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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

WEEKLY NOTICES

1911

Interim listing

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2	Western System - lengthening of wheat sidings at Paskeville, Saints, Bowmans, and Kybunga and crossing siding at Bowmans. Sending crane chains and slings to Glanville for testing - instructions.
3	Tintinara - new passing siding Melton - crossing siding Melbourne Express to stop at Balhannah on Sundays. Victor Harbour and Milang lines - permissive block working. Clapham - train wheels to be spragged whilst engine shunts around train. Duck Ponds (Port Lincoln line) open. Adelaide and Mitcham - engine loads.
4	Culburra - new siding Goolwa - arrangements for shunting between Goolwa Junction station and wharf, and no longer restricted to G class and H class engines.
5	Broken Hill Express - loads for S class engines. Victor Harbour and Hindmarsh Bridge - working by tramcar. Minvalara (Quorn line) - new siding open.
6	Orroroo - triangle Puggarees - will be supplied, on application, to all staff with uniforms. Dewson - formerly Culburra (South line). Gepp's Cross - fares to.
7	Sleeping car diagrams - instructions for Porters. Tintinara - goods siding. Stationmaster classification and list of stations in each class. Rates of pay for railway employees.
8	Strathalbyn - signal changes. Medhurst's Siding (Glencoe line) - open
9	Electric Staff Block instruments Mount Lofty, Aldgate, and Bridgewater and instructions for operation. Islington - audible distant signal operated with an explosive cartridge.
10	Tintinara and Dewson - catchpoints operated by cheeseknobs.
11	Permissive Block working - instructions.
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13	Sleeping and lavatory car no 174 (narrow-gauge) - description "Mann" boudoir cars named "Hindmarsh","Latrobe", "Willochra" and "Broughton". Sleeping cars renamed. "Adelaide" now "Torrens", "Wolseley" now "Finniss", "Melbourne" now "Loddon", "Ballarat" now "Glenelg". Telford - formerly Leigh's Creek coal siding. Mile End Railway Yard - instructions.
14	Clapham - sprags provided and instructions for use. Lameroo - 3 ton crane. Dewson and Ki Ki - not yet open for goods traffic. Cannawigra - switches in main line. Nilpena - sheep yards.
15	Lighting lamps in carriages. Transfer of employees to or from Commonwealth service.
16	Hammond - sheep and cattle yards Serviceton - three wire stretchers are provided as sleeping accommodation for guards. Melbourne Express - schedule of engine loads. First aid rendered by railways employees commended by "The Advertiser" on 3rd April re injuries to Mr Lawrence Mulroney who was run over by a waggon and "terribly injured".
17	Dry Creek - track arrangement in relation to duplication from Islington to Gawler. Cannawigra - switches in main line. Post Office and Telegraph work now removed from Tailem Bend, Lameroo, Pinnaroo, and Monarto South. Crossing and Proceed Orders for assisting engines. Discovery of remains of aboriginal natives etc. - instructions when discovered on Crown Lands.
18	Goolwa - engine working and track diagram Minvalara - permissive block station. Parilla - 3 ton crane. Edillilie and Yeelanna (Port Lincoln line) - caretakers. Height and width loading - diagrams of of broad and narrow gauge. Monteith, Ki-Ki, Dewson, and Cannawigra open for traffic. Cooke's Plains, Coomandook, Tintinara, and Wirrega - trains may cross. Uniform Badges. Staff have been supplied with "S.A.R". badges, and also badges of "Porter", "Guard", etc.
19	McLaren's Railway Patent Footwarmers - instructions.
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21	Pinnaroo - engine loads Post and telegraph work removed from the following - Hanson, Olary, Mount Bryan, Callington, Roseworthy, Bruce. Leigh creek sheep and cattle yard Broken Hill Express - horse boxes must not be attached.
22	Seppelt's - instructions. Bridgewater - post and telegraph work removed. Hookina - sheep yards Willaston - parcels traffic must not be sent to tram terminus. Visit of Sousa's band to Adelaide - excursion tickets
23	Monteith, Ki Ki, Dewson, Cannawirga - instructions. Angaston line - take-outs. Kybybolite - caretaker Chateau Tanunda - private siding and intended for horse traction only. Railway Gardens and Station Yards Gardens Competition - Commissioner has decided to award prizes annually.
24	Coronation Day - flags to be flown at all stations. Willaston - worked by shunt engines and not ordinary trains. Glenelg line - loads for M class engines. Belair Road Crossing (Blackwood - Belair) - telephone located in crossing-keeper's house. Henley Beach line - instructions. Bowden station yard signals. His Majesty The King's Coronation, Thursday June 22nd - excursion tickets Gawler station - signals North Adelaide - signals. Yacka - instructions for working ballast siding.
25	Stationmasters - new design of winter uniform being issued. Mitcham - engine loads. Wharfage - the wharfage on corpses and dogs, is corpses 2 shillings each, and dogs three pence each.
26	Permissive block - instructions and list of train record book stations. Woodville - loco siding.
27	Yacka - ballast siding working. Angaston line - arrangements for mails.
