Commissioner W. A. Webb departs, and C. B. Anderson is the new Railways Commissioner. The Melbourne Express loses its dining car 'Adelaide' as the hard times bite in. Now Central Australia, with its new railway, has become so respectable, as a tourist destination, that even ladies are welcome. Train Controllers have Sunday mornings off - cost cutting or a desire to involve the Almighty in the safer working of the system? Environmental issues emerge with a prohibition on the transportation of sandalwood.
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- Eudunda, Spalding, Moonta, and Strathalbyn lines. Lubricating oil requirements, for Rx, Q, and S class engines, and 700 class engines other than Spalding.
- By Laws signatory shows that W. A. Webb is Acting Railways Commissioner.
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- Commendation to Storeman W. W. Rawlins re First Aid rendered to passengers in recent accident near Callington on 27th December.
- Murray Bridge to Mount Lofty - push engine arrangements.
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- Toopoora (Buckleboo line) - open 27th January.
- Bowden - colour light signalling.
- Railways Garden Competition - Championship prize - Bordertown.
- Wilmington line - passenger and freight timetables.
- Brighton line - working of freight sidings at Edwardstown, Oaklands and Brighton.
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- Trains approaching Mount Lofty - instructions for divided trains.
- Central Australian Line - instructions.
- Port Augusta - Quorn - timetable changes.
- Belair service - passenger motor timetable.
- Serviceton line - engines loads for 600, 700, and 710 class with booster
- Pinnaroo line - loads for 700 class engines.
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- Commendation to Mr. T. Doyle, Junior Clerk, Alberton, for suggesting that Public Libraries and coastal boats be supplied with copies of 'Railway Facts'.
- Railway Road Motor Ambulance - instructions.
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- Islington - three-position signalling.
- Oaklands - three-position signalling.
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- Morgan line - passenger loads for 700 and 720 class engines.
- Serviceton - express freight - timetable.
- Quorn - Stuart passenger service.
- Marino - three-position signalling
- Warning gong - Oaklands - wig-wag installed Tapleys Hill Road.
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- Gladstone line - hours of stations.
- Kadina to Brinkworth - train order signals.
- Yacka to Gladstone - train order signals.
- Riverton station - three-position signalling and track diagram.
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- Bowden - Woodville - colour light signals., with track diagram of Bowden.
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- Trans Australian Railway - normal services resumed.
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- Mile End Junction - signal changes re Glenelg line signals.
- Kilkenny to Alberton - colour light signals with diagrams.
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- Osborne - level crossing protection.
- Bruce - unattended station from 1st May.
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- Farewell to the Railways Commissioner, Mr. W. A. Webb. On Friday, May 9th, at 5.10 p.m., a meeting will be held in the Railway Institute Hall, to say farewell to Mr. Webb, and all who can be present are cordially invited to attend.
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- Central Australian Railway - alteration to service.
- Bruce - train-order signal thrown out of use.
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- Commendation and bonus to Mr. A. N. Pye, Engineer of Tests, Islington, and Mr. F. W. Byrne, Assistant Chemist, Islington re the manufacture of 'Antifoam' for use on locomotives.
- Railcar trailers equipped for horse transport - instructions.
- Tailem Bend - signals and interlocking.
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- Mr. S. H. Watson - appointed Acting General Superintendent.
- Pinnaroo - Ouyen train service.
- Trans Australian Railway - charge for hire of Special Service Car No. 1.
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- Mr. W. A. Webb's Farewell Message.
- Commendation to Electrical Fitter. C. Bannister, for suggesting that a portable telephone for Control circuit be part of the Hospital Car equipment.
- Transport of horses by railcar trailers - instructions
- Tailem Bend - signalling.
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- Warning gongs - Woodville, Dudley Park, Osborne, Kapunda, Clarence Park, Riverton, Tarlee, Blackwood, Nairne.
- Glenelg lines - cancel instructions re warning gongs.
- Tailem Bend - signals and interlocking with diagram
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- Adelaide Station - platform 2 - train departure indicator.
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- Coonawarra - sheep ramp erected
- Tours to Central Australia - nominations being accepted from persons (including ladies) desiring to make the tour.
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- Sleeping car 'Wandana' - temporarily withdrawn, and Car 114, with accommodation for four women and six men, will be used as sleeper between Port Lincoln and Thevenard.
- Kybybolite - combines sheep and cattle yards.
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- Couplings of broad gauge cars - must always be open when coupled to a car with draw hook.
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- Outer Harbour Line - timetable changes.
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- Spalding lines - load for Rx class engines.
- Gladstone Refreshment Rooms provide accommodation for the travelling public.
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- Dining Car 'Adelaide' withdrawn from traffic from 1st August.
- Railway Road Motor Ambulance.
- Islington Works - passenger motor - timetable.
- Milang line - freight timetable.
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- Dry Creek- Salisbury - three-position signalling.
- Balhannah - large engines may work on Mount Pleasant line for sidetracking or shunting.
- Serviceton line - timetables.
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- Minnipa - combined sheep and cattle yards.
- Milang - engine loads for Rx class.
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- Trains working between Glanville and Semaphore - instructions.
- Warning gongs - Manoora, and Tarlee.
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- Woodside - closed as an attended station.
- Kilburn - formerly Chicago.
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- 'Remember that when you're in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you're in the wrong you can't afford to lose it.' This was the last of the homilies that were a feature of the front page of Weekly Notices for most of the Webb era.
- Central Australian Line - timetable. (Now refers to Alice Springs as terminus.)
- Dry Creek station - operation for switches.
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- Pinnaroo - Ouyen line - timetables.
- Buckleboo line - timetable.
- Silverton siding (Silverton Tramway) - staff withdrawn from 1st September.
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- Adelaide - train control office closed on Sunday mornings.
- Penola and Kalangadoo - signals and working.
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- Brakevans adapted for use as trailers for railcars.
- Railcar movements and instructions re conditional stops and making up time.
- Railway Road Motor Ambulance.
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- Abolition of position of General Superintendent.
- Westinghouse Air Hose Pipes must be disconnected before uncoupling.
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- Gawler - signalling.
- Eurelia and Hammond - unattended stations.
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- Commendation to Mr. P. J. Flaherty, Station Master, Burra, for suggestion that publicity be given to the Railways through the medium of the 'Children's Hour' which is published by the Education Department.
- Sandalwood. The Sandalwood Act provides that no sandalwood may be removed from any land. Sandalwood is also known as Bitter Peach and Smooth Stone Quandong.
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- Eurelia and Hammond - train-order signals thrown out of use.
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- Thevenard line - timetable changes.
- Railway Refreshment Rooms - instructions re Murray Bridge and Mount Barker.
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- Commencing with this issue of Weekly Notices, the reader should have magnifying glasses, as the print size is reduced, (we assume) in the desperate hope of keeping the cost to a minimum.
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- Adelaide Station - three-position signalling and diagram.
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- Broken Hill line - extra trains - timetables.
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- Train Order working - Kadina to Moonta - commencing 15th December.
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- Amalgamation of Road Motors Branch with General Traffic Manager's Branch.
- Two Wells - closing as an attended station.
- Penong - closing as an attended station, 1 January 1931.
- Rudall - opened as an attended station - 9th January 1931.
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