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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Progress Association and Roads. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 6

SIR,—I think most men wish to be fair to the Erina Shire Council, and not to censure them because they can't do the impossible. But for all…

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Ourimbah Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 15

SIR,—I, for one, am not surprised at H. C. Swain's feelings towards the Shire Council. He will have the sympathy of us in Ourimbah Road,…

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New Railway Timetable

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 10

ON Sunday next, 15th October, a new railway timetable will come into operation for the Sydney, Newcastle and Northern Line and branches. An…

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Attempted Train Wrecking

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 8

WILLIAM GEORGE HATTON (21), who was found guilty of maliciously placing a piece of iron upon the railway line of G. and C. Hoskins,…

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Road Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 12

That memorandum froM the Tuggerah Progress Association to all the kindred societies, asking that a road be made in favor of contract instead…

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Road to Peat's Ferry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 3

WITH the object of opening up new country for settlement, and to put in a link that would shorten the road journey from Sydney to Gosford by…

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Derailed at Gosford. Accident to a Goods Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 10

EXCITEMENT ran high in Gosford on Tuesday afternoon when it became known that a railway accident had occurred at the local railway station…

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Morisset. Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 3

DR. JAMES PAUL conducted an Examination at Morisset on Friday evening at the request of Dr. Taylor, Railway Medical Officer, Sydney…

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Railway Tipping

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 5

A NEW set of regulations. issued by the Railway Department, contains the following provision:— "No person shall give or offer a…

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Gosford-Terrigal Tramway. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 5

SIR,—While the above undertaking may seem, to those who have seen very little of the world, something for the future rather than for the present,…

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Proposed Railway. Mullet Creek to Singleton. Description of Line

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 18

THE following letter handed to us by the Hon. Secretary of the Soraersby Railway League may be of interest to our readers:—…

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Shire Road Gangs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 10

F. King's gang is now working on the Wilson's Hall deviation on the road to Terrigal, and expects to finish in about two weeks. E…

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Railway Station Gardens

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 14

Appended is the list of awards in the railway stations gardens competition this year. The competition was split into sections, according to…

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Railway Men and Holidays

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 3

In the Assembly, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick asked the Premier:—(1.) Will gangers and maintenance men on the railways be granted and be…

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Railway Fatality. Two Little Girls Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 21

A SAD double fatality occurred on the railway line near Teralba on Saturday afternoon, when two little girls, Ada Augusta Duncan, aged…

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