Here and There Lights on Baths Road
Owing to the increase in traffic to the Leura Cascades, as a result of the popularity of the floodlighting, it was necessary for Katoomba…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Remanded Motor Driver Before the Court
Before Mr. C. E. Foster, J.P., on Tuesday, January 3, William Montgomery, 37, a well-known motor car hire proprietor, was remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Railway Figures at Local Station Heavy Holiday Traffic
Mr. Mugglestone (Station Master) and staff, have had a particularly busy time during the past fortnight or so, due to the increased business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Pass and the Scenic Railway Aldermen Are Impressed by Inspection Inexpensive Track
As a result of an inspection at the Katoomba Colliery and Federal Pass, by a party of aldermen on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Registration Scheme Payment by Instalments Popular at Lithgow
The innovation of quarterly motor registrations has proved popular at Lithgow. For the fortnight before Christmas about 50 local motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Engines Complaint to Railway Department
Mr. F. Park, Katoomba, is in receipt of the following letter from the Railway Department:— "I am in receipt of your letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Were Motor Tyres Stolen? William Montgomery Before Court Case Part Heard
"Not guilty," pleaded William Montgomery (37), at Katoomba Court, on Tuesday last, to a charge of having in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transport Regulations Registration Labels on Windscreens of Motor Vehicles
In some instances uncertainly exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registeries in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flag Bridge Played for First Time in Katoomba Happy Party at "Wallingford" Flats
Under the auspices of Mrs. Wadley, a successful flag bridge tournament was held for the first time in Katoomba on Thursday night last,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONVICTED ! £6 Fine in Motor Tyre Case William Montgomery in Court
Before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions, Katoomba, on Tuesday, January 24. 1933, William, Montgomery, 37…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Support Tennis Club Dance and Bridge Party
The attendance at the "California," on Friday night last, was rather disappointing to the promoters of the Tennis Club Dance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Street Collision Motor Car and Cycle
Mr. J. Packer, son of ex-Mayor A. E. Packer, had an unenviable experience on Wednesday. A motor cycle driven by Thomas Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk Cart and Motor Bus Collide Lucky Escape From Serious Injury
Mr. Percy Hammon, proprietor of the Wentworth Falls—Kattomba 'bus service, received lacerations to his face when a milk cart and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Railway Proposal Re–Grading The Western Line Suggested Big Relief Work
Ever since the days of Captain Cook, the Blue Mountains have formed a barrier between the coastal districts of New South Wales and the far–spreading plains of the Western inland. The barrier still exists, though in a modified form. It still causes great losses in time and energy for all kinds of transport. To show that these losses can also be obviated,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayoral Minute Road Repairs — Damage Caused by Stormwater
As the Council is aware, the earth and gravel roads, and the shoulders and water–tables of most of the tar–paved roads, suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists Peril Deadly Carbon Monoxide
In view of the wet, misty conditions experienced by motorists on the Mountains, the following news item from Saturday's "S.M. Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Publicity Poster Advertising on Railways
Council is in receipt of a letter from the Publicity and Advertising Manager of the N.S.W. Government Railways, with reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality
With his usual cheery wave to his mates in Shaw's shop, Bruce Hollier set out shortly after breakfast last Saturday on his Medlow run. Less than an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Motor Tour Off the Beaten Track to the Old Lithgow Zig-zag
Motorists interested in car trips to out-of-the-way places and to spots associated with our early history (says "The Open Road," the official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Post Mortem" in Bridge
"Whether in auction or contract bridge, it is generally considered that the method of pointing out your partner's or opponents'…
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