Aeroplane and Eagle Fights
While sailing along on the last part of his flight in the Paris-Madrid aeroplane race, on May 25, 1911, for a £4000 prize given by the "Petit…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1919
52 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Newcastle-Sydney Road
At the last meeting of Erina Shire Repatriation Executive, the following report was received from the Shire Engineer, Mr. Braithwaite, re the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ferry Punt Sunk With Motor Lorry
A Lacre motor lorry, belonging to Mr. Peterson, of Goulburn-atreet, Sydney, sank Books' ferry punt, at Central McDonald. Accompanied by…
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The Repatriation Committee have done well to forward to the Minister for Repatriation the valuable aud timely report of Mr. Braithwaite, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Council & District Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—I much regret the difference which has arisen between the Shire Council and their Engineer, and I do not desire to discuss the subject further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Road. Sydney-Gosford-Newcastle
To assist in the agitation for the above road, the residents of Brooklyn [?]ve had the following article printed and se[?]ed broad cast:—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Council and District Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—Is Mr. Robinson sincere in his desire to help the Erina Shire, or is he only out to discredit the efforts of others? In his latest epistle, under…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hawkesbury Road. Sixty Miles Less To Newcastle
A large deputation, representing the Hornsby Shire, was introduced to the Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, on Friday, by Mr. Thompson, M L A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MOTORING. Route to Gosford
In the columns of the TELEGRAPH it was recently related how Messrs. D. M. [?]oper (Chairman of the Roads and Tours Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mail Train Struggle. Larsen Guilty
As a sequel to the struggle on the Forbes mail train on December 21, between a masked and armed man and the driver and fireman, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stolen Butter. Railway Commissioner's Liability
There months ago Messrs F Cohen and Co., storekeepers of Gosford, lost a case of butter consigned from Newcastle It simply disappeared, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railways
In 1870 this State had a population of 1471 on the average to each mile of railway opened for traffic; while in 1880 the average had dropped to 881…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Erina Shire. Roads in B Riding
In December last the following letter was forwarded to the Department of Local Government asking for special grant of £2000 to repair roads…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Rule of The Road. To the Editor
Sir,—There is a law that the drivers of any vehicle when approaching from opposite directions that each must give half of the road, thereby…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Tender-Hearted Tramp
First Tramp: "Look, Tom, this ia the minister's house; the window's open an' all the folks are at church, an' they don't keep no dorg, so that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country Roads Board
We learn that it is the intention of the Government to introduce when Parliament meets a bill to provide for the creation of a Country Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney to Newcastle Road. To the Editor
Sir,—I was deeply interested in an item in report of last Shire Council meeting. It was proposed by Cr Pemberton and seconded by Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Tramp King
Maurice Vancam, the "King Tramps," passed through Bega (says the STAR) last week. He left Vancouver in 1911, he states, to walk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydaey-Gosford Road. To the Editor
Sir,—I think it is time that Gosford and Woy Woy realised the danger of being cue off should the via Pinkstone route be adopted, as pointed out by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Case
At the Hornsby Police Court, A E. Lackersteen pleaded guilty (b) letter) to having, on the 12th January, travelled by a train from Sydney to…
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