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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Killed By Passing Train. Coroner's Inquest. No Blame Attached to Railway Officials

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 4

On Thursday, 20th December, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest at Wyong Courthouse concerning the death of Denis Robert…

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Train a Mile Long

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

The world's record for large grain trains was shattered by the Canadian Pacific Railway recently. One mile in length a monster train of 125 car-loads…

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Sydney-Newcastle Road. Visit of Parliamentarians

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 12

Alive to their own interests, and [?] make certain that the route claims made by them would receive official consideration, a number of members of…

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An Expensive Road—at Whose Cost? To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 17

Sir,—A paragraph in your last issue shows that some low lying land in Gosford is for sale at a minimum price of £5 per foot; and as the owner has not…

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Motor Car Burned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 14

A motor car, driven by the owner, Mr. J. Doyle, of Merrylands, whilst endeavoring to negotiate the road three miles from Wiseman's Ferry on…

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Main Roads Bill

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 19

The Government's Main Road Bill is to be jettisoned this session. It will be numbered amongst the 'slaughtered innocents.' Every party in Parliament…

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Original Verse. the Road to Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 6

Along the road to Terrigal in quite the modern way, Contemptuously passing thus the harnessed bay or grey;…

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"An Expensive Road and at Whose Cost?" To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 18

Sir,—In your last issue there appears a letter under above heading from "One Who Carries the Burden of a Ratepayer," to what extent I know…

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Show Railway Concessions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 6

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Secretary for the Commissioners of Railways:—"With reference to your…

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North Shore Bridge. and the Road to Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

"The reason why I stand behind the movement for the road is because it [?] essential that the road must be built-[?] not ought to be built, but must. In…

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Deputation To Minister. Re Sydney-newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 13

On Monday last a deputation, comprising Messrs Forbes, Camm, Buie, Bottomley, and Robinson, of Brooklyn, was presented to the Minister for…

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City v. Country. As Applied To Railway Fares

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 2

It has often been stated on the platform and in the press, that the country resident suffers severely when compared with the treatment meted out to…

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The Railways

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

The Railways Commissioners' regard for the travelling public was again demonstrated when the 9.20 a.m. train from Sydney to Newcastle pulled into…

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Coast Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. O'Hearn stated that a deputation is again to be presented to the Minister re the branch line along the coast from Gosford, via Wamberal, to…

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New Motor Garage

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 8

Messrs Richardson & Chessher have taken over the Ford Agency from Mr. Henderson, and will shortly open a new garage, next Gosford Hall…

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Terrigal Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 1

Writes a correspondent:—Visitors and locals are bitterly complaining about the state of the road opposite Mrs. Robinson's Boarding House…

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Hawkesbury Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 2

The steel railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River, 35 miles north of Sydney, is the longest in Australia Some of the piers are sunk to a dept[?]…

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Road Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 9

While working on the Gosford-Woy Woy Road, Mr. W. Usher received a blow on the leg, and as a result of what subsequently transpired he was…

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The Train Pest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 9

There are people we meet with an air of despair, While some others we treat with disdain…

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Ourimbah News. Road of Access

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 14

A public meeting was held last Saturday at Mr A. Horwood's, by residents and landowners of the Beckford and Yeoman Estates, with regard to the…

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