One- Day Train Excursion
The B. M. Shire Council at its last meeting agreed to give the Department of Railways every assistance concerning the proposed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Road Work at Wentworth Falls
The Department of Main Roads advised the B. M. Shire Council at its last meeting that it would be surfacing the unpaved portion of…
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Mr. Jack Sinclair, of Bent Street, was treated by the Blue Mountains District Ambulance, for an incised, wound to his head, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Identical Injuries in Motor Smash Car and Motor -Cycle in Collision at Blackheath
Two young men of the same age suffered identical injuries in a motor smash at Black- heath on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horse -Drawn Graders Five Times the Cost of Motor Machines
Cr. Hodgson recently requested the Blue Mountains Shire Council to consider the necessity of providing horse- drawn graders for "C"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Watch Motor Car Tyres
With the advent of autumn, and the possibility of wet weather, the N.R.M.A. technical department advises motorists to give close…
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The rule of the road in Czechoslovakia has been changed to keep to the right." instead of "keep to the left." This, it is…
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The Emu Plains Football Club Bought permission from the B.M. Shire Council to use the oval at the Plains for football for the coming…
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Copies of a questionnaire for motor vehicle drivers, issued by the Motor Vehicles Department of South Australia, have been received by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camping Grounds Near Sydney Advice to Country Motorists
Country motorists visiting Sydney during Easter, and wishing to camp as near as possible to town, will find Matraville camp, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Injured Mist Causes Mishap
Robert Amos, residing at 31 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, was the victim of an accident on Sunday night when driving a car in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Standard Motor Fares for Shire and Katoomba Public Vehicles Committee's Recommendation Likely to Receive Early Approval by Commissioner. Blackheath Will Not Co-operate
The adoption of standard fares for the motor tourist industry is almost certain to be accomplished in the very near future…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Well-known Builder Killed in Motor Smash Telephone Service Disorganised When Truck Crashed Into Pole Tragic Accident at Foot of "Bodington"hill
Roy Kennedy, aged 37, of 76 New Canterbury Road, Petersham, was killed instantly when a truck in which he was a passenger crashed into a telephone post at the foot of "Bodington" Hill, on Saturday afternoon at about 4.30…
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The Conference of State Road Authorities of Australia has decided that it would be inadvisable for the present to proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Motor Vehicles Pars From the Committee's Meeting. Taxi Plates
Advice was received from the Administrator of the Department of Road Transport that all licensees, of motor omnibuses operating on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3,254 Motorists in Trouble
Metropolitan patrols of the N.R.M.A. went to the aid of 3,254 motorists during last month, the motor cycle outfits travelling a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Springwood for Health Train Service Needs Revising
At the last meeting of the B.M. Shire Council, Cr. Honeysett again introduced the question of the train service to the Mountains, as…
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To the residents of Katoomba, etc., and particularly car owners and drivers:-- It is with great horror that I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nepean River Road £7,000 Grant to Meet Excess Expenditure Debate on Shire Council's Policy
The Minister for Local Government has advised the B.M. Shire Council that assistance towards meeting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mountain Residents in Motor Smash
Miss Barker, daughter of the Rev Barker, at one time a minister of the Baptist Church at Katoomba, and Mrs Kitt, of Hat Hill Road,…
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