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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Verse in Prose. Railway Insurance of Goods

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 11

The inconvenience by loss of goods, you'd think was quite enough; but make a claim and you'll rise to fame on unadulterated bluff; the…

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Railway Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

On Tuesday evening, at 7.30, W. Wilson, a furniture dealer of Bathurst, who had been a visitor to that day's Gosford Races, met with a serious…

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The Main Roads Bill

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 17

The Local Government Amending Bill revises the Main Roads Bill, the provisions of which are now included in the Local Government Bill. It is…

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Robbing The Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 20

A resident of Gosford, who for several years past has been working far from here, cited us a case or two wherein it is plainly indicated that…

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Sensational Story. Three Men Steal Motor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 12

A sensational story was told to the Sydney police by a taxi-driver, Thos. Lang, on Tuesday afternoon He stated he was engaged by three men…

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The Mountain Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

On Saturday, 16th January, Erina Shire Councillors met, by appointment, a number of landowners and orchardists on top of Penang at the…

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Railway Alterations

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner has had several interviews during the last few days with representatives from country centres on the subject…

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Train Robbery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 12

While the north-western mail was passing through a tunnel about a mile from Newcastle on Saturday night, Miss Edith Logan, of…

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Western Highlands Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 15

The Erina Shire Council have not always been well advised as to their main .road deviations, as for example in the case of the road to Terrigal,…

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The Mountain Road. Continuation of Deviation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 19

At last Shire Council meeting the following minute was tabled by the Preisdent:-- I have to report that the…

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Woy. Tramway League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

The usual monthly meeting of the Woy Woy arid Ocean Beach Tramway League was held on the 29th January. The Hon. Secretary, Mr…

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Train Card Sharpers Caught

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 16

At intervals for some years past there have been frequent complaints as to a gang of confidence men "working" the railways between Sydney and…

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A Motor Car For Shire Engineer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 21

Cessnock "Express" republished. Mr. A. H. Warner's recent letter from the Gosford "Times," in which Mr Warner advocated the purchase of a motor…

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That Mangrove Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 18

Sir,--In report of Council meeting appearing in last week's "Times," I noticed that the Shire Engineer reported that the surveyed road at…

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Bridge Destroyed. Passengers Transhipped

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The whole country along the northern line between Sydney and Newcastle was enveloped in suffocating smoke on Monday, and bush fires…

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Railway Ambulance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

The annual presentation of railway ambulance certificates and medals for Gosford Branch will be held at Parsons' Hall to-night (Friday) at 8…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Ganger and Two Boys Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Ourimbah on Saturday last, about 6 p.m., when James Christopher O'Hara, aged 41, railway ganger, was…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

A very pleasant evening was spent on Friday last in Parsons' Hall, the occasion being the presentation of certificates won by the various…

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Railway Requirements

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 12

Wednesday last being the date of the annual visit of inspection by the Railway Commissioners, the Point Clare Progress Association sent a…

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Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 22

The mutilated body of Miss May Smith, 19 years of age, of Leichhardt, was found on Saturday morning, about 6 o'clock, by a railway…

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