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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Motor Rally on

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 7

The Blue Mountains Sporting Drivers' Club, will hold a motor rally on Saturday next the 6th of February, when…

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The Royal Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 14

The two locomotives which will haul the Royal train have been painted blue with yellow lining, and the Royal…

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Road Punctures Reduced!

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 21

Have your tyres puncture-proofed with Sealmaster and forget roadside puncture hold-ups…

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Railways Presentation To Leura Lad

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 16

George Mackie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mackie, of Woodford Street Leura, was honoured last week with a…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 4

Big nails or small nails, Splintered glass or other puncturing objects --for fret them all! Nothing can…

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B.m. Advertiser Souvenir Issue on Royal Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

A.B.C. National News Service and a leading metropolitan newspaper save prominence to the…

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Driving Hints for Motorist

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. offers motorists some practical driving advice. Allow plenty of room…

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Road Safety 1 Films Coming

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

At the Annual General Public Meeting of the Blue Mountains Road Safety Council of New South Wales…

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Driver's Lucky Escape After Road Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 2

Blinded by fog and the lights of a truck with which he had collided, a 21-year- old Lithgow truck driver…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 2

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects -- forget them all Nothing…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects -- forget them all Nothing can stop…

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Electrification of Railway Draws Nearer Daily

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

With the electrification of the western line coming nearer each day, the Blue Mountains City Council decided at its last meeting to send a deputation to the Commissioner for Railways, asking that the second section of the scheme…

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Road Safety In Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 10

The Blue Mountains branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. met on Friday and a good…

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Nails and Splintered Glass No Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 7

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass. or other puncturing objects for get them all Nothing…

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Road Safety Car Badges

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 4

Car badges are now available to all members of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., for display on the…

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Winter Motoring

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 8

With the approach of winter, the N.R.M.A. reminds motorists travelling in cold areas of special…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects forget them all! Nothing can…

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New Motor Race Circuit Planned

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 9

Regular promotions such as those held at Mount Druitt each month, are envisaged by the Blue…

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Federal Grant for Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 10

Motorists would hail with great satisfaction the new policy of Federal road grants to the States,…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 9

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects forget them all ! Nothing can…

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