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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

212 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 4 of 11

Renovating Railway Sleepers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 18

The Chief Engineer of the West Australian Railways has invented a process which extends the life of railway sleepers. It is a composition poured…

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Fruit Train Possibilities

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Griffith producers, details were made available in connection with the Company's long distance fruit train experiments…

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Gosford Citrus Growers. Railway Siding at Last

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 2

The fortnightly Committee meeting of Gosford District Packing House, Limited, held on Thursday, was a long one, lasting most of the day. Though…

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Important to Motor Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 3

Superintendent Childs, of the Police Department, wishes the press to make known the fact that it is absolutely necessary for motor drivers and cycle…

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75 Years Ago. First Railway Line

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 22

The following description of the route of the first six miles of railway out of Sydney indicates that evidently the first suggestion of the starting…

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Road Dressing [?]

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 8

On a property near Seaham, up Maitland way, an important discovery of a substance has been made, which it is expected will revolutionise the…

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Road to Point Clare Cemetery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 3

Attention was drawn at the last Council meeting to the very bad condition of the road approach to the Cemetery at Point Clare. Many…

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Local Government. the Road Job

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 18

The definite assurance that the Main Roads Bill will be introduced next session opens up the vital question of finding the money to put the roads in…

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Motor Numbers and Front Lights

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 8

In response to numerous inquiries having reference to the correct positions in which front number plates and lights are to be placed on motor cars,…

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Motor Bike Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 11

Mr. P. Winch, of Ourimbah, had a nasty accident one night last week. On his motor bike he was passing Mr. Fred Morris's car between Ourimbah…

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First Motor Cycle to Woy Woy by Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 4

On the 28th May last Mr. H. J. D'Arcy and Mr. A. H. Piper, both of Wyong, set out to go to Woy Woy by road, which was accomplished in fine…

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Shire Matters. Purchase of Road Plant. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 19

Sir,—In your issue of the 15th ultimo, I read a report of the discussion on the purchase of road plant, which took place at the meeting of the Shire…

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Pen Pictures. a Motor Trip Through West and North-west

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 7

There's [?]lowship in the country town, With its red-brown streets and its spreading trees…

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Motor Bus Monopolies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 18

The Council was asked by letter at last meeting to give one line of motor buses the "right of the road" for a service from Gosford to The Entrance…

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Motor Proverbs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 10

Take care of the ear or thieves will take care of it themselves. Time and tide and road hogs wait for no man…

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Wiseman's Ferry Punt. Motor Power Necessary

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 10

The Engineers of Colo, Erina, Hornsby and Baulkham Hills Shire Councils recently met at the Baulkham Hills Chambers, Castle Hill, for the purpose…

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Destroyed Motor Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 22

On Tuesday the Coroner, Mr. George B. Morris, J.P., held an inquiry at Taree Courthouse concerning the destruction of the motor car which was…

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Motor Notes. How to Prolong the Life of Tyres

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 9

After every few thousand miles transfer the rear tyres to the front, and the front tyres to the rear. This will give greater tyre mileage. The…

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Tragedy at Ryde. Woy Woy Visitor Decapitated on Railway Line

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 14

A terrible tragedy was discovered near Eyde railway station on Tuesday morning, when the body of Henry Mair, a well-known resiflent of that…

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Winter Railway Time-table

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 14

The winter time-table came into force on the railways on Sunday last. The only alterations affecting Gosford station are that some of the trains…

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