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

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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N.s.w. Railways Picnic

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

The Annual meeting of the N.S.W. Railways Picnic Committee was held at the [?] Street Railway Station yesterday Mr. D. Waters presiding over a poor…

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Motor Vehicles in Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

Following a collision between two motor vehicles near the corner of Argent and Kaolin Streets at 8.35 p.m. on Saturday it is likely…

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Railways Picnic Committee Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 5

The N.S.W. Railways No. 6 West Picnic Committee held its annual meeting at the Crystal Street Railway Station yesterday,…

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Motorist Fined £31; Disqualified From Driving

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

ADELAIDE—Charles Howard Impett (48), accountant, of Senate Road, Port Pirie, was fined £30 with £1/8/6 costs, and…

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Future Motor Vehicles Some at Lower Price

Western Grazier · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

Of wolrdwide interest to potential buyers of new motor vehicles was the news broadcast recently that some of the leading makers of cars in U.B.A…

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Industrial Diamonds Importance In Motor Industry

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

The value and importance of industrial diamonds for precision engineering work in Australia and other parts of the globe is not generally…

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Railway to Mildura (To the Editor.)

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

Sir,—Now that the annual holidays are over for the men on the toe of lode, one can hear various tales of holiday experiences, etc. One…

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Sydney Railway

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 8

In addition to the ordinary Comet to arrive in Broken Hill on Monday a special will also be run to cater for returning school…

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Chinese Cut Railway

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 3

Pelping, February 2.—Communist guerrillas estimated at 6,000 strong, have cut the Pelping-Tentsin railway for the second time in three days. The…

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Coal Shortage Hits Motor Works

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 8

LONDON, February 2.—Following a decision of the Austin Motor Company to close its Birmingham works after tomorrow…

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Amalgamated Engineering Union Motor Trade Log

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

There will be a meeting of the District Committee of the A.E.U. tonight at the Trades Hall at 7.30 o'clock, and members of motor garages in the…

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Knocked Down by Motor Cycle Admitted To Hospital

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

Last night at about 8.35 o'clock a motor cycling collided with a pedestrain at the corner of Oxide and Morgan Streets, and as a result the pedestrain was admitted…

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Flying Motor Car Tested

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

A flying motor car — the "Airph[?]an"—has recently undergone test flights at Connecticut (U.S.A.), Designed and built by R. E. Fulton…

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Railway Excursion

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 5

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas) has announced that special excursion fares a available on the ordinary train…

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Passenger Shoots at Tram Conductor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, February 4.—A passenger in a Philadelphia tramcar, annoyed at being carried past his destination, fired five revolver…

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Railway Workers Make Protest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE—Carrying banners calling on the Chifley Government to enforce price regulations more strictly and…

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Boy Aged Two Cut Down by Train

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY— A two-year-old boy, Douglas Wayne Archbold, who wandered on the railway line at Roseville, today, was cut down…

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Britain's Great Campaign Eor Road Safety London To Have A Permanent Training Centre With Many Novel Features

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

Mechanical devices are teaching hundreds each day how to keep death off Britain's roads. They are part of an Instructive show for schoolchildren and…

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Proposed Better Deal for Motorists

Western Grazier · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

The proposals for a better deal for Australian motorists laid before the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) by the Australian Automobile Association on…

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"Death Railway" Claims More Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

Bangkok, February 6.—Two persons were killed including the Minister of Information, Mr. Dechatiwong and nineteen seriously injured when a…

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