New Map for Railway Users and Schools
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has issued a wall map, size 44 inches by 34 inches, showing the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
243 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 4 of 13
The Pont Du Gard the Greatest Roman Bridge
There have been rumours of late that the greatest bridge the Romans built, part of an aqueduct which conveyed water from two springs at Uzes to Nimes, 13 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Educational Tour a Railway Cruise for Schoolgirls
Whatever would our grandmothers have said if told that, in the year 1937, schoolgirls—or anyone else for the matter of that—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Same Old Story Railway Commissioner and Station Improvements. Another Refusal
The Secretary of Railways has replied that the proposal which emanated from a recent meeting of the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overhead Bridge From Bent to Main Streets
At Tuesday's Council meeting a letter was received from the Railway Commissioner, refusing to construct an overhead bridge west of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Killed Crashed Into Bridge Sunday Afternoon Smash at Mount Victoria
The dangerous bridge over the railway line at Mount Victoria was the scene of a fatal accident on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Hotel Transformed Improvements Nearing Completion Comfort and Service
The popularity of a tourist centre depends largely on the quality of its accommodation, for it cannot be denied that comfort and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kanimbla Valley Road Mayoral Minute
The following mayoral' minute was received by Blackheath Council at its meeting last week:— "The Minister stated that be had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Road More Permanent Construction Required
At a recent meeting of the Blackheath Municipal Council a letter was received from the Anzac Memorial Hospital, stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Train Wanted Glenbrook Moving
Glenbrook Progress Association is endeavoring to have a train on Sunday mornings from the Mountains to Sydney. Its request for support from the K. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Crossing
Local authorities are not ceasing their efforts to have some improvement effected in conditions at the crossing adjoining Katoomba station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Victoria News Shire Road-makers Busy
The shire road-makers are busy at Mount Victoria with lorry and steam-roller improving the roads about the town. Motorists are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Time-table for Winter Months
Railway winter time-table will operate from 2361937. Caves Express train will not run on Mondays to Thursdays…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bullock Charges Railway Official Serious Injuries Result
Assistant-Station Master Melville is at present an inmate of the Anzac Memorial Hospital as a result of his encounter with a bullock, late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Road to Shipley (To the Editor)
Sir,—May I crave space in your widely circulated and very useful paper to place before the reading public a few facts in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2000 Railway Excursionists Annual Trip to Blackheath
Two thousand and one! That is the number which flocked to Blackheath last Sunday for the railwaymen's excursion. Each year this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Indicator
Quite a fine innovation is the new indicator, recently erected on the "up" platform at Katoomba railway station. It is similar to those at Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Jean Batten of the Roads"
We noticed in "The Idler's" column in last Saturday's issue of "The Labor Daily," a story with the caption of "The Jean Batten of the Roads."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipley-kanimbla Valley Road Public Protest
The public meeting convened by the residents of Shipley and Kanimbla Valley, to protest against the Blackheath Kanimbla Road being constructed along the route adopted and at present in course of survey, held in the Arcadia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to Shipley (To the Editor)
Sir,—A letter signed "Pro Bono Publico" appeared in your paper 29637, re the Kanimbla Valley Road, in which the writer insults…
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