Condition Of Adelaide Road
A motorist who inverted the Adelaide road yesterday from Peterborough to Broken Hill reported that it was quite passable with case. He said he…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
963 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 49
Generous Rainfalls Bring Widespread Benefits District Roads Drying Out
The consistent rains which fell over last week-end have given most properties a new lease of life. Surface water has been replenished and a supply of fresh green feed is assured. The only area which did not fare so well was the north-west…
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Sydney, February 9.—A young tramway employee was remanded without hall at Paddington Court today until February 23 on a charge of attempting to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Bike Speedsters On Mile Stretch (To the Editor)
Sir, I beg space in your valuable paper to complain about the motor cycle rats that run the straight mile from Bonanza Street to the Zinc Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mingary Bridge
When he inspacted the Mingary Bridge yesterday the R.A.A. guide found that it was able to take all types of light and light…
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The R.A.A. guide today reported the Adelaide road to have been in use since Friday when light traffic crossed the restored…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Barrier Miner Monday, February 13, 1950 Labor Party and District Roads
THERE is no doubt about the ability of the Labor Party in Broken Hill to thunder indignantly as loudly as the squeal of a mouse—or rat. Floods having seriously affected roads in Broken Hill and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Motor Accidents
A two- year- old girl, Karin Willis, of 658 Lane Street, was injured in a collision between two motor cars in Oxide Street on…
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Traffic to and from Adelaide is once again on the move, with the approaches to the Mingary Bridge restored after being washed out for a week. The R.A.A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Worker Stabbed
Melbourne.—In a quarrel among a number of Yugoslavs employed by the Country Roads Board at Casterton, 220 miles west of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →6 Injured In Bridge Collision
Albury.—A soldier was catapulted over a bridge railing and plunged 25 feet into a creek between Albury and Wodonga by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dash To Stop Train Car On Line Family Hurt In Mountains Accident
Sydney, February 13—Railway official raced against time yesterday to stop a goods train at lawson on the Blue Mountains line, after a car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Fined £5
Before Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., in the Police Court today. Donald Alfred McNeil (41) pleaded guilty to having driven a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Outback Man Wins Motor Car
Sydney.—Fourth prize in the Six Day Art Union, which was drawn yesterday, was won by Mr. P. Collins, of the Imperial Hotel, Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racecourse Road Work
Work was started yesterday on improvements to the road to the racecourse, and they should be completed before the next race…
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Mr. Wetherell M.L.A. is awaiting a reply to representation made to the Minister for Transport regarding the condition of district roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grading Menindee Road
A grader has been operating for the past few days on the Menindee Road repairing the ravages of the recent inclement weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorcyclist Fined £10; Failed To Stop After Accident
For falling to stop after an accident Leslie Greenwood was yesterday fined £7, £2/10/- witness expenses and 10/- cants by Mr, E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further Rain In S.A. Disrupts Railway Traffic Washaways Near Peterborough, But Express Leaves
Although heavy rains in South Australia on Thursday night caused washaways on the South Australian railway line the Adelaide express left last night and latest advice from the R.A.A. guide states that road traffic is able to negotiate the…
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Sydney.—A couple married at Rozelle Presbyterian Church on Saturday had a full Scottish pipe band to pipe them from the church…
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