Indignant Valleyites May Break With Shire What of the Road?
A number of ratepayers from the Mogalong Valley approuched the Mayor of Blackheath, on Saturday last, with the query as to what was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Magistrate Referees Street Scraps Was Kay Punched? Witnesses See Nothing Wrong in Officer's Face Motorman Pays
Did Albert Taylor, motor proprietor, of Katoomba, punch George Kay on the nose, what time the latter was in his official uniform as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guarding Motor Fares Bluett's Opinion Standard Demanded
In connection with the price-cutting prevalent among Blackheath motor hirers, Blackheath Council is in receipt of a communication from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Megalong Road Undergoing Repairs
Repairs have now been effected to the apper 2 chains of Megalong Road, and the worst portious lower down have received attention. During last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suicide Corner: Representation Necessary to Main Roads Board
It is doubtful whether any actual constructional work will be effected on the Main Western Road, so far as the section within the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Megalong Road
Dear Sir,—I read with interest the report of the Blackheath Council meeting over the Megalaong Road quandary in Friday's issue of "The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Megalong Road Alternate Route Suggested
Katoomba Chamber of Commerce has received a communication from the Mogalong Progress Association, declaring that the proposed route of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overhead Bridge At Wentworth Falls Alteration Necessary
The Governor's approval has been granted the Shire Council to borrow £4,000 by way of a special loan for the purpose of carrying out the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality James Gilbertson Killed
"I find that James Gilbertson died of concussion of the brain, and other injuries, accidentally received on Tuesday, March 27,s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Megalong Road Official Inspection
Mayor Board reported at Tuesday's Blackheath Council meeting, that Mr. W. J. Downey, of the Public Works Department, had made an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Road Grant Accepted by Council
In place of the £700 previously offered to the Shire Council for the purpose of recet[?]oing the New Pass Road, at Mount Victoria, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Smashed to Save a Life [?] WAS [?]
During the early hours of Friday morning, Edward Medcalf was driving a fine Hudson car along the Great Western Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hints to Motorists
When a spark plug is screwed in do not force it too hard, while at the same time making sure that it is perfectly song so that there is no chance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Board: One Disadvantage Under which we Labor
With the constitution of the Main Roads Board, most people are in complete agreement. Its presence has solved many difficulties; and it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Squire of Springwood Complains to Shire Dissatisfied with Road
Mr. Stewart Dawson forwarded a further communication to the Shire Council in connection with the Hawkesbury Lookout Road, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Smash Pole Knocked Askew
A bad smash occurred on the Main Western Road, between Blackheath and Medlow Bath, about 11 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Humor and Motor Bump
If one car is overtaking another, on a road devoid of traffic, the wider the berth it gives, the better, That lesson was exemplified in a case…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Discusses in Council
On Friday last, "The Echo" commented on the disability attaching to the main artery of Katoomba Municipality being controlled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Road Deputation to Council Something to Be Done
A deputation from Katoomba Colliery, Ltd., comprising Messrs, A. W. McDonald and C. Davidson, waited upon Katoomba Council, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Megalong Road Blackheath's Ultimatum Shatters the Shire's Serenity
The letter from the Blackhealh Council, over the Megalong Road question, was received at Wednesday's meeting of the Shire Council,…
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