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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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The Road to Success

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 15

THE way to success is:—To speak the truth, when, by a litttle prevarication you can get some great advantage. To live according to your convictions…

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Tourists and the Railway. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 18

SIR,—Many of your readers might well be interested to know that at Katoomba a crowded public meeting decided:—"That a deputation…

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Peat's Ferry Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 7

WHILE on his recent visit to Gosford, Mr. Ward asked the Chief Secretary to use his influence with the Minister for Lands to have the Peat's Ferry…

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Railway Duplication

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 17

THE work of duplicating the railway line from Sydney to Newcastle will be completed by the end of the year. The only gap of single line which…

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Railway Streets

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 1

Railway Commissioners decline to comply with the Council's request that a stile for foot passengers wishing to cross the line at Lindsay Street, near…

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Rum Down by a Train. Ganger and Fettler Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 14

JOHN JOSEPH FRASER, 50 years of age, ganger, and John Castle, 39 years of age, fettler, were run down by a train near Newtown station on…

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Motor Launch Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 10

A MEETING of motor launch proprietors was held at the School of Arts on Monday night to consider the action of the Shire Council in imposing…

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Ourimbah Railway Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 10

ON Saturday last President Ward, Cr. Archbold, Messrs. Earl, Duffy, Nicholas, Anderson, Olive, and others met Chief Secretary Flowers and Mr…

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Requirements at Woy Woy and Gosford Railway Stations

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 10

THE following letter has been addressed to the Hon. F. Flowers, Acting Chief Secretary :— Office of the Chief Commissioner,…

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Woman Holds Up a Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 17

THE first division of the mail train from the south was delayed at Goulburn about 20 minutes through an unusual incident. A woman was…

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Fagan's Bridge Reserve. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 3

SIR,—Regarding the 100ft reservation at Fagan's Bridge, and which the Council has conditionally allowed Mr. Fagan to fence in. I understand that…

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Football Flashes. Gosford v. Central Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 14

THE above match was played at Gosford on Saturday last, and resulted in a draw—3 all. The game was not much from a spectato's point of view,…

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Soiled Garments and the Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 10

A FEW weeks ago, the Parramatta Progress Association called attention to the annoyance and inconvenience caused to ordinarily dressed and…

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North Coast Railway. the First Section

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 3

I NOTE by the Sydney daily papers that the first suction of the above railway, from Maitland to Dungog, is likely to be a paying concern from its…

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Railway Presentation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 10

THE members of the Gosford Station staff held a social gathering on Wednesday evening of last week to do honor to their chief, Mr. S. F. Dwyer,…

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Railway Billets Open

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 12

WHETHER it is that that railway and tramway service is not popular as a sphere of employment, or whether it is suffering from the general dearth of…

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Railway Penalties

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 18

AT the New town Police Court several men were each fined 10s and 6s costs, in default 7 days' hard labor, for expectorating upon the floor of a railway…

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Gosford Railway Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 3

The following letter has been received by the Council from the Railway Commissioners :—Sydney, 13th September, 1911.—Sir,—With reference…

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Direct Road, Sydney and Gosford. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 3

SIR,—A nod ought to be as good as a wink to a blind horse; not that the Shire Council is blind, because it was the far-seeing eye of its worthy…

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Burning-off on Railway Lines

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

By new regulations under the Careless Use of Fire Act it is now provided that the N.S.W. railway authorities when burning fire breaks…

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