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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

196 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 3 of 10

Railway Premises

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 5

The Progress Association is keeping a keen eye on the railway station premises. 1. The need for an enlarged parcels office; and a much larger ticket…

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Drink on the Railways

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 13

At the Narrandera Quarter Sessions his Honor Judge Bevan, in his summing-up in a case in which the accused were charged with stealing from the…

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Brisbane Mail Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

The railway authorities announce that the additional mail train service between Sydney and Brisbane on Saturdays (down) and Sundays (up) has…

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Pioneer's Strenuous Life. Only Once in a Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

The delights of Sydney were not for the late Mr. Sydney Cunynghame, who died at Back Creek, Oberon, after a strenuous life, at the age of 88. He…

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Woy Woy's Greatest Want. a Road Out

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

Probably the most serious disability under which Woy Woy labors is the lack of road communication with other parts. It is true that we have an…

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Proposed New Railway Station at Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

A number of the residents of South Woy Woy recently approached the Commissioners for Railways on the question of a new railway station being…

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Gosford Railway Matters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

The following official letters have been received by the Shire Council:— Office of the Commissioners, Sydney, 1st April, 1921.—Dear Sir., — With…

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Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 18

After closely watching the progress of the Shire workmen day after day it seems a pity that Robinson's gang was not allowed to [?] the work so…

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The Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 8

There are those who thought that the work of laying and breaking the ballast proceeeded rather slowly, but considering the number of men on the job…

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That Motor Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 8

It was Mr. George Ireland's, of New castle, and he and his driver were heading for the Palmdale sale. They had made a grand run all the way from…

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Gosford Railway Station Goodsyard. Minister Visits Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 17

On Friday afternoon last Hon. John Estell, Minister for Railways and Public Works, visited Gosford, accompanied by Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A…

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Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 4

Robinson and his men have finished the placing mid breaking of about 250 yards of this road, and now Contractor Anderson makes a start. His work will…

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Alison Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 4

It is of far more importance nowadays to write of good roads than of who Struck Buckley. Hence the knowledge that before this gets into print…

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Road Repairs, &c

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. Morris has done a lot of much needed work along Alison Road. To keep our roads well-drained by cleaning the water tables and side drains is…

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Terrigal Road Fire. Open Verdict Returned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 12

On 1st April the residence of Mrs. Mary Dunlop, on Terrigal Road, together with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire. An inquiry opened at…

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Gosford to Terrigal Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 1

Sir,—As visitors for twelve years to Terrigal, and ratepayers in the Erina Shire for five, we take this opportunity of writing to you upon a subject which…

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Good Roads and Plums

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 13

At the recent opening of the reconstructed Parramatta Road, two State Ministers delivered speeches that should be read by country residents by way of…

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The Hawkesbury River Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 10

May 1st is the anniversary of the opening of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, this last link in the railroad connection between Adelaide,…

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Sydney to Newcastle Road, Via Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 12

It would save over sixty miles, over 60 per cent, of the distance between Sydney and Newcastle, to travel that route via Gosford; besides, the road…

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Gosford to Terrigal Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 10

Sir,—Messrs C. L. and A. J. Macarthur Onslow, in the current issue of "The Times," refer to the bad condition of the Gosford to Terrigal Road…

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