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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

172 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 5 of 9

Work for Returned Soldiers. Wyong to Catherine Hill Bay Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 9

The Government through the Minister for Labor and Industry has set aside £3000 to be expended on the main northern road between Wyong and…

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Sydney-Newcastle Road. N.R.A. Executive Takes a Hand

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 14

At a meeting of the Council of the National Roads Association in Sydney on May 30, the Great Northern Road proposal was discussed at length, and…

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North Coast Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 17

A beginning has been made with the last section of the North Coast railway, which is the last link between the present terminus, Macksville and…

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Woy. Railway Stationmaster

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Carpenter, who has been Stationmaster at Woy Woy for the past two years, has been transferred to Waratah Railway Station, near…

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Cardsharpers on Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 14

Card-sharpers operated in a train the other day, between Sydney and Newcastle, and relieved three passengers of money. The losers were : — John…

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Gates on Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 16

A correspondent inquires from "The Land" whether a Shire Engineer has the right to remove gates on a road upon which they have stood for some…

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Sydney-Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 5

A meeting of the Brisbane Water Branch of the National Roads Association was held at the Shire' Chambers, Gosford, on Saturday afternoon. Cr…

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Gambling in a Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 8

At Parramatta Police Court, James MeCann, William Hopkins, and William Taylor were each fined 10/, with 8/ costs, having pleaded guilty to a…

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Railway Men as Dance Musicians. Cease Playing or Resign From Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 9

An abrupt termination, was brought to the Dixieland Jazz Band Dance at Bathurst through the appearance of a couple of railway officials on Saturday…

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Steam Motor Buses for Tourist Districts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 8

There is now running with asto[?]ing success between the Homebush Railway Station and Government Abbatoirs, a steam bus, which looks exactly…

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By Train and Boat

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 4

Gazing up the beautifully calm stretch of water from the Nepean Bridge at Penrith, and wondering by the way what class of camp lies under…

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Proposed Northern Road. the Hawkesbury Crossing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 3

At last meeting of Hornsby Shire Council a letter was received from Brooklyn Roads Committee, thanking the President and other Councillors for…

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Candid and CriticaL the Great Northern Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 8

Hornsby Shire Council is not unanimous in its opinion regarding the Great Northern Road, says the local "Advocate." Those Councillors opposed to…

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Northward Ho! a New Road. Peat's Ferry to Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 14

The man in the Gosford train said to me, "What is your opinion about this 'Worst road in the world' we have heard so much about recently?"…

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Woy Motor Drivers. Before the Police Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 7

At Gosford Police Court on Friday, before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M., Patrick Moane was charged with unlawfully preventing the free passage. of a…

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Great Northern Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

The following letter has been received by Mr. Bruce Walker, M.L.A., from the Public Works Department, Sydney:—"Dear Sir,—In reply to…

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Great Northern Road. Meeting at Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 8

A meeting of the Brisbane Water District Branch of the National Roads Association was held in Woy Woy on Saturday afternoon, June 24. The…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms. Reductions in Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 5

Mr. P. S. Hu[?] the manager of the Railway Refres[?]ment Rooms, announces that the Railway Commissioners have approved of a further…

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Woy Road Works

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 6

The contract for the construction of the length of road along West Street, from Springwood Street to Trafalgar Avenue, Ocean Beach, is now nearing…

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That Sydney-Newcastle Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

Sir,—I observe that those most enthusiastic promoters of the above road are inclined to drop the impracticable Flat Rock Crossing, and now move…

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