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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Katoomba Bridge Plan Accepted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

Mr. Hudson, Divisional Engineer for Railways, has been busy for some time past surveying and otherwise investigating schemes to…

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For Motor Ambulance Sports and Dancing Pyrotechnics at Night

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

It is not within the power of man to command success. He can deserve it, and Mr. W. Gordon Dugan and his co-workers and the…

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Great Western Road

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

If the recent visit of Federal Ministers is to be of any practical value to the Mountains it should result from personal experience of the Great Western Road and representations thereon made by those who are qualified to do so. All other matters fade away…

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President Wilson's Plea for Main Road Earle Page Impressed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

On return for his Western tour of inspection, the Hon. the Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page, batted at Lawson, at th invitation…

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Main Western Road

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 3

Sir George Fuller, State Premier, has consented to receive a deputation on the Great Western Road, so far as that artery affects the…

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"Absolutely Farcical" Main Roads Grant

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

Katoomba Council's portion of the Main Roads grant for the current year is £140. This fact was softly broken to council on Tuesday…

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Roads v. Parks Urban Committee's Project Meets with Dessent

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

A Special meeting of the committee of the Springwood and District Progress Association wits held in the Springwood School of Arts on…

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Motor Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 3

A motor, like a human, must have a healthy flow of oil to function properly. See that you have a steady—flow of good oil to all…

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Railway Working Safety and Efficiency

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 3

From time to time the traveller sees drawn up near some country centre railway cars bearing the legend "Railway and Tramway…

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Motorists and Gardeners

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

Who rub Q-Tol well into the hands before starting work can dispense with gloves. Dirt does not get below the surface and the hands…

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Great Western Road Definite Objective Wanted Elecventh-hour Conference

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

This morning Katoomba Council met by special call to consider two matter of vital importance, viz., the Great Western Road and the local…

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Railway Extension

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 1

Mr. Fitzpatrick advices that the work of completion of the Broken Hill-Condobolin line is to be started at once, arrangements having been…

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Blackheath Bridge

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 1

At the last meeting of Council Engineer Swindlchurst called attention to the argent need of repairing the approach to the everhead bridge,…

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Great Western Road

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 3

Sir,—The fal[?]re of the dap[?]tation to receive a de[?]ite reply form the Premier was only to be expected when one roads the report…

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Expert Views Figures that Talk Main Western Road

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

The following extracts from Ald. H. Kelly's written report on which he based his address at Tuesday's Blue Mountains' deputation to the…

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Concrete Road Over Mountains Influential Deputation Puts Case Before Premier

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 1

A large, representative deputation, organised by the three Mountains local governing bodies, on Tuesday waited on the Premier, Sir…

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Road Grants

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 7

Mr. Arthur G. Manning, M.P., advises that, amongst other proposals submitted by the New South Wales Government for the construction of…

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Alleged Embezzlement Motorman Charged

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

Stewart Gibbs, of Mosman, formerly a motor driver in the employ of Harold Gates, motor proprietor, of Katoomba, failed to appear at the…

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The Overhead Bridge Departmental Dictum Railway to Pay Half

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Whilst the turning of the first sod of the long-promised over-head bridge at Katoomba may yet be far distant, it is pleasing to note that…

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Got Their Backs Up Regulating Motor Traffic

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 1

Owing to the extent of Katoomba's motor traffic, the necessity for regulating it becomes more insistent every day. In order to get it under…

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