Today's News In Brief Half Million Strike Loss for Railways
SYDNEY, Tuesday— Speaking at Picton last night, the-Premier (Mr. Mair) said that he sincerely hoped that the good sense of the miners…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
463 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 24
No Sydney Train Tomorrow. Denial Given 10 RUMORS
THERE is no truth in the statement that a train will be run to Sydney from Broken Hill, tomorrow, said the stationmaster"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Comments Of Readers Road Repairs Needed To the Editor, Sir—
I would like to call the attention of the Municipal authorities to what constitutes a real danger to the travelling public. I refer to a washout…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Found Dead At Railway Town Suicide Finding by Coroner
WITH a gun shot wound in the abdomen the body of Charles Munro Strachan (51), single, was found in the yard of a house at 4 Beryl Street early this morning. A single barrel shot gun was under the body…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazis Terrorising Civilians Women And Children Bombed In Train (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 12
THE Germans are ruthlessly using the air weapon to terrorise the civilian populations of Holland and Belgium, the worst example being the reported bombing of two trains full of women and children, on the way to…
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The new wireless enuipped mail lorry for Bottom and Clarke arrived in Broken Hill from Adelaide today after a journey of one and a half…
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When a car overturned on the Adelaide Port Pirie road yesterday afternoon near Brinkworth Mr. and Mrs. Jack "Walters were injured and admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Waiting" Afloat. by an Aeroplane Attendant
Waiting in an acroplane may be compared to waiting on a dining-car or on board ship—but it is easier…
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A meeting of the Railway Town Progress Association was held on Thursday night last at the Burke Ward Hall. Mr. S. J. Daddow presided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New School At Railway Town; Bishop Fox Lays Foundation Stone
DESPITE the inclement weather, a large number were present yesterday afternoon at the laying of the foundation stone of the new St., Mary's school at Railway Town…
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Railway Town, with six wickets in hand and requiring 21 runs for victory, are in an excellent position in the final of the women's cricket…
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FOLLOWING representations to the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) by the president of the Broken Hill Chamber" of Commerce (Mr. R. E. A. Kitchen), it has been announced that the train service between Sydney and Broken…
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SYDNEY. Monday.—John Reid Weir (29), had an unenviable experience this morning. Partly paralysed when his car crashed over a six-foot…
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Although a Government grant of £2000 was approved last year, after the visit of the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Martin),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wilcannia Road Fatality Evidence at Inquest
DETAILS of the fatality on the Wilcannia Road late yesterday were told to the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) at the inquest this afternoon into the death of William Maurice McIntyre (20), taxi driver, who was killed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Taxi Driver Killed Car Collides with Lorry on Wilcannia Road Clash in Causeway
WHEN the taxi he was driving along the Wilcannia Road came into collision with a heavy motor lorry shortly before 6 p.m., yesterday William Maurice McIntyre (20), of 399 Chapple Street, was killed almost instantly. The occupants…
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On Wednesday evening, at 5 45 p.m. (B. H. time), Murray McIntyre, of Broken Hill, was killed whom the car he was driving collided with a rabbit…
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With only a few seconds to spare, two young special constables dashed along the metals of the Southern Railway main line at Exeter in an…
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Railway Town won their first premiership in the women's cricket competition, when they defeated Norths by four wicket in the final, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Negligence Costs Motorist £8/8/0
A MOTORIST who collided with a City Council car driven by the electrical engineer (Mr. T.A. Reece)was fined £8, with8/costs, when he was charged with negligent driving before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police. Court today…
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