Reinforced Concrete Roads. Their Economy and Utility
Now that Councils have extended powers, the following interesting article, on the above subject, from the pen of R. L. Bendall, is taken from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
72 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 4
An All-in Fight. Trouble Over a Motor Car. Putting the Boot In
The last anniversary of Australia's natal day wound up in a manner which will be memorable to at least two persons who were present at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackheath Council. Main Roads Grant. Works Overseer Wanted
Ald. Neate (Mayor) presided oer a full Council meeting last Tuesday night, there being present Alderman Shoppard, Michell, Rodriguez,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Katoomba Council. Correspondence and Finance Road-making Plant
Tuesday's meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council was fully attended, the Mayor (Ald. J. Allan) Presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Curse. Bleeding the Country
That the aldermen of Katoomba, aspecially those who were defeated because they refused to use the ratepayers' money for the conventionce of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blue Mountains Shire. Road-making Difficulties
Councillors Walker, Savage, Wilson, Skarratt, Chapman, Medcalf, Wall and Dash were present at the last meeting of the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Railway Crossings. Council Again Moving. Both Bugbears
The now Council is wise in getting in early on the above wrongs that for years Mountaineers have been endeavoring in vain to right. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Spirit. Cheap and Effective Fuel. for Mountain Motor Men
The enormous expansion of the motor-car industry in America and the cheapness of transport in that country may be ascribed mainly to…
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Sir,—It seems a rather regret table fact that private enterprise is now rather at a discount in this and perhaps other States of Australia. If…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mountain Cycling. Esgate Wins Road Race
Last Saturday's road event by the Katoomoba and District Cycle Club proved two things, that the newly-formed club has early found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Squabs! Competency in Pigeons. Road to Easy Money
When theo call came from the Chief, I found him toying with a card hold in his right hand. "I want you," he said, "to pay a visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mails and Rails. Letters That Crawl. Another Railway Trouble
There is such an institution as the "paper" train. It is scheduled to arrive at Katoomba at 7.40 a.m. The "paper" train is a very fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blue Mountains Road. Midst Bloodwood and Bluegum. and Pure Air Sweetness
After the manseating and, at times, loathsome writing of the section of scribes selected to steer the Smith sheet to suit their own ends, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Squabs! Competency in Pigeons Road to Easy Money
WHEN the call came from the Chief, I found him toying with a card held in his right hand, "I want you," he said, "to pay a visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Curving Road. Life and Death. and the Man Between
When the traveller who takes the road for Jenolan Caves arrives safely at his imagination, he is either without imagination or unblessed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bluffs That Lost. Railway Passengers' Dodges. a Discomfited Digger
When the ordinary taxpayer breasts the ticket window and pays the recently imposed 20 per cent. increase on railway fares, he does so with that bovine resignation that is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway for Katoomba Would it be Beneficial? a Negative Note
Mr. E. Brown, M.A., of Katoomba street, writes:— It is said that there is wisdom in a multitude of Councillors, but, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Katoomba Tramways. Should They he Constructed a Correspondents View
"Poor but Respectable”writes:— When [?] first read Mr. Brown’s letter in your issue of May 7, under the heading “Tramway for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Katoomba Cyclists Longer Road Races
Ald. Soper presided at the meeting of the Katoomba District Cycle and Motor Cycle Club, held at Blanchard's rooms on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Western Road Big Scheme Projected Over 140 Miles
Is it within the region of practicability to convert the Great Western Road from its present nerveshaking and axle-breaking condition…
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