Express Hits Goods Train Train Crew Jumps To Safety
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), February 16.—An express train which was leaving Dunedin for Christchurch at 8.40 a.m. crashed into a goods train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Minimising Fire Risk In Aeroplane MELBOURNE
All Royal Australian Air Force 'planes will in future carry automatic fire extinguishers and orders have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclist Hit by Train Flung 20 Yards On To Steel Rail MELBOURNE
Flung 20 yards on to a steel rail by a train when he was riding a bicycle across the Amess-street levelcrossing at North Carlton yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Miner" Motor Section Topical Motoring Notes Motor Cars Have Promoted Vast Industries
THE development of the motor car in the last fifty years has changed age-old methods of trasport. Every phase of civilisation has been affected. It has promoted vast industries. It has been responsible for the growth of the Shell Co. The automobile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breaking Railway Records
Two world's records have been made by a new oil-electric car, tried out recently by the Canadian National Railway. This car crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket ln Dust Railways Stick Up Saint Peter's
DUST, marred the play at the Broken Hill Cricket Ground to-day. Momentary pauses in the games had to be taken to allow the players time to prevent the dirt from affecting their eyesight. Constant spectators…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Speed Regulations Local Motorists Are Observing Many Show Courtesy
MOTORISTS are observing the new speed regulations extremely well, and since the introduction of the 30mile-an-hour limit in built-up areas only a few names have been taken, police officers said to-day. They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council to Decide Road Works at Next Meeting
THE City Council will make an important decision regarding loan programme works at its meeting on Thursday night. It must decide whether Oxide-street is in greater need of reconstruction than Wills-street in Railway Town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Monday, February 21, 1938. Need for Courtesy on the Roads
IT is gratifying to learn authoritatively that motorists in Broken Hill are observing the new Motor Traffic Act regulations. In December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Practice Shoot
BECAUSE of the dusty conditions on Saturday the United Tramway Club decided to hold its ordinary shoot yesterday. The shoot was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide--Sydney Railway Move on Foot to Popularise
REPLIES from the South Australian and New South Wales rail-way officials to the suggestion put forward by the superintendent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tractor Grader for Wentworth-road
Considerable interest was shown in the Public Works Department's huge tractor-grader, a two-unit combination, when it proceeded along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Fined
Two motor cyclists who carried pillion passengers without having the required pillion seats and footrests attached to their machines appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queen Buys New Bridge Cards At Fair
LONDON, February 22.—Two packs of the new five-suit bridge cards were ordered by Queen Elizabeth when she visited the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Killed by Train
HOBART, Thursday.—Fatal injuries were suffered by Phillip Northrop, aged 9½ years, of Don, NorthWest Coast, and John Thomas Lillico,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Topical Motoring Notes "The Miner" Motor Section Road Construction Developed by Growth of Transport System
Road construction develops as the transport system grows. The "clover-leaf" is an interesting solution to the complex traffic problem at the intersection of two major arterial highways. Traffic may enter or leave either road without Stopping other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oxide-st. Road Work Early Attention By City Council
OXIDE-STREET, between Thomas-street' and Morgan-lane, one of the worst stretches of road in Broken Hill, is to be the next work to be put…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed Limit for Motorists Ambulance Man Criticises
The superintendent of the central District Ambulance (Mr. H. J. Mitchell) to-day reiterated his clain that a 30 mile an hour speed limit was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bright Spots In Cricket First Innings Win Over Railway Town
WITH only 166 to make on No. 1 wicket at the Broken Hill Cricket Ground against Railway Town, St. Peter's opening batsmen disappointed their slow beginning. H. Harris and B. Matthews opened to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Testimonial to Mr. Marmott for a Remarkable Cure—! 77 Ryan-st., Railway Town, Broken Hill, 25th February, 1938. Dear Mr. Marmott,—
This letter is to convey to you the deepest appreciation of the husband and family for the restoration to normal health, of a…
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