Asked for Wireless After Leg Had Been Amputated Another Motor Cycle and Car Collision on the Main Western Road
James Roache, aged 31, a resident of Carnarvon Road, Riverstone, whilst riding a motorbike from Bathurst to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
154 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 8
Woman Killed Tragic End to a Days Outing Motor Cycle Accident at Echo Point
Death came suddenly and unexpectedly to a party of weekend tourists, at Echo Point on Sunday afternoon, when Mrs. E…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Protest £5,000,000 Petrol Tax Burden Must Be Reduced! Meeting on
The Commonwealth-wide N.R.M.A. campaign in protest against the Government's unjust petrol tax of 7½d a gallon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]E Danger Zone [?]Ccdents at Railway Crossing [?]Ow Escapes From Injury
[?]ing on the gate on the [?]de of the railway cross[?] Katomba, young Crotty, [?]ion St., was very close to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Here and There the "Fish" Train
The Railway Commissioner has advised Katoomba Council that he cannot se his way clear to agree to the "Fish" 'train stopping at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →That Overhead Bridge Council Advised That £6000 Loan Will Now Be Made Available Further Lengthy Discussions in Council Likely?
Rudely aroused from one of its periodical slumbers, the overhead bridge controversy threatens to wax rigorously again. Aldermen heard with astonishment on Tuesday night, the reading of a communication from Mr. J. Jackson, M.L.A., advising that Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advance Lawson Motor Camping Area Needed Shire President's Proposal
With the object of further popularising Lawson as a holiday resort, in my opinion it is desirable that a modern motor camping area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance Held Up at Railway Gates
The district ambulance was held up for live minutes at the railway crossing on Saturday morning, when it was taking to hospital the victim…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue Mountains Shire Council Notes on Fortnightly Meeting. Lennox Bridge
Crs. Percy Wilson (President), Green, Walker, Scarrett, Medcalf, Mathews, Rogalsky and Grace were present at the usual fortnightly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Katoomba Railway Gates. (To the Editor)
Sir.—The time has arrived when the railway authorities should do away with the obsolete railway gates crossing at Katoomba. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Will Not Share Cost! Aldermen Again Discuss Overhead Bridge Proposals Aldermen A. H. Packer, Soper, and Spellacy in a Minority
The greatest opposition to the construction of an overhead bridge at the railway level-crossing at Katoomba is founded on the condition imposed by the Railway Commissioners and the Main Roads Department, that the ratepayers must contribute one-third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Road Safety Campaign
The first move is the great road safety campaign in Great Britain has been launched by the Automobile Association. Millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liberal Railway Excursions Tourist Traffic Increases by 2500 Busy Scene at the Railway
There is no doubt that the Railway Department and its enterprising scheme for encouraging train travelling had a great deal to do…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Careless Pedestrians
An official review of the fatal road accidents which occurred in Birmingham (England) during the past year, shows that no fewer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Brevities
Of the three parties to share the cost of the overbridge, the Main Roads Board have easily the best case for repudiation of liability…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dogs Menace on Roads
Au appeal to dog owners to keep their animals off the roads is made by the N.R.M.A., which asserts that dogs which rush from the footpath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the X.R.M.A. Petrol Tax Millions
Answering a question recently, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the total amount received from the duties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Bridge of Sighs" (To the Editor)
Sir,-- Katoomba, the model municipality, broadcasted as an object lesson, in local government -- Katoomba, whose slogan has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bridge the Government to Be Asked to Make a Grant of £6000 Available Big Deputation of Aldermen and Ratepayers to Wait on Premier
Having failed in an effort to bring about the recession of the resolution adopted by Council at its previous meeting, "that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. For Country Motorist
The N.R.M.A. has decided to establish 14 new district depots in the country distracts. This means that the' association will shortly be…
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