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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
817 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 41
BRISBANE.âMost of the 19,000 rail workers who returned to work yesterday were told that they would not be required until further notice, the Railways Commissioner (Mr. Maloney) said today. He said they were the men who had been stood down because of lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A special public meeting has been called for next Friday night to form a preliminary committee to deal with the subject of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REPRESENTATIVES of six separate bodies met at the Catholic Club, to protest against the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY.—An unidentified man was cut to pieces by an electric train when he fell from No. 3 platform at Town Hall Station. Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane, March 2.—A freight train of five coal hoppers carrying 100 tons of coal and a brakevan, but without a loco, broke loose on the steep down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, March 2.—Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles are to be increased by 15 per cent from April 19. Announcing this today the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AIRMAIL PICTURE of M. Klement Gottwald, C[?]echoslovakia's Communist Premier, who has assured peasants he will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE.—A strike by transshipping workers at Wolseley railyards has caused suspension of some traffic to the South-East…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HOBART.—Dragged by a train, Aubrey Thomas Crick, a young man, was killed instantly at Hobart ailway station yards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE.—To assist emergency transport during the rail strike the Queensland Government has lifted road transport tax on many essential goods. Today it lifted completely the tax of 3d. a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York. March 3.—Uruguay is buying British-owned railways in the country. A sale agreement with Britain, under which Uruguay will pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Of all the bad roads in the district let "The Western Grazier" introduce you to the worst—it is the road connecting Wilcannia and Wanaaring…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From a recent Federal Hansard: Mr. J. J. Clark: In view of the very great importance of motor transport in Australia, will the Prime Minister give…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Town Infants' School Mothers' Club held a preliminary meeting at the school on February 12, when only urgent business was proceeded with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor (Aid. P. Rowe) has called a public meeting in the Town Hall tonight to form a committee to investigate the possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The death of Mrs. Agnes Adeline Moore, age 75, occurred at the Hospital last night. She was the widow of Mr. George Moore, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tamworth, March 7—Walter Henry Conlan (47), was cut in halves when he was run over by a train on a loop line about 100 yards from Qurindi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two accidents on Saturday night resulted in four men being admitted to Hospital. Three were involved in motor cycle collisions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney, March 7,—An unidentified young woman was killed instantly tonight when she fell in front of an electric train as it was pulling into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE.—Police guarded a meeting of 200 members of the Storemen and Packers' Union in Brisbane Trades Hall today. If the union supports the ban on Shell petrol…
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