Road Tenders
Following are the lowest tenders received at the Gosford Court House for contracts which closed on the 19th inst:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
36 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Railway Employees' Pic-nic
On Monday last the annual pic-nic of the railway employees took place at Toronto. A special train left Gosford at 8.30 a.m., picking up many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Current Topics. The Railway Commissioners
The evidence which is being given by the Railway Commissioners before the commission discloses a very painful state of affairs. According to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics. The Railway Commissioners
It is with a sense of relief that one is able to announce that the taking of evidence respecting the disagreement of the Railway Commissioners has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm. Boating Fatality. Damage to Roads and Bridges
A sudden and unprecedented storm broke over Gosford yesterday morning. A rumbling of distant thunder in the morning betokened something…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor Buses
The motor buses furnish a striking illustration of the futility of Government management in a matter that required business tact, and some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics The Railway Commissioners
What is to be done with the Railway Commissioners, is the question. The report of the Commission ascribes the blame to Mr Oliver, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tenders
Following are the lowest tenders opened at the local Court House on the 12th inst:â Contract No. 30.âCompletion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alterations in Train Service
The holiday season having practically ended, the following alterations in the train service on the main northern line will take effect from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Motor Starting Devices
The first prise in the recent competition of devices permitting a starting of vehicle motor from the driver's seat was divided between M. Isnard, manufacturer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Motor Car Climb
A dating feat was successfully accomplished by Mr Charles Jarrett lately, in a motor-car, by the ascent of Arthur's Seat, the historic mountain which overlooks the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Electric Railway
'Pat,' said plodding Pate, 'We're getting left again,' 'What's the matter?' asked Pat, 'Why, don't yon Bee, if dese railroads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overhead Bridge. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—I am informed that it has been decided to erect an overhead bridge at Wyong opposite Mr Fuller's store, to obviate the necessity of crossing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Petrol Electric Motor-car
At the electrical engineering works of Messrs. Johnson and Phillips, Ltd. at Chariton, Kent, a Demonstration was given recently of a system for petrol electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Science and Invention a Liliputian Motor
WHAT is claimed to be the smallest electric motor in the world is in the possession of a Texas electrician and watchmaker who made it as a scarf-pin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Motor Lifeboat
A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Elysees is a motor lifeboat, the first ever built in France. It is provided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Under the Railway Bridge
A novel ' Industry' is pursued by the negroes of Bass Christina, Missouri. A railway bridge spans the bay near that place, and when the train is crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Balloon Railway
An Austrian engineer, Herr Balderauer, of Salzburg, is said to have been experimenting with much success in the mountains near Salshburg with a naval balloon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Woy Woy. Death of Mr T. Riley. U[?]satisfactory Postal Arrangements. Motor Launch Tour. Improved Arrangements for Fresh Prawns
After a long and painful ill[?] Mr Them[?] Riley, of Davie Town, passed away at 7 p.m. on Tuesday last at the age of 50 years. It is only 14…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Grants for Roads
In the Assembly last week Mr Perry (The Richmond) asked the Colanial Tressurer,—Will he place a sum not less than £5000,000 at the disposal of…
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