sMotor Accident
On Friday morning about 7.20 a.m. a motor-car on route for the Caves, collided with a motor cycle and side car. The disaster occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1927
108 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 6
Motor Smashes Two Cars Damaged Miraculous Escapers
Two motor car accidents, occurring practically in the same spot, took place at Katoomba during the week. Arthur Hyslop and his wife and…
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Hon. Jas. Dooley, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Railway Department:—"I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fish Train Endangered
Nearing Woodford last night, the "Fish" train sustained a jarring hump at the catch points. Subsequent investigations revealed that a piano…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rose's that Rebounded From the Royal Train
Great excitement prevailed at Springwood, on Friday last. The Royal train was g[?]ding down the Mountains, [?] rumor spread apace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five-minute Interviews No. 92 the Road-builder
He is urbane, courteous, and obliging to the Nth degree. Yet one always suspects that there lurks a claw in that exterior sheath of velvet;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are the Mountains to Be Crucified? The Gateway of the Municipality Beautifying Court House Park Why Not Include Railway Embankment on South? Its Importance
It is evident that the Council at present in office in Katoomba is about to move definitely in the direction of town beautification. The sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spectacular Arrest City Motorist Fined
"Oh, sir! There's a madman behind me," said a terrified woman to two policemen, as she cleared the silent cop, on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheque for £600 Railway Men Hand Over Proceeds of Carnival Lesson in Co-operation
To rise superior to cicumstance, and turn defeat into victory; that is the infallible index of manhood. How the railway workers of the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Collision Plucky Girl Injured
On Saturday, at noon, Spellacy's big white bus, with H. S. Gurney at the wheel, was plodding its way Leurawards, through a Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road to Success
KATOOMBA Council has assumed control and ownership of the erstwhile Blue Mountains Local Government Tourist Agency. Under what name it will function in the future has not been considered yet. However, what's in a name? THe concern would achieve…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News from all Blue Mountains District Centres Camping Area for Motorists
A full attendance marked the usual fortnightly meeting of Blackheath Council last Friday, Mayor Board presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improving our Roads
Money expended on our roads, from the £10,000 loan, has reached £5,000. The detailed expenditure is:—Lurline Street, £3,855:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Problems of Main Western Road Will it Benefit the Blue Mountains? Our Former Strength May Become Our Weakness Camping Sites Essential
Whether the presence of a good road, from the City to Katoomba, is calculated to prove an unmixed blessing, is open to grave question…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Smash President's Bad Tidings Wife and Son Injured
While presiding at the regular meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, on Wednesday afternoon the President, Cr. S. Walker,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Western Road Latest Report
The last bulletin on the above all-important thoroughfare comes to us from Member Fitzpatrick. It reads: "Since the Board took office a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Don'ts for Motormen
Don't drop your clutch in with a Jork. This throws great strain on the whole transmission and results in trouble and expense…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tremendous Bridge Bearings to Transmit Strains
Those who have seen the Sydney bridge cannot but wonder at the tremendous hearings used to bear the strains imposed on it. Since there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mountains Road High Praise in the City
"Practically all the way to Mount Victoria, the Western Road is in good order." Such is the N.R.M.A.'s latest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Don'ts for Motorists
Don't drive her to death; be satisfied, like the taxi-driver, with a fare thing. Don't try to beat the train to the…
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