayEmployees' sports to be held at…

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Landslide On Railway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— A landslide on the Moss Vale-Unanderra branch line has blocked rail traffic between the South Coast and…

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Road Repairs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

Motorists using the Wilcannia-road have frequently complained about its bad condition after leaving the bitumen on the outskirts of North Broken…

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Barrier Miner Thursday, March 18, 1937. Broken Hill-adelaide Train Service

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

RUMORS are current that the five day a week passenger train service introduced some months ago between Broken Hill and Adelaide is to…

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2 Men Killed in Crash Cycles Collide On Country Road ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 6

Two men were [?] and [?] critically injured when two motor cycles travelling in opposite directions, crashed head-on with terrific…

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Planning Your Easter Motoring Tour Wise Preparation May Save Valuable Hours

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 6

In a week Easter will be here and with.it one of the most popular picnicking periods of the year. Wise motorists already- will haye decided just how they will spend their Easter holidays, and arranged the incidental details. Others should lose no time in…

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Motor Vehciles in Collision

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 4

Luckily no one was injured when a motor car and utility truck collided at the intersection of Chapple and Oxide streets yesterday afternoon…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 6

Tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's line for tho week ended March 10, 1937, is given below, A comparison with the previous week…

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Topical Motoring Notes Dirt Is Cause of Wear Keep Parts Clean

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 6

Tho Importance of keeping engino parts free ot dust and other abrasives when they are dismantled for'adjustment or repair, cannot be too highly…

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Loyalists Maintaining Initiative Fighting on Narrow Roads (Special to "The Miner.") MADRID, March 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 7

SINCE the capture of Brihuega, the loyalists are maintaining their initiative and have gained possession of seven villages,…

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Loyalists Maintaining Initiative Fighting on Narrow Roads (Special to "The Miner."") MADRID, March 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

SINCE the capture of Brihuega, the loyalists are maintaining their initiative and have gained possession of seven villages,…

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Tramway Honors to Liddell

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

The competitions of the United Tramway Club were advanced anotner stage on Saturday with a shoot, over the double 800 yards range…

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Oxide-st. Motor Car Crash Driver Charged with Negligent Driving

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

There was a sequel to the motor accident in Oxide-street near the Methodist Church shortly, before 8 p.m.on Saturday, December 12, when the driver of one car appeared in the Police Court to-day before Mr. R…

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Motor Mechanic Remanded

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the Central Court today, Patrick Doyle. (26), motor mechanic, was charged with having murdered Frederick Martupp…

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Motorists Fined

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 3

Proceedings were taken by the police against two men before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day for having failed to keep…

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Silverton Tramway Traffic

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 5

Tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's line for the week ended March 17, 1937, is given below. A comparison with the previous week…

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Unsafe State Of SouthRoad Comment by Aldermen

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 3

THE fear that someone would be killed on the South-road unless immediate steps were taken to have it repaired, was expressed by Ald. J…

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Unsafe State Of South Road Comment by Aldermen

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 3

THE fear that someone would he killed on the South-road unless immediate steps were taken to have it repaired, was expressed by Aid. J…

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