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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Borrowing and Roads. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 15

Sir,—Pressure of business prevented my attendance at the deputation which waited on the Shire Councillors at Wyong recently, but I have read the…

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Good Roads Movement Our Present Position

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 12

With the development of motor traction the need of good roads in this State has become an absolute necessity for our social and material welfare…

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Shire Employees (Road Hogs) v. Gosford Seconds

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 17

Harry Pateman, the popular ganger of F. Riding, has been commissioned to select a team of "Road Hogs" to play the Gosford Second Graders at…

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Government Endowment Erina Shire Councillors' Discussion Centres on Woy Woy Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 16

The allocation of the Government endowment of £5000 for 1923 came before the Erina Shire Council on Monday, and caused long and complex…

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Woy Finds a Road Practical Route Round the Hills Discovered

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 6

Woy Woy's isolation by road was ended on Saturday last, when Mr. V. J. McKenzie, of Gosford, drove his Buick Six, with the Shire President and…

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A District Railway. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 20

Sir,—Everyone being cordially invited, as per, the "Times" advertisement of the Railway League, I drifted in to a meeting that was sitting in the…

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Wamberal. Railway League Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 8

A meeting of the Goaford, Wamberal, Tuggerah Railway League was held in the Wamberal School of Arts on last Saturday afternoon, with the object of…

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Value of Good Roads. What Did Caesar Do?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 4

When Caesar took an eastward ride, And grabbed the Gauls for Rome; What was the first thing he did To make them feel at home?…

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Saving Road Costs by Building Wharves. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 18

Sir,—While so much is being said nowadays about good roads, aud the impossibility of providing them from a small…

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Wyee to Catherine Hill Bay Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 2

Sir,—I note with pleasure the Hon. Walter Bennett's letter to the 'Times' re Good Roads, also Mr. A. Wilkinson's. Without the shadow of a doubt, it is…

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True Courtesy. Chief Railway Commissioner's Advice

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 19

Mr. Week, the Chief Railways Commissioner, intends that the relationship between members of the railway service and the public shall be made clear…

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New Motor Bus Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 9

The Railway Department having "delivered the goods," Mr A. M. Henderson was enabled to inaugurate the District Service Co.'s bus run as advertised, and…

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Yarramalong Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 12

Recently Erina Shire decided to invite the Minister for Local Government to visit Wyong, Yarramalong, and other centres, in connection with the…

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Wyong News. Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 14

Very fine work is being carried out this road by Gangers Preston and [?]binson. It would be a magnificent [?]in were the same attention given to…

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Timber Traffic and Shire Roads. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 17

Sir,—In the account of the Shire Council debate in connection with the proposed loan, which appeared in the "Times" of last week, Cr. Mobbs is…

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Wamberal. Gosford to the Entrance Railway League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 20

A general meeting of the Railway League was held in the Wamberal School of Arts on Saturday last, Mr. W. Smalley presiding. The members…

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Railway Pension Fund. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 11

Sir,—In your issue of March 15th, "Wideawake" remarks, in "Everyday Chatter," that the Railway and Civil Service superannuation funds…

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Motor Bus Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 12

In our advertising columns appears the District Service Company's Easter arrangements for the holiday service between Lisarow and Gosford, and…

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The Railway Tanks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 14

What a boon those tanks have been luring every dry spell, and yet the ruth is they were just about to be removed by the Commissioners because a…

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Miners' Motor Cars

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 14

The Sydney "Telegraph" of 26th March, 1923, refers to the fact that the coal miners of Cessnock—a town of [?]7,000 people—own their motor cars,…

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