Dashed to Death Road Hogs Speed On
John Hunter, a young cyclist of Hartley, 22 years of ago, was travelling from his home towards Mount Victoria, on his motor-cycle, on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
108 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 6
The Main Road Petition to Shire Inspection to Be Made
At the regular meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, on Wednesday, a petition was received concerning the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle and Bus Man's Thigh Fractured
At 11.30 a.m. on New Year's Day, Albert Stanley Hardacre was riding a motor cycle down Main Street, Katoomba. On the rear of the cycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Time Tables
Having been blessed (or cursed) with a bump of curiosity, I recently collected the time tables of the various States. Placing them in the…
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Judging by Press criticisms in centres where petrol caravans have rested over the holidays. Health inspector Thomas is in for a busy time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Hospital Carnival Opening Wednesday, January 19 All Committees Working Hard
Everything points to a most successful Carnival for the Blue Mountains District Hospital. It will open in Katoomba on Wednesday with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Road Who Should Build It?
The construction of the Main Western Road is occasioning the Shire Council some concern. Not only is it being discovered difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Main Road Who Is Responsible? (Contributed.)
We have barely passed the Season of Goodwill: and even the most hardhearted should find time to pity the lot of the aldermen and councillors,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News from all Blue Mountains District Centres Constructing Main Road Board's Promise Good Order by Easier
On Wednesday last the Shire Council was informed that the Main Roads Board was anxious to meet it in conference at 10.30 on the following day. The Council agreed to attend, and consider any project which might be placed before it by the Board…
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At Blackheath Council meeting, the following letter from the Main Roads Board was read with much interest: "Reference to Section 33 of the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Main Road Special Council Meeting
Last week, "The Echo" announced that the Main Roads Board had resolved to take over the construction and maintenance of Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dashed to His Death How John Hunter Died on the Great Western Road
On New Year's Day, a young was killed on the Main Western Road. At the time, great was the public indignation; as it was widely rumored that the deceased had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Hospital Carnival Organiser's Objective Reached Katoomba's Record Anniversary Day
After a week of leaden skies, heavy mists' and grey gloom, Monday and Tuesday were marked by glad, sunshine, and hopes were high…
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On January 13, Hon. C. A. Akhurst, M.L.C., tabled a sequence of questions in the Legislative Council relative to the activities of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Main Road Board to Construct Discussion in Shire
A special meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council was held at Lawson on Friday last, to consider the propsals of the Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Visiting Motorists Probable Camping Area
Mr. Paul Sorenson is a man [?] ideas and ideals. He is one of the live members of the A[?] & I. Society, and, at Monday's acc [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cutting Fares Motor Men's Woes Legal Opinion Sought
A large and thoroughly representative meeting of motor proprietors was held in Goyder Bros.' office on Wednesday night, to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Don't be a Road Hog Observe Road Courtesies
Upon rules of the road and the fine points const[?]uting cour[?]sy [?] motoring, even the grentest authorities differ. With a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Noxious Trades On Narrow Neck Road. What Investigations Reveal
Katoomba's Health Officer, in the course of his annual report, remarked as under:—"The most extensive of our noxious trades, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Main Road Pressing Ahead
The Main Roads Board seems in earnest in its expressed intention to complete the whole of the Main Western Road with a tarred or bitumen…
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