Opposition To Posts On Creek Road
A report requesting that the posts placed along the Stephens Creek road to denote the spoon drains should be wider apart will be submitted, to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Barrier Miner Monday, January 3, 1938. New Motor Traffic Regulation
THE Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale), in his preliminary statistics of road deaths points out that for the nine months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, January 4, 1938. Signposts Danger on Creek Road
WHEN everything possible is being done to make road travelling safer a retrograde step seems to have been taken along the Stephens Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excursion Trains To Sydney Train Times Detailed
THE present series of excursion fares operating on the Sydney line will be in operation until April 23 as far as is known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Accident On Stephens Creek Road
ANOTHER accident on the Stephens Creek road at one of the numerous spoon drains has been reported to the police. One of the two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Solicitor On Adventurous Honeymoon Separate Seats in Train Adelaide
MISADVENTURES tempered with touches of humor have dogged Mr. and Mrs. William C. Beerworth, who were married in Sydney last month, on their honeymoon. Included in their memorable honeymoon mishaps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Boat Wrecked
Portion of the wreckage of the 30ft. motor launch Mervyn, valued at between £400 and £500, which was pounded to pieces in rough seas at Glen elg. Wreckage was strewn along the beach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Miner" Motor Section TopiCal Motoring Huge Petrol Bill Each Year One Third Goes to Government
THE termination of 1937 will no doubt see many motorists checking up their mileage record for the past year. Generally speaking, the mileage travelled annually by the average Australian motorist is not now so great as it was a decade ago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dazzling Gifts At Wedding Aeroplane and Jewellery Athens, January 8
DAZZLING gifts have been showered upon Princess Frederica of hanover, who will be married soon to Prince Paul of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Luath Downs Byethorne Fine Riding by Jockey Kite Codon Outpaces Hurdle Rivals Murray Bridge
Although Luath, Byethorne and Golden Cast were the only starters in the Pellew Handicap at Murray Bridge, the principal event theey provided an interesting race and an exciting finish, Luath defeating Byethorne, with Golden Cast three-quarters of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →League Cricket Resumed Ex-high Fight for Runs Good Struggle Against Railway Town
THE first district League cricket matches on the Broken Hill Cricket Ground were commenced this afternoon, when Railway Town and Ex-High met on the No. 1 wicket, and St, Peter's and Norths on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Monday, January 10, 1938 Delay in Council Road Programme
THERE appears to be some doubt as to why the City Council's £120,000 road programme of works is not being pushed ahead with more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liddell in Form for Tramways
The United Tramway Rifle Club continued its weekly shoot over the double 400 yards lange last Saturday. The weather conditions were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-High Surprise Railway Town
AFTER a slow beginning, Ex-High put up an excellent display in their first match on turf at the Broken Hill Cricket Ground on Saturday against Railway Town, who are at present at the top of the Premiership list…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Smash (Continued From Page 1) Defendant's Story in Court
THE magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) said that it appeared from the evidence that defendant was travelling in a straight line on the wrong side of the road. He was of the opinion that that was dangerous and that there was a case to answer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Dangerous Driving of Car Wilcannia Road Smash Related in Court
DETAILS of a collision between two cars on the Wilcannia-road on the night of December 29 resulting in the collapse of a wheel of one car, and the stripping off of the running board and damage to the mudguards of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Gale Hits Township Railway Station Blown Away SYDNEY
An ambulance had to travel 20 miles during a fierce westerly gale which struck the township of Rowena in the Walgett district- yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boxers Train Aboard Liner
THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES TEAM is aboard the Ormonde. The above picture shows the boxers in the team skipping and shadow boxing on the liner's deck during the voyage to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →10 Men Engaged On South Road
Ten men are now engaged on the South-road construction work finishing the last stretch to the bottom of South hill. This work had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Headless Body Near Railway Line
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The headless body of a young man was found beside the railway line at Villarwood, near Liverpool, with the head lying…
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