Blue Mountains Shire The Mountains Quota Main Roads Vote
Once more every chair held on accupant at the last meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, as Cr. Thos. Savage, recently re-elected,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1920
72 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 3 of 4
An American Way. Sand Dunes and Asphalt. Make Good Roads
The following experiment, tried with great satisfaction in Woodrow Wilson's land, might be worthy a trial in our land of worthless roads. The article is called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway "Touts"
Dear Sir,—I would like to draw attention, through your columns, to a pernicious practice at Katoomba Railway Station, viz., the "touting"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Anomalies Effort to Remove C. OF C. ACTS
The K. and L. Chamber of Commerce does no intend to accept as unaltorable the barassing a[?] that exist in the Mountains railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Improvements
It won't be long before the railway authorities issue their new time-table for the Mountains. Once that is out the chances to office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn Train Robbery Arrest at Lawson Remanded to Sydney
Sidney Colton, allas Dutchy (31), was booked for Sydney on Monday, when he appeared at the Katoomba police Court before Mr. Foster J.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trams for Katoomba Inducing Permanent Population O. OF C. to Act
Tho Council of the Katoomba and Loura Chambor of commerce is convinced that a tram service at Katoomba would induce a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Golden Future Mountains' Onward March Significant Railway Figures
Does the full siguificance of the wonderful asset Nature has given us in the Blue Mountains, strike us? It is within fact to state that most of us do net fully realise it. The reason for the condition is natural cough, for, after all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horatius Holds the Bridge History of Hard Fact The Veteran Scores
Mr. Forde presents his compliments to the Editor of the "Echo." and Would crave space to remove an erroneous impression caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Esbank Railway Picnic At Bonnie Blackheath in Golden Sunshine
Over two thousand happy picnickers made Blackheath their rendezvous on Monday, and the Clerk of the Weather, being in a jovial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers
The committee responsible for the very successful district railway picnic, reported elsewhere in this issue were:—President, Mr. J. Wallace;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coming to Earth Mountains Aerodrome Looking for a Site
The aeroplane has come to stay, and the Blue Mountains must be in the scheme. In order to meet the inevitable, Cr. Wilson has started…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Grievance
A meeting of the Springwood branch of the A.L.P. was held on Thursday, 14th instant. There was a good attendance, and important…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those Railway Crossings Commissioners Sitting Back Waiting for Council
Katoomba's dangerous and inconvenient lovel railway crossing will be replaced by an overhead bridge, and the menace of Leura's overbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Plant at Last a Belated Decision
Katoomba Town Council has awakened, and, at long, last, has decided on taking a definite step towards the acquiring of the much-talked of and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Road Race
At a meeting of local wheelmen held in Blanchard's rooms on Friday night, it was decided to hold a 6-mile road race (a double run to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the Carter Goods Train at Lawson
Facilities for taking delivery of goods at Lawson railway station have not always been of the best. Many heavy parcels of goods, such as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the Times Catering for the Public Hotel Railway
What was good enough for Katoomba ten years back is either behind the times now, or getting that way. It is no use blinking that fact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Travel To Include Katoomba Aerodrome Prospects
The day is coming when aerodromes will be as common as cab ranks. It might be a long time ahead, but that day is on its way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Race Herrett Rides Well
Last Saturday's weather was not the best for road racing, hence the rather poor muster that faced the starter for the 10-mile run of the…
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