Main Roads Grants Should Engineers Get Commission?
At last meeting of Blackheath Council, the following letter was received from the local Government Association:—…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
113 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 5 of 6
Bitumen for Roads Stood the Test of Time
In a recent article, under the heading of "Country Roads," it was suggested that a more general recognition of bitumen for road making in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Main Roads Their Construction Will the Board Do It?
It seems possible that the Main Roads Board will vary its present policy of advising and financing local Councils in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'A Clumsy Case" Old Railway Ticket P.M. Takes Serious View
At Katoomba Police Court on Tuesday, Vivian Kirk, of Bell, pleaded guilty to a charge of travelling by rail from Strath[?]eld to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Satisfied With Main Roads Board Tribute by President
The harmony which prevails in the Shire Council was further evidenced at Wednesday's meeting President Wilson said he had visited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposal from Main Roads Board Wishes Council to Borrow £20,000 Is Municipality Protected from all Contingencies Animated Debate in Council
Under the act whereby it is constituted the Main Roads Board has on power to borrow money; but section an provides for Local…
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Const. J. J. Fogarty in charge of the Lawson Police Station, has notified the Shire, Council that he has located two witness to the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blackheath Roads Aldermen Anxious. Electricity Overdraft
If Superstition is to be relied upon, the residents of Wentworth Street, Blackheath, should have felt their ears burning while the Council Blackheath Council has adopted the following recommendation of the Town Clerk:—That in connection with the question of temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Leura's Bridge What Is the Position?
At Tuesday's meeting of Katoomba Council, a communication was received from Hon. J. F. Coates, M.L.C., Honorary Minister, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opposition to Railway
An application was received at last meeting of the Blackheath Council from the Gagool Country Transports Co., for permission to run a…
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Engineer C. E. Todd has almost completed his plan of the Great Western Road for the Municipality of Blackheath, as required by the Main…
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The Publicity and Advertising Manager, Railway Department writes:— Whoever supplied the particulars…
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The Railway Department announces that, commencing with the summer issue of the time-table on October 25, there will be a Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Deviation at Lapstone President Wilson States a Case Cogent Defence of Work of Main Roads Board Reply to Criticism of R.A.C.A.
Recently the Royal Automobile Club of Australia had some hard things to say of the deviation, at Lapstone, now in course of…
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Just after 5 on Sunday afternoon, a motor car and a motor cycle met in a head-on collision on the Bathurst Road, in the vicinity of the…
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For some considerable time past, the residents of the Mount Iryine Road have been doing much on thier own account towards the…
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A professor in the physiological department of the University of Chicago has just fasted 33 days entirely without food, subsiding on hot water…
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At a recent meeting of Katoomba Council, it was resolved to communicate with the three local members, asking that the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mark Foy Man of Motor Mark
It may not be generally known that to Mr. Mark Foy, owner of the hydro-Majestic, Medlow Bath, belongs the honor of being one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorist Fined Exceeding Speed Limit
At Katoomba Court on Tuesday, Stephen Patrick Rouche pleaded not guilty to a charge of speeding on Bathurst Road, Wentworth Falls, on…
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