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

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Railway Town Playground

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 3

A meeting of residents of Railway Town was held at the Burke Ward Hal. on Thursday night for the purpose of dealing with the policing or the new…

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Tramway Hall Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 3

At the Tramway Hall tonight the P. and C. will conduct their usual fortnightly old time dance with an occasional fox trot. This will be a mad…

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Policing New Park At Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 2

A meeting of the Railway Town Playground Committee called to draw up rules to police the playground met with a good response of residents on…

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Road Inspections

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

The big grader, which has operated on more than 400 miles of roads in three weeks, was one of the main interests of Mr. Croucher, inspecting…

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Silverton Tramway Employees' Picnic Committee

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 5

Mr. H. Henderson, president, at a meeting of the Silverton Tramway Employees' picnic committee yesterday, said an application from Mr. Britton was accepted…

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Railway Town Progress Association

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

Further progress was made with street tree planting on Saturday last, when members of the Association held another busy bee…

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Motor Car Overturns in Crystal Street

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 2

A narrow escaped from possible serious injury was the experience of Adolph Arthur Sargent. of 119 Hebbard Street. at 5.45 p.m. yesterday, when the motor…

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Broken Hill and Railway System Sydney, April 1

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 3

It was not considered necessary to hasten the completion or a return highway to Broken Hill to that the road might be heavy for heavy traffic should…

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Railway Evictions Committee's Activities

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 3

Yesterday members of the Eviction Committee met the officer arranging to the eviction of the tenants of the cottages through which the connecting…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 1

Ray Dully, of 123 Jodide Street, an employee of the Aerodrome, was injured this morning when the front fork of his motor cycle broke and…

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"The Shell Road"

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

In a descriptive letter from tne Middle East, the writer, a representative with the fighting forces, describes the country in a particular…

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Modern Motoring Can Still Do 90 Famous Quick Racer REconditioned

Western Grazier · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

RESURRECTED [?] nearly 30 years of [?] the quick "Bug" racer was reconditioned, and given few modern furbishings prior to its [?] in the New…

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Petrol Storage Railway Tunnels and Mines Sydney, April 3

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Disused railway tunnels In New South Wales could be utilised to store 44 million gallons of petrol, while unused mines would be able to hold a similar amount…

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Tramway Sports Dancing (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Sir,—It is rumored that members of the Barrier National Dancing Society will not be permitted to act as officials at the Silverton Tramway sports on…

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Train Times Changed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 5

Became of the South Australian Railway employees' stopwork meeting on Monday, the passenger train from Adelaide will leave at 12.10 a.m…

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Railway Town Progress Association

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 3

A busy bw will be held at the Railway Town Playground, at 2 pm. today, when members will paint two lavatories. Members who can assist are asked to…

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Tramway Sports on Easter

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

The Tramway Employees' Club will conduct their forty-ninth annual picnic and sports at Penrose Park on Easter Monday. A large programme…

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Silverton Tramway Employees' Sports

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 6

Final arrangements for the sports were made at the committee meeting of the Silverton Tramway Club yesterday. Mr. H. Henderson presided…

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Silverton Tramway Sports

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 1

Final arrangements for the Silverton Tramway Employees's picnic at Penrose Park on Easter Monday were made at the Employees' Club meeting'…

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Italian Lifeline Is Cut In Abyssinia Diredawa Railway Will Help Drive On To Addis Ababa

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 5

WHEN British troops entered Diredawa last week they cut the lifeline of Italy's Abyssinian Empire, for Diredawa lies on the railway line that links Addis Ababa with the sea. That line, less than 500 miles long, meant…

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