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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Motor Cycle Films World Championships In Color

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A 45 minutes color reel of the 1951 world motor cycle championships is being filmed this week at Quality…

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Better And Safer Roads Committee's Activities

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 2

On Tuesday the Better and Safer Roads Committee waited on the Mayar (Ald. W. Riddiford) and the City Engineer (Mr. C. Knott) regarding the use of skimps for…

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No Rush for S.a. Train Seats

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 11

When bookings opened at the [?] hide Street Station this morning for seats on the special train to Adelaide on Thursday, April 2, the anticipated rush did not eventuate…

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Adelaide Road Improvement

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 4

The Council Engineer (Mr. Knott) said yesterday that the Department of Main Road[?] was working on the…

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Move for Skimps for Roads

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

On Tuesday the Better and Safer Roads Committee waited on the Mayor (Ald. W. Riddiford), and the City Engineer (Mr. Knott) regarding the use of…

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Adelaide Road Being Surfaced

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

City Council employees have started the tar topdressing of the Adelaide road from the city…

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Motor Cars in Collision

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

A car was turned completely round following a collision at the intersection of Blende and Bromide…

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To Pay £25 Motorist Fined On Three Counts

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

In the Police Court on Saturday morning Henry Thomas Noys was fined £25 on charges of failing…

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Report On The Menindee Road By Better And Safer Roads Committee

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

A member of the Better and Safer Roads Committee went to Menindee over the week-end to inspect the…

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Gravel Roads at South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

City Council workmen will start next Thursday gravel basing roads at South Broken Hill…

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Menindee Road Dangerous

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

"The corrugations on the Menindee Road are shocking and indentations in some cases more than six inches deep," said an official of the Better and Safer Roads Committee, today. The surface had…

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Harbor Bridge Comes Of Age

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

The Sydney Harbor Bridge Pylon Lookout is seeking someone. In Australia who was born closest to the…

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Interest Burden On State Railways Cost Of Concessions And Country Lines

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

In this article the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, examines the financial position of the New South Wales Government Railways and [?] attention to…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist who was involved in a collision with a utility on the South Road at 7.45 o'clock this morning suffered a probable fracture of the left pelvis. The motor cyclist, Robert…

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S.a. Railway Has Eye to Business

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 12

The S.A. Railways General Traffic Manager (Mr. S. B. Harvey) and the Divisional…

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State Railway's Feel Burden of Interest

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 7

Sydney: The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. R. Winsor) states that statutory charges against the railways, including interest and sinking fund contribution,…

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Fatal Road Collision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

Sydney: An Adelaide semitrailer was involved in a collision in which one man was killed and another…

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The Barrier Miner Thursday, March 12, 1953. Making New Roads

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 3

A PROPOSAL of the Better and Safer Roads Committee to use skimps for making better roads in the district is someting of a novelty to ratepayers. But it is a practice…

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Motor Cyclist In Crash

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist suffered a probable fractured pelvis when his vehicle collided with a utility on the South…

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Born Day Bridge Open

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3

An engineer employed at the North Mine (Mr. John Stephen Smith, of 96 Morgan Lane) will write to…

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