Katoomba Cycle Club First Annual Road Race Record Entry Expected
Arrangements have been finalised for the staging of a monster First Annual Road race. First prize is valued at 13…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
245 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 7 of 13
The Motor World Motoring News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Reaction
Owing to the new cars being free of tax in Germany, the prices of used models have sunk considerably. A sound car may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling Lithgow Club's Big Road Race
For its big road race to Bathurst and return on August 15 (the week- end previous to Katoomba Club's big event),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics Hit by Motor Cycle
Mr. Bert Crawley, the well-known Katoomba carrier, was knocked over at the railway crossing about 2 p.m. yesterday by a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Pioneers on the Mountains
When did the first motor car cough and splutters its uncertain way from Katoomba to the Caves? And who was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Current Topics Motor Car and Cycle Collide
A motor car and motor cycle and side-car came into collision near "Bodington" turn-off at Wentworth Falls on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B.m. Shire Council. Grant for Road Sought
Acting on behalf of his fellow trustee (Cr. G. H. Legge), Cr. Cripps sought the support of the B.M. Shire in applying to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heritage for Generations to Come Civic Pride Shown in Tree-planting Main Roads Board Co-operates with Council in Biggest Arbor Scheme on Mountains Schools to Continue Good Work
"Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can plant a tree." Thus, in the words of the well-known song, Mr. H. H. Newell, C.B.E., Chief Commissioner for the Department of Main Roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capsized Motor Cycle and Sidecar
At Wentworth Falls on Sunday, William Paulson (27), of 6 Riverside Crescent, West Marrlekville, suffered a fractured left hand, concussion and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hit-run Motorist on Western Highway Man Found Seriously Injured. Help the Police
Driving home from the Caves, at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. "Wally" Campbell, a service car driver, noticed a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Too Bad
Gene Tunney, the famous ex-champion boxer, had been lecturing in Connecticut, U.S.A., on road safety and driving with caution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State-wide Railway Excursions Commencing August 17
Information received from the Secretary for Railways shows the extensive arrangements made for excursion travel during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Clue Leads to Arrest Western Road Motor Accident
With only a small piece of rubber, [?] x [?] inch in size, Katoomba police were not very sanguine of finding the motor vehicle that struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling the Wynall Open Road Race. Katoomba Boys Success
Messrs Bennett and Barkell, of Sydney, sponsored cycling events on Saturday last in which over three hundred cyclists competed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Crossing in the Mall, Leura
Ald. McLaughlin brought forward a motion last week that the Railway Commissioners be asked to widen the above bridge so that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A Service for the Country
Following a progressive plan for the consolidation of its country services, the N.R.M.A. has recently established depots at Ardlethan,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Auto Torture--divorce Grounds
The latest grounds for divorce in America: a wife stated that whenever her husband took her in the car he subjected her to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lithgow-sydney Train Altered Timetable
Word has been received from the Secretary for Railways that, on and from Monday, August 17, there will be a slight alteration in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricity Railway Current
At Tuesday's Council meeting a letter was received from the Chief Electrical Engineer for Railways, intimating that the Department would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slow Driving Obstruction on Narrow Roads
While appreciating the fact that many pleasure-seeking motorists desire to proceed at a leisurely pace, the Royal Automobile Club of…
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