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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Income Tax Reductions For Motorists

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 9

All motoring expenses incurred producing assessable income ace allowable income are allowable deductions for income tax…

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Bent St. Bridge

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 11

The Blue Mountains City Council has agreed to a suggestion by the Department of Railways that the Bent Street…

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Train Passengers Act Like Savages

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 5

Some Australian train travellers acted like a lot of savages, the way they destroyed railway carriage…

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Sunday Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

Following a request from the South Katoomba Ratepayers' Association, the Blue Mountains Progress…

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Objection to Water Ski Sports Near Nepean Bridge

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

The Australian National Water Ski, Association has advised the Blue Mountains City Council that unless the council objected, the association intended to apply to the Maritime Services Board for permission…

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Railway Building In Residential Zone

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

Like other areas in every part of the State where Local Government authorities favour zoning, Faulconbridge district…

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Protest on Railways By Chamber of Com

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 1

Congratulations to the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce on the swift moves made last…

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Demonstration of Road Construction

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 9

On Friday afternoon, following the conclusion, at 1 p.m. of the L.G. Conference, at Katoomba, delegates,…

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Aeroplane Crashes At Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 12

An aircraft crashed in a vacant allotment in Twynam Street, Katoomba, near several houses, on Sunday…

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Television Or Roads?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Wednesday 31 December 1952 · page 8

"A fundamental danger to our National life is the spending of our limited financial resources on entertainment…

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