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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Motor Cycle Notes

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 4

All competitive members of the Silver City Motor Cycle Club who wish to attend the Mildura meeting on…

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Motor Cycle News Local Rider's Success At Sydney

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

Roy Thomas, former local rider who left to take up speedway work, leaves for England on January 16 , on…

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Tibooburra Aerodrome Graded

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

The Tibooburra aerodrome, which has been closed to all aircraft except the Flying Doctor plane since…

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Aerodrome is Closed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 5

The Tibooburra aerodrome, which has been closed to all traffic except the Flying Doctor plane, cannot…

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Aerodrome is Closed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 5

The Tibooburra aerodrome, which has been closed to all traffic except the Flying Doctor plane, cannot…

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Tram Driver Charged

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

Sydney.—George Wilson Reynolds (27), a tram driver, of Maroubra, was charged in Redfern Court…

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Tram Driver Charged

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

Sydney.—George Wilson Reynolds (27), a tram driver, of Maroubra, was charged in Redfern Court…

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Train To Alice Delayed

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

Adelaide, January 11.—The passenger train from Quorn to Alice Springs was held up for a day at…

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30 Stranded on Railway

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

Adelaide.—About 30 passengers on the Port Augusta-Alice Springs train are spending a day of waiting at Finke today while railwaymen anxiously watch the…

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Road Victim Dies

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 8

Orange— Robert Curtis (25), of Murdoch Street, Cremorne, who was injured in a motor accident near…

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Punishment For Train Escape

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

London, Jan. 11.—Prague Radio announced last night that one man had been sentenced to death, another to…

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Speed Held Cause of Most Deaths on Roads

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

Sydney, January 12.—The Chief of the Traffic Bureau, Superintendent W. E. Salmon, said that police…

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30 Stranded on Train at the Finke

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

Adelaide-Thirty north-bound passengers are still stranded on the Alice Springs train at the Finke railway crossing. A stretch of water nearly 100 yards wide…

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Summary of Annual Report Of N.S.W. Railways

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Railways Kept B.h. From Thirst

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

Sydney— Broken Hill's supply of water from the Darling, carried by train part of the way, was an achievement of which the railways may be proud…

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Motorists Pay More Than £50 Fines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 8

More than £50 was collected in fines and costs in the Court of Petty Sessions today from motorists who did not observe the "Halt" sign at the intersection of…

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No Tram Strike in Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 5

Melbourne— Stoppages at Melbourne tram and bus depots in the Australia Day holiday week were averted by decisions at a meeting of 500 tramway men…

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Train Passes Over Woman

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Sydney, Jan. 13—A woman lay between the railway lines at Birrong station, near Bankstown, yesterday…

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Melbourne Tram And Bus Strike May Be Avoided

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Melbourne, Jan. 13—Lightning stoppages at Melbourne tram and bus depots in the Australia Day holiday week…

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Wilcannia Motorist Given Bond

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Hall Sti[?]endiary Magistrate presided over the Wilcannia Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when Everard Thomas Haves was charged with driving under the…

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