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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Sydney-Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 3

The powers that be seem to have again awakened to the urgent necessity of constructing the road from Sydney to Newcastle via Hornsby…

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Cable and Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 1

It was reported "unofficially" by Mr. Engineer Fenton at Monday's Council meeting that the postal authorities were contemplating the…

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Gosford Railway Progress

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 9

Statistics of Gosford railway station business show an increase under every bead for the month of September, as compared with September of last year…

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Motor Notes. Overland Beats All Comers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 13

The new motor racing track at Penrith was a scene of wild enthusiasm on Monday, October 6th, when a full day's sport was witnessed by about 15,000…

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Pilfering On The Railway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 5

Our readers will remember that Mr. W. J. Black, of Mangrove Mountain, had some of his exhibits tampered with between Gosford and Hornsby, en route…

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A Radio Motor Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 7

A well thought out motor car aerial has been designed and installed lately by Major Wynyard-Joss (Queensland) in his Studebaker car. The aerial is…

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Mr O'Hearn. on the Main Roads Bill

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 8

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., in the Legislative Assembly, during the debate on the Main Roads Bill, spoke as follows:—…

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Newcastle Motorists Visit Gosford. Increase of Hotel Accommodation Will Be Welcome

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 13

Eleven cars loaded with members of the Newcastle Automobile Association and their friends visited Gosford Saturday and Sunday. The motorists…

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Sydney to Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 1

It's a long fight to get the direct road between Sydney and Newcastle, but prospects again seem bright. It looks as if some worth while support…

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The Direct Road. Shire Engineer's Report

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 3

Road Peat's Ferry to Gosford. — In accordance with your instructions to locate the shortest practicable route between these points, I arranged with…

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Railway Time-table

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 1

There are no material alterations in the railway summer time-table, now in force. From Sydney on Saturdays, there is an additional train leaving at…

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Motor Speed Limits

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 5

Considerable doubt still seems to exist in the minds of the public and of the Councils concerning motor speed limits, writes the Local Government…

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Main Roads. the Board's Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 15

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzpatrick) stated on Thursday that the Main Roads Bill, though not yet quite passed by Parliament, was…

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The Direct Road. Inspection To-day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 8

Workers who have agitated through long years for a direct road between Sydney and Newcastle see better prospects now for the realisation of their…

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Ambulance Work. Railway and Tramway Champion Shield. Competed for at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 3

Victoria Park, Gosford, was the venue decided upon this year for the State-wide tests for the Championship Shield in the Railway and Tramway…

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Warning to Motorists

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 13

The Police Department warns motorists that the regulation requiring the use of an off-side lamp and a front number plate will shortly be enforced…

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Railway Officers' Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 8

A meeting of the Gosford Braneb of the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association was held on Saturday night at Wyong Station, the chair being…

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Signs for the American "Road Hog."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 15

Motorists who can read English will have little excuse if caught evading speed laws in the United States this year. Towns throughout the country…

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[?] Road. Council Defers Action for a Week. Special Meeting Next

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

At the meeting of Erina Shire Council held on Monday last, Mr. C. J. Fenton,, Engi[?] reported as follows:— Road, Sydney to Newcastle.—It has…

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Mooney Route Inspected. Council Party Travels Portion of Direct Road. Linking Hawkesbury River and Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 2

An inspection, arranged some weeks ago by Erina Shire Council, was made on Friday last of one of the routes proposed between the Hawkesbury…

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