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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

23 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2

Television Or Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

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

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Junior Road Safety School

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 12

Anxious to do something to children to help children to learn road safety Mr. Pomeroy F. Van Hoorn, a motor accessories…

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Smart Work of Early Road-makers

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

"We are here today to do honour for early road builders of N.S.W., and to William Cox and his team of convicts and soldiers who constructed the first road across the Blue Mountains," said Mr. H. Sherard…

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Railways "Largest Enterprise," Says Premier

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

The Premier of N.S.W., Mr. J. J. Cahill, in his recent policy speech, again reiterated promises that electrification…

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Hawkesbury Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 5

Expedition of the reconstruction of Hawkesbury Road, between the golf links and White Cross…

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Katoomba Schools Attend Road Safety Show

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

About 1,500 Katoomba School Children were treated to a Road Safety Session last week, when Mr…

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Subsidised Train Service Katoomba-Lithgow

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. A. S. Luchetti, M.H.R., has been advised by the Minister for Defence Production, the Rt. Hon. Eric…

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Katoomba Road Safety Council Has New Secretary

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 1

Mr. W. Badge, O.I.C. of the Katoomba Motor Registry Office, has been elected hon. secretary of the…

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Railway Picnic At Blackheath

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 8

Blackheath railway station, gay with bunting and the skirl of the Blue Mountains Pipe Band, welcomed…

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Public Meeting On "Dangerous Bridge"

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 12

At the recent June meeting of the Wentworth Falls Progress Association, among the correspondence was a…

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Rough Time For Road Guide Posts

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 12

One by one -- sometimes in twos and threes -- the white concrete guide posts skirting Great Western…

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Road Safety Branch Meets At Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 7

The Katoomba Branch of the Road Safety Council held a most enthusiastic meeting at the Katoomba…

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Hawkesbury Road Damages Buses

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 6

All sections of North Springwood were represented at the June meeting of the North Springwood…

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Road Safety Council, Blue Mtns. Branch

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 5

The council is receiving excellent results in its good work in road safety. Persons concerned are taking a…

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New Names for Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 8

A new road, between Victoria and Barton Streets, North katoomba, is to be named Oxley Street, after John Oxley…

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Railway Gates Congestion

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 5

The Editor, Sir In order to save a big bank up of traffic, and resulting congestion on the…

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Good Motorist Is His Own Policeman

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 11

The good motorist is his own policeman, said Mr. G. C. Ashman, of the Blue Mountains Branch of the…

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Road Safety Council Katoomba Branch

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 9

A well attended meeting of the Katoomba branch of the Road Safety Council under the chairmanship of…

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Mayor Replies-- Queen's Road ?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. P. E. Galwey, speaking on behalf of the B.M.C.C.. to-day stated, in reply to "Queens Road…

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Bullaburra Bridge

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 9

The Blue Mountains City Council agreed, at its last meeting, to ask the Dept of Railways the cost for an…

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