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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Road Wanted Open Up 3000 ACRES

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 8

During the early part of September Mr. Salter (valuer for Blue Mountain Shire) reported upon an area of 3000 acres in the Parish of…

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Railway Service Mountaineers' Needs Deputation Makes Requests

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 3

Katoomba and Leura Chamber of Commerce has again taken the initiative in bringing Mountains railway requirements under the notice of…

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The Road Race Medcalf Wins

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 2

When the pistol cracked on Saturday afternoon, a few minutes after 3.30, quite a crowd had collected to witness the road race between Bert…

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Western Roads Patchwork Policy Condemned Blackheath and £10,000 LOAN

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 4

Blackheath Council has before it a scheme for the borrowing of £10,000 for road improvement purpose. The suggestion comes from…

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Leura's Bridge

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 4

Leura death-trap bridge has been the subject of much controversy with the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. H. S. Relton and A. F. Hunyan…

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Example in Good Roads

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 4

Engineer Kelly will have an opportunity of exercising his abilities, and at the same time providing an example for the future, in good…

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At Last! Woodford's Bridge Gay Opening Ceremony

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 3

Woodford was on fete last Saturday, the occasion being the official opening ceremony of the new over-head bridge lending from the main…

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Keep Country Going Need for Development Completing Railway System

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 7

No one knows better than the residents of country districts the great need for the fullest possible development in this State to help make up…

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Wanted—an Aerodrome

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 4

In extending good wishes to the Show Society, at Monday's meeting, Mr. H. Kelly, Council's engineer, stressed the urgent necessity of…

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A Full Circle On Business Bent Shipley Road Loan

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 3

Mayor Neate presided over a full council on Tuesday evening…

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Skidding West The Watery Way Motorists' Experiences

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 1

It was the bad luck of Messrs. Stevens and Bolton, of the Western Agency Co., Katoomba, to strike the deluge when it was at lis worst inst…

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The Eternal Roads Engineer's Worries

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 5

Some Interesting facts were disclosed by Engineer Wikner, of the B.M. Shire, in a report to the Council re road making…

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