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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Railway Ticket Rush at Wyong

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

The following article in Newcastle "Argus" meets with public endorsement:--Racegcers have one complaint to make at Wyong, and it is the…

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Burning Off Grass. Within Railway Boundaries

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 12

At the recent Shires' Association Conference a resolution was passed, recommending that the Careless User of Fire Act he amended to…

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Costly Railway Building

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

According to Mr Robson, M.L.A., the Dunedoo to Coonabarabran railway line is 76¾ miles in length, and the estimated cost is £304,000. Up…

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Careless Railway Officials

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 5

Our railway management in New South Wales appears to be getting worse and worse every day. There appears to be no proper supervision…

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Tacoma. the Proposed Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 5

The residents here are wondering when the long promised road--Wyong to Tacoma--is to be cleared and formed. The journey away round the…

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Railway Drain

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 4

Office of the Chief Commissioner, Sydney, 6th May, 1915.--Sir,--With reference to your letter of the 14th Ultimo, enclosing a copy of report…

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Railway Passes on Empire Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 8

As Empire Day has been proclaimed a public holiday, difficulty was likely to arise in connection with school passes which are not available on…

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Railway Negligence

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 12

On 3rd May we sent by rail a parcel of poster printing consigned to Miss Booth, of Woy Woy, Up to the time of going to press (13th) the…

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Cross Country Railway. Dubbo to Werris Creek

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 22

The permanent survey of the cross country line from Dubbo to Werris Creek is now within eight miles of Mundooran, which town it passes…

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Railway Fatality. a Young Woman Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 9

A young woman named Gladys Mayne, aged 23 years, while returning to Toronto from Newcastle on Sunday night, got off the train at…

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The Through Road. Sydney to Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 20

"I have to report that I have been over the proposed Sydney to Newcastle road with an officer from the Public Works Department, who…

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Ettalong Beach Tram

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

Woy Woy is not likely to have its Ettalong Beach tram. Locally there is an idea that the scheme is hung up because they have squabbled…

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Woy and Ocean Beach Tramway League. And Progress Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 21

The following letter has been addressed to the Erina Shire Council by the Woy Woy and Ocean Beach Tram way League:—…

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The Woy Woy and Ocean Beach Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 10

Sir,—The thanks of the public of Woy Woy are certainly due to Mr C. R. Staples for the very practical proposal of the Progress Association for…

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About Roads. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 6

Sir,—I read a statement in the "Gosford Times" that the Shire Engineer had said that the roads of Cr. Bushell's Riding were the best in the…

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A Railway Move

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 6

It is reported, and from a reliable source, too, that the heads of the various Railway Departments have been supplied with a form intimating…

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Railway Time Tables. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 6

Sir,—Can you tell me if the winter time table has been issued yet? Since the last time table was published, there were trains knocked off, and…

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Railway Time Table

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 12

The new railway time table involved some bad connections between northern and the suburban trains at Strathfield. One in particular was…

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Woy & Ocean Beach Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 5

Sir,--To the ordinary or garden variety of man the reception given to the proposal for making a road from the Woy Woy Railway Station to the…

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Fired at The Train. Passenger's Narrow Escape

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 9

While the Sydney to Gosford train was approaching the Berowra railway station on Monday, someone fired two shots at it. One bullet went…

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