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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Tramway Converts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

A party of tramway men, members of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Christian Union, paid a visit to the district last week for the purpose of…

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Tram Service

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

WHILE the Lord Mayor is advocating gigantic but highly necessary schemes, involving the expenditure of half-a-million of money at a time for the purpose of relieving the…

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Mishap at Railway Station

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

This town was startled at the beginning of the week by an announcement in a city paper that a railway accident, occasioning £200 damages, had occurred at Katoomba…

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Mt Victoria Motor Service

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

An announcement, in our advertising columns, to the effect that Cooper's Grand Hotel Motoring and Coaching Line is catering for the rapid and…

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New Line of Motors

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

Messrs Holdship and Craig, Ltd, are the booking agents for new line of motor cars, trading under the title of "The Mountain Touring Cars," The new line runs to all the…

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Enlarging the Railway Hotel. Mrs Gearin's Enterprise

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 6

Another strong indication of the material progress of Kaloomba is to be found in the proposed extensive additions and alterations to Mrs Gearin's…

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A Motor Tour

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 4

There is no greater motoring enthusiast on the Mountains than Mr A. Seller, the well-known dentist, and it is doubtful if he has a peer at the wheel…

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