Burragorang Road Final Grant Made
As advised in last issue, the Minister for Local Government met a deputation from the Wollondilly Shire and blue Mountains Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1926
87 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 5
Burragorang Road
At Wednesday's Shire Council meeting, the delegates to the recent deputation to the Minister, on the construction of a rend from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boundary Bridge Suggestions for Improvement
At Tuesday's meeting of Katoomba Council, Ald. Dash directed attention to the bridge at the foot of Megalong Street, which usually is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attracting the Tourists What America is Doing Motor Traffic Can Be Turned to Profit How we Miss Opportunity
Regarding the future of Katoomba, and of the Blue Mountains in general, most thinkers are in accord. They entertain no misgivings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Gobi Desert Thrilling Motor Trials
This is the first of two interesting articles regarding the recently ended third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, written by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Gobi Desert Thrilling Motor Trials
This is the second and final interesting article regarding the recently ended third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, written by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lad's Death Expires in Railway Train Cerebellar Abscess Bursts
A particularly sad occurrence took place on the Molong mail train, early on Sunday morning, when a bright little life ended under tragic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Crashes Railway Lines Blocked
About 5.30 on Monday morning, a Lincoln motor lorry, proceeding westward Inong the Main Western Road, crashed through the fence by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council's Important Determination Katoomba to Generate Its Own Power Alderman Dash is only Dissentient from Project Railway Offer Rejected
The contentious question, as to whether Katoomba Council should generate its own electricity, or take bulk supply from the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smash on Caves Road
On Friday, three men from Hampton narrowly escaped death, when a lorry upon which they were riding crashed through the fence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Megalong Road an Essential Work
Blackheath Council is making a big effort to secure a grant of £250 for the improvement of Megalong Road. The question has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Serious Offence In the Shades of Lake Medlow Motorman Committed
Within the last few weeks, Wentworth Falls and Blackheath have provided sensational policeheath have provided sensational police-court cases, in which a man a maid, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads Board's Ways Is there Friction with Shire Council? Officers Maintain a Discreet Silence What Inquiries Reveal
What is the relationship between the Main Roads Board and the Shire Council? Outwardly, there is not a ripple to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boycotting Mountains City Motorists Moving
"Cityitu" writes:—"There is talk in Sydney of a movement to induce motorists to boycott the Blue Mountains, owing to the shocking state of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Anzac's Son Killed by Motor Car
Corp. Con. Silk came back from the Great Argument with a good record and an M.M. decoration. On Anzac Day, he had the misfortune to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Tragedy (Continued from page 1.)
He kept going straight, running slowly. The car came down the same side of the road as Neil. There was plenty of room on the other side…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Fatality the Toll Mounting
Scarcely had the public paid its last tributes to little Neil Silk, who met his death in Mort Street, neath the wheels of a motor car, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inquiry into Neil Silk's Death Details of the Tragedy Victim Ran Towards the Car, Looking Behind Him Motor Driver Blameless
On Friday morning last, the Acting Penrith and District Coroner, Mr. Duncan McDonald, opened an inquiry into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Injured Motor Car Overturns
A motor car figured in a sensational accident on the Bathurst Road, Leura, on Friday night, when four Wentworth Falls residents, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads Board
Recently a deputation from the Shire Council waited upon the Main Roads Board, concerning the deviation at Lapstone, and the bad…
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