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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Many Road Washaways Shortage of Labour Concerns Blackheath Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

Continuous rains during past weeks have caused dozens of road washaways and numerous blockages of water tables throughout the Blackheath…

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"Waterloo Bridge" Comes To Embassy Theatre

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 1

THERE have been many great and memorable romances brought to the screen but none more tender, more poignant nor more vividly true to life than…

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Shire Council Jottings Workers' Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 4

In reply to overtures made by the Shire Council on behalf of the war service workers travelling to and from St. Mary's, the Secretary for Railways…

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Blackheath Council Megalong Valley Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 4

Mr. Jeff Foy addressed the Blackheath Council at its last meeting on the position of residents in Megalong Valley. He said that, providing Council…

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Railway Officer Held Up by Armed and Masked Man

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 4

At 2.15 a.m. on Wednesday the Night Officer (Mr. D. Price) at the railway, was confronted by a masked man armed with a pea-rifle, while on his way…

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