28	Seppelts - stationmaster appointed. Port Adelaide - Glanville. Shunt engines. Henley Beach line - instructions. Yacka - ballast pit. Murray Bridge - arrangements for clarifying water for carriages. Engine No, 161 - load at Port Adelaide. Coomandook - passenger platform.
29	Henley Beach line - arrangements for parcels Mile End Junction Signal Cabin - thrown out of use. Ulooloo station yard signals. Ambulance cars - instructions re both broad and narrow gauge cars. 24 hours clear notice must be given. Empty ink bottles to be returned and Comptroller advised of numbers.
30	Morgan - arrangements re fish traffic. Yx class engines - loads between Petersburg and Paratoo. North Gawler - goods to be sent to Willaston.
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32	Melbourne Express - up and down trains not to cross at Cooke's Plains, Coomandook, Tintinara, and Wirrega. Pintschs' Gas - instructions re gassing of brakevans. Mortuary Car - operation on north line passenger trains. Assisting engines in middle of train - practice not acceptable. Mount Lofty - signals.
33	Firewood - instructions re quantity needed to light up boilers.
34	Croydon station - block working.
35	Dewson - trains to stop for passengers. Monteith, Ki Ki, Dewson, and Cannawigra - opening. Largs - signals and interlocking. Angaston line open 9th September. Timetable, and engineloads.
36	North Gawler - formerly Willaston. Adelaide Station - signals.
37	Western System - maximum speeds. Solomontown - passenger and mixed trains will stop from 11th September. Angaston line - engine loads.
38	Bagot's Well - crossing trains. Pinnaroo and Serviceton trains - destination boards issued. Mile End - not open for parcels traffic. Blythwood - all Clapham trains must now stop at. Keith - cattle yards erected. Pinnaroo - sheep yards erected. Booleroo Centre - sheep and cattle yards. Letter of congratulations from His Excellency, The Governor, in relation to his railway journeys in South Australia.
39	Port Adelaide and Corporation Wharf - shunting Port Wakefield - signals. Cockburn - catch siding. Rowland's Flat - instructions re trains stopping. Port Adelaide - shunting lambs to the freezing works.
40	Engine 161 - loads.
41	Yarcowie - three ton crane Engine bogie truck (for transferring narrow gauge engines over broad gauge) - weight when loaded, with list of narrow-gauge engine classes. Torrens Bridge Junction - signals and interlocking. Guards - rates of pay according to type of train worked.
42	Keith - closure of ballast siding near Gawler tramway - instructions. Cockburn - catch siding. Cooke's Plains - sheep yards.
43	Henley Beach line - renaming of stations. Grangeville - formerly Cross Roads. Seaton - formerly Golf Club House. Weighing of mails to determine gross weight of mail matter carried over South Australian Railways.
44	Angaston station - barrier system. Broken Hill Express - instructions re train from Adelaide to Terowie, including parlour car to have observation end trailing. All carriages will be lit by "Stones" electric light. Seaton - arrangements for goods. Mail arrangements, North and South lines. Angaston - sheep and cattle yards, and weighbridge. Wolseley - 5 ton crane Mile End Junction - signals. Morgan line - schedule of engine loads.
45	Grangeville - crossbar signal. Compo. bogie brakevans - some now fitted with "Stone's'" electric light. Mail Arrangements - North and South lines. Cheltenham - block working. Double engine working. Angaston and Morgan line trains - instructions re marshalling from Adelaide, and uncoupling at Gawler. Port Pirie. Port Pirie South station closed. Solomontown not open for parcels. Tramway fares - Moonta system, Gawler, Victor Harbour tramway.
46	Great Northern Line - employees' sleeping vans. Morgan line - crossing of trains. Salisbury - signals Broken Hill Express - instructions. North Gawler - shunting arrangements. Angaston - five ton crane. Seppelts - returns no longer to be sent to Freeling.
47	Lyndhurst - removal of post and telegraph work. Pintsch's gas in carriages - instructions. Middleton - instructions re stopping express. Westinghouse air-brake instructions.
48	Gordon - permissive block station Croydon - post and telegraph station opened Fares - method of computing for passengers travelling from country to suburban destination.
49	Glanville - curves too sharp for six-wheel vans. South Australian Railways Band - correspondence will be carried free. Wallaroo Jetty - trains to stop to allow passengers to join from Adelaide Steamship Company's boats. Keith and Lameroo - sheep yards erected. Melbourne Express - stopping at Callington and Nairne. Double engine working Protection of native birds - instructions re transit of such. Down mail specials to Serviceton must not interfere with up passenger trains.
50	Broken Hill Express - free seats in Parlour Car only to those holding passes. Solomontown - express to stop at. Yacka - Y class engines may work to ballast pit. Sutherlands - 5 ton crane.
51	Littlehampton station signals. South Hummocks to Kadina - 40 lb plant has been removed. Dry Creek to Salisbury - double line working from 18th December. Blackwood - goods shed completed. Lucindale - post and telegraph facilities removed
52	Saltia - quarry siding removed Sleep's Hill Quarry - instructions. South line - loads for engines between Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend; Ki Ki and Coomandook.