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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

95 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 5 of 5

Language in a Railway Carriage

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 19

At Hornsby Police Court, Inspector Morris proceeded against Darcy James Lyons, for having used indecent language in a railway carriage. The…

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Railway Thieves

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 4

The scoundrels are busy again breaking into the fish boxes placed on the platform awaiting the fish train. On the evening of Tuesday, 12th instant,…

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The Profiteer! Railway Refreshment Rooms

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 7

"Do you know the very first profiteer the Government will have to prosecute if it passes the Profiteering Bill?" asked a commercial traveller. He…

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The Motor Tax. Proposed Use for Main Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 12

Mr. Walter F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has deceived a reply from Mr. T. D. Mutch (Minister for Education) concerning the request of numerous Municipal and…

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Never Seen a Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 8

An aeronaut who recently flew from Dubbo to Narrabri tells of an experience. His compass was defective, and he was lost. He decided to land and…

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Minimbah-wyong Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 5

This exceedingly important project is once more afoot, and, if thoroughly organised at each end, should reach finality. The common and better known…

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The Jilliby Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 5

This is a perennial topic, and is going to keep in that category for some considerable time. This side of the butter factory the road is good, but rising the…

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Railway League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 5

A meeting was held in the Literary Institute, Wyong, on Wednesday, November 3, Mr. Alex. Wilkinson in the chair. The following resolutions…

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Railway League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 5

Everyone should join the Railway League. This is the latest and one of the best movements Wyong has ever taken up, and the project cannot succeed…

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Wyong-minimbah Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1920 · page 8

Mr. Audrey H. Wilkinson, writing to Cessnock "Eagle," says:—Now that the residents of Wyong have made a definite move regarding the proposed…

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Whizzing Motor Cycles

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1920 · page 16

It may be good sport to those Newcastle cyclists to try how fast they can do the run from Newcastle to Gosford, as they did in a string of a dozen last…

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Three Card Trick on Train. "Lunatic" Who Caught the "Mugs."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 14

On the Brisbane mail train which left Sydney recently at 2 p.m., a gang of sharpers was operating. From the occupants of one carriage over £20 was…

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Farm Motor Lorry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 4

Very soon Wyong and Warnervale will see a farm motor lorry running about with, we presume, Mr. Leslie Warner driving. There is no going…

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Kooliwong Railway Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 8

The new railway platform which has been established between "Woy Woy aud Tascott under the name of "Kooliwong," marks the enterprise of Mr…

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Railway Fatality at Tascett. Death of Mr. B. D. SCOTT

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 10

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Robert Donald Scott, an old resident of Tascott, which occurred in tragic…

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