Leura Road Worries
Once again attention is drawn to the danger spot at the seat on the "Bridge of Lies." The erosion of earth from the asphalt footpath…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
80 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 4
On the Estimates Some Roads Talk Rates Fixed
Katoomba Council spent several hours at a special meeting on Wednesday night considering the estimates for 1921, Mayor Dash…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tired Trio Try a Goods Train
Aged 16, 17 and 18 respectively, William Goddard, Albert O'Halloran and Joseph BOnner, stood before P.M. Clegg, looking as if they had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Roads Motor Association's Complaint "Everything Possible Done"
With the exception of muttons published elsewhere, the last meeting of the Katoomba Council might be characterised as without incident incident of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advance, Katoomba! Electric Trams Again Advocated Chamber of Commerce Moving
On Monday night, the Katoomba and Leura Chamber of Commerce invited the residents to express their opinions as to whether they wished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Leura Letter St. Alban's Sale of Work Motor Bus Service
Lady Reid and Lady Cook are among the notables visiting Leura at the present time. In the Leura v. Katoomba cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blackheath's Bid Absorbing Unemployed To Get Roads Fit
A full Council sat at Blackheath on Tuesday night. Ald. H. R. Neate (Mayor) was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Jolts
Passengers by the 10.45 train to town on Tuesday received a jolt when the coupling between two of the carriages broke. The thread on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£65,000 Road Loan Paving the Way Engineer's Assistant Appointed
That in view of there being every possibility of the Council obtaining a loan of £65,000 for road construction, an assistant to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scientific Squab Farm Road to Easy Money Via Crescent Lofts
There are two ways of breeding squabs. The one is to buy your parent birds anywhere and at any old price so long as they are cheap, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Men and Co-operation
The following article, which was written by a frequent visitor to Katoomba, and published in the Railway and Tramway Record, on Jan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Katoomba and Elsewhere Railway Arrangements
A deal of censure was hurled at the heads of the railway authorities on Tuesday last, by the season ticket holders, who generally travel to and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Katoomba Trams Ministerial Sympathy But No Cash
Katoomba has declared for an electric tram service. Some day the town will get it, but that time is not apparent yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Katoomba High School Better Train Service Needed
The Katoomba School has been established as a High School to serve the district from Glenbrook to Mt. Victoria. But even with this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy of the 60's Story of the Road Pioneer's Reminiscence
Some 54 years ago, Just a little after the sun had fallon behind the western hills and dusk was deepening, five heavily-laden team came…
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Sir,—Some weeks ago there was published in the Sydney Press, an article of mine, dealing with the potentialities of the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Requirements on the Mountains
At the conclusion of the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, a list of necessary alterations and additions to the present. Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cape-Cairo Railway First Engine Over the Zambesi World's Record Rail Laying
Much has been written about the Cape to Cairo railway, and the difficulties overcome in the construction of it, but it is a doubtful if anyone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unsavoury ! Railway Station Sanitation
Evidence was given at the Katoomba Police Court, before Mr. Clegg, P.M., disclosing carelessness and neglect on the part of A. L. Colbram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Reliability Run
Twenty cars passed through Katoomba to-day on a reliability run from Sydney to Bathurst. No casualties were reported, and though the…
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