Motor Trains
One of the greatest disabilities under which the Blue Mountains labor is the inconvenient service. Although Katooba mercial centre, there are no facilities of communication whereby…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
87 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 5
Our Main Road
Sir,—The following facts relating to the Main Western Road may be of interest to your readers:—If all the pothoies in the main road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Theft of Motor Car Strange Case Before the Court Car Removed from its Garage in October, 1924 Man Answers Three Charges
When Frederick Leroy Tracy, managing director of N. Leroy Tracey, Ltd, reached his home in Walker Street, North Sydney, on the…
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For some considerable time, the Chamber of Commerce has been endeavouring to Induce the Railway commissioners to reduce the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Mishaps
On Tuesday last, the beautiful bus that runs to and from Sydney and Orange, met with a slight mishap near Mount Boyeo. When…
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Advices from England state that the annual award of the Royal Automobile Club for the most meritorious performance or contribution towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bombshell Electricity in Bulk Railways to Generate
A bombshell was huried into the aldermanic camp on Thursday morning, when Mr. L. G. Bucknell arrived to conduct an inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Road Burragorang to Wentworth All Work Ceases
Certain members of the Shire Council are justifiably perturbed at the sudden, and inexplicable, termination of work on the roadway under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News from all Blue Mountains District Centres Main Road Springwood Perturbed
A Wednesday's Shire Council meeting, a protest came forward from Springwood, signed by B. Honeysette, on behalf of the local citizens. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electrical Trading Undertaking Proposition From Railways Council Impaled on Horns of Awkward Dilemma Engineer Visits Katoomba
Following the bombshel which was huried into the Civic camp at Katoomba, last week, a visit was received on Monday last from Mr. W…
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The Main Reads Board is preparing to start the second section of work within the Shire. It has asked the Council for plans and…
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In the Federal House on Wednesday, our member, Mr. A. G. Mannink, made a splendid speech in support of the construction of the…
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Advocating the construction of local roadways in water-bound maoadam Engineer Graham stated that they would coast from 10 per cent, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burragorang Road Conference with Wollondilly
The construction of the proposed road to Wentworth Falls, through Burrogorang, again occupied the attention of the Shire COuncil on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Electricity Negotiations with Railways
At Wednesday's counell meeting a communication was received from Mr. R.J.Franki, consulting Engineer to the Electricity…
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Mr. T.R. Rodriguez, ever to the fore where Blackheath is concerned,wrote as follows to Blackheath Council:—…
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The Main Roads Board has stipulated the following conditions to the Shire Council, for maintanance of the Bathurst Road within its…
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To assist in liquidating a small debt remaining on the footbridge over the railway the Hazelbrook, Mrs, A. Forde organised what what proved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Localisms Railway Electricity
In the past the railway Commissioners have been granted concession rates for electric current in certain parts of the Shire. The agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Offer for Megalong Road
The Department of Local Government has notified Blackheath Council that for the further improvement of Megalong Road…
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