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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Railway Time-table for Winter Months

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 3

Railway winter time-table will operate from 2351937. Caves Express train will not run on Mondays to Thursdays…

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What Is a Motorist?

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 2

In these days, when there seems to be an attempt to divide road users into classes, in which the…

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Motoring in Germany

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

An English visitor writing in a London motoring journal, gives the following impressions of motoring in Germany: There is no speed…

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40,286,000 Motor Vehicles

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

At the beginning of this year there were 40,286,000 motor vehicles registered, throughout the world, according to the latest…

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Overhead Bridge

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

The re-decking of the overhead bridge on the Great Western Highway by the Railway Commissioners is being pushed on. It does seem a…

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Railways Institute Eisteddfod Next December Syllabus Now Ready

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

Word has been received from the Secretary for Railways that the syllabus for the 13th annual eisteddfod is now available. This is…

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Railway Items

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

Mr. L. Fitzgerald, booking clerk at Mount Victoria railway station for the past eighteen months, leaves next week to fill a…

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The Road to Megalong? Valley Residents Keenly Interested

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

A meeting of the Megalong Progress Association was held at Mrs Cowing's tea rooms on the 29th Inst., the object of…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council General Meeting Engineer's Assistant--advertising--railway Excursions--guarantee for Water Supply Pipes

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

A full quota of councillors was in evidence at this week's meeting of the B.M. Shire Council. Mr. Pedder P. Scrivener, the…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Northern Gross Country Roads

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

Motorists will welcome the news that a bridge over the railway line at Woolbrook, between Bendemeer and Walcha, has been completed…

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Two Projects Bridge and Town Hall No Funds for Either

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

Two civic projects are much in the public eye at the present juncture--additions to the town hall, and the overhead bridge at the…

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Railway Timetable for Winter Months

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 4

Railway winter time-table will operate from 2361987. Caves Express train will net run on Mondays to Thursdays…

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Shocking Injuries Katoomba Man in Motor Cycle Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

After delivering meat to a customer on the Bathurst Road, near the Overhead Bridge, Fred Wilsen, aged 23, of Megalong Street,…

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Kanimbla Valley Road

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 4

Acting on instructions from the Department, the preparation work of the Kanimbla Valley Road has been stopped by toe Blackheath…

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"The Fish Train Altered Timing

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

Word has been received from the Secretary for Railways of an important alteration in the timing of "The Fish," the afternoon train…

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More Railway Excursions

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

The Secretary for Railways sends word that a State-wide series of excursions will be run at the end of September. This will give country…

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Kanimbla Valley Road Lithgow Unemployed De-registered

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 2

About 105 men who refused to proceed from Lithgow to Blackheath to enter camp under the national works scheme,…

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Proposed Road to Megalong Bathubst and Blaxland Councils Interested

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 2

Replies are to hand from Bathurst Municipal Council and the Blaxland Shire re Katoomba Council's proposal for a…

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Blue Mountains Shire Electricity Railway Department Bulk Supply Charges

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 4

LIKELY REDUCTION BECAUSE OF BLACKHEATH COUNCIL'S TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT…

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Transport Problems More About Touting Commissioner of Road Transport Invited to Ka[?]oomba

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

There was a full attendance of delegates at last week's meeting of the Public Vehicles Joint Committee, presided over by Ald. W. Freelander (Katoomba). Mr, A. Green represented the Commissioner (Mr. Neale) and also in…

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