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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Road Safety Rally Soon at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 10

The Blue Mountains Branch of the Road Safety Council, in conjunction with the Blue Mountains…

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New Road Surfaces In Warrimoo Area

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

Experimental road surface work is now being undertaken in the Lower Blue Mountains area, the…

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Hints To Motorists

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 4

The Association's engineers declare that more trouble is sometimes done in a few minutes by the…

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Winter Motoring

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 12

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

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Road Safety at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

The last meeting of the Katoomba branch of the Road Safety Council was well attended and the…

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Road Safety And B.M.S.D. Club Trials This

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 11

The Road Safety trials and treasure hunt will take place on Sunday next, and will take in a 50 mile area…

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100 Miles Trial for Road Safety

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

The 100 miles reliability trial run on Sunday by the Katoomba Branch of the Road Safety Council…

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Hints to Motorists

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 7

If leather or imitation leather upholstery becomes soiled, its original lustre may be restored by rubbing…

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Road Toll "Disastrous," Says Premier

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 5

The Premier, M r. Cahill, last week said the community must declare war on motorists, who…

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Sydney Motor Show Is First for 26 Years

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 10

Sydney's first motor show since 1928 will begin at the Royal Agricultural Showground on Friday. It is expected to be the biggest…

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Passion For Speed; An Essay On Road Safety

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 7

During 1953, seven hundred people in New South Wales were killed as a result of road accidents. The…

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Motorcycles and Melrose Park

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

Motor cycle racing is a sport that is popular and, wanted in the Blue Mountains, but is not favoured,…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 9

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

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Road Safety To Deal With 30 m.p.h

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 11

The Southern & Western Branches of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. have placed on the Agenda for…

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Trees or Roads for Wentworth Fails

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Went worth Falls Local District Committee, committeeman Fitz warned members they would have to concentrate on essential maintainance work…

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Lighting On Roads

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

"It is agreed that better lighting of our main roads in built-up areas is an urgent necessity, but the issue…

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Thousands Visit Train Derailment Scene

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 8

Thousands of visitors from all parte of the Blue Mountains flocked to Wentworth Falls to see the most spectacular and devastating damage done to rolling stock, and…

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Trees Or Roads For Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 7

The Editor, Sir In view of publicity given in your last issue under above heading, may…

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Bridge of Sighs

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 4

The urgent need for a bridge over the railways line at Katoomba came up as a matter [?] necessity at…

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Road Edges

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 12

The Department of Main Roads has been asked by the Spring wood Progress Association to black- top the road edges…

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