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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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R.r.r.r. Railway Refreshment Rooms Reunion. in Aid of Hospital Funds

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 10

The 2nd annual social reunion promoted by the good folk of Gosf ord Railway Refreshment Rooms was held in Buscombe's Hall on Friday night, and…

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New Motor Service

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

The Ourimbah Motor Garage has taken up the work of providing this place with a car service. Mr. Norman Scheerer is manager of a Company…

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Another Railway Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 22

In the early hours of Friday morning last a returned soldier named Jack McDonald (or McIntyre), aged 26 years, of Melbourne, was accidentally…

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Dependability of Railway Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 10

Mr. W. E. Kirkness, District Coroner, speaking unofficially after the inquest on the victim of the Koolewong fatality on Friday, said he fully…

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Yarramalong Road Grant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 7

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., informs us that the Minister for Local Government is awaiting the decision of Erina Shire Council in the above matter. He…

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Mangrove Road School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 21

Department of Education, (Sydney, 12th September, 1924.—Sir, — With reference to your representations on behalf of the residents, requesting the…

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A Trip to the Dorrigo. Wonderful Record of a Motor Truck

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

What we suppose constitutes a long-distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects has just been successfully accomplished by a…

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Railway Sleepers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 16

In the Legislative Assembly, Hon. W. Bennett asked the following questions:—I wish to know whether the Minister for Railways is aware that…

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Gosford Railway Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 20

Last month (August) 2352 tons were handled at Gosford railway station. Tickets issued numbered 4489, coaching revenue £1046, goods revenue…

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Railway Handling of Fruit

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 12

Complaints of rough handling and pilage of fruit while in transit on the railways were made this week. One complaint was that a consignment of…

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Altered Train Times

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 11

Some alterations have been made in the train time-table. On Saturdays an additional train will leave Newcastle for Sydney, at 1.30, leaving…

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Great Northern Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 20

The Newcastle Automobile Association has written to Erina Shire Council suggesting that united action be taken to represent to the proposed Main…

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Tarramalong Road Grant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 24

At last Council meeting the President, Cr. Staples, took exception to a communication from the Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., to the "Gosford…

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First Job. For Main Roads Board

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 15

The Newcastle Automobile Association suggested to Hornsby Council that a Conference of all Municipal and Shire Councils interested in the…

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Tourist Main Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 17

During the passage of the Main Roads Bill through the Legislative Assembly the Premier suggested to the Minister in charge of the Bill that provision…

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Sydney - Newcastle Road

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

Sir,—Permit me, through the medium of your esteemed paper, to say a few words re a route surveyed via Peat's Perry, via Mooney Creek, by the late…

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Motor Mishaps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 5

During the week-end there were several accidents of a more or less serious nature. Fortunately what damage was done was mostly of a mechanical…

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[?]Ek Road. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 8

Sir,—I notice Mr. McNeil's open letter to the Council in your last issue. At the outshot, I may say, that any ratepayer should have a reasonable access…

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Blessing or Curse? Motor in the Country. "Too Much Money in Cars."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 7

With the motor car boom in the country districts, and new motors to the value of many thousands of pounds coming into the town every year, the…

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A Shire's Experience. Does a Motor Lorry Pay?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 14

It is a bit late in the day to ask such a stupid question, but it was asked in Gunning Shire the other day, and the answer was inevitably and…

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