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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

237 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 7 of 12

North Road Rival Routes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 17

Robert Thomson writes to the "S.M. Herald":—Residents on the lower parts of the Hawkesbury lover are fighting…

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Erina Shire Motor Cycle and Cycle Club

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 4

A meeting, convened by Mr. "Bob" Watson, was held at Wheeler's Buildings on the 28th July last, for the purpose of forming a Club ill Erina Shire…

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Cased Motor Spirit. Higher Duty Proposed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 2

It will interest farmers and motorists in remote country centres to learn that an attempt is being made to add another financial burden on them in…

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The Motor Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 8

An inquiry was held at Wiseman's Ferry on Tuesday by the District Coroner into the circumstances surrounding the death on Tuesday, July 28th, of…

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The Motorist and the Child

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 18

Listen, Mr. Motorist! Have you ever had this experience? You came to a corner and noticed a child, or maybe two or three children, on the footpath,…

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Main Arterial Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 3

At Monday's Council meeting, Mr. C. J. Fenton, Engineer, reported as follows:—At last Meeting in connection with a…

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Woy. Great Northern Road Main Roads Board Will Investigate Woy Woy Route

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 16

The following communication has been received from the Main Roads Board, in reply to representation by the Brisbane Wate[?] Retepayers and…

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Road "Started" Again!

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 3

Last week, according to the city papers, the Great Northern Road was "started" from Wiseman's Ferry; now it has been "started" again at…

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Great Northern Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 7

Under the heading, "Newcastle to Sydney Road," the Newcastle "Herald" writes as follows:— The question of the construction of…

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The Great White Train. Elaborate Plans in Hand

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 5

The "Australian-made" Preference League's Exhibition Touring Train is planning to leave Sydney during October. Elaborate schemes are in hand…

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Motor Trucks Help Business White Roll Call Graphically Depicts Growth of Truck Transportation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 12

How closely motor truck transportation is woven into industrial life and the tremendous strides this form of transport has made the last few years…

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Victoria's Way. Possibly Some Help to N.S.W., Says Railway Secretary

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 3

Told by "The Guardian" representative of the orange crisis in N.S.W., the Victorian Secretary of Railways, Mr. Eyers, said he would…

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Gosford District Motor Cycle and Cycle Club

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 8

The meeting held at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening last for the purpose of forming a motor cycle and cycle club was largely attended, and a…

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Train Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 13

Well directed agitation has remedied a state of affairs which has long been a drawback to Ourimbah—its railway isolation on Sundays. As will be seen…

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Improved Train Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 8

Hon. W. Bennett informs us that as the result of representations made by him on behalf of the Ourimbah Progress Association, for an improved…

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Good Road News

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 13

Cr. Taylor, seen through the weeK, was glad with the news that the Main Roads Board had granted Erina Shire £5000 for the main road north from…

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Direct Road to Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 10

The Chairman of the Brooklyn Boads Committee (Mr. W. H. Wood) writes that it has been frequently stated that the distance between Sydney and…

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"Australian-made" Train. Some Interesting Details

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 12

Already the chief topic of conversation throughout the country towns of N.S.W., is the "Australia-Made" Train, and, as the time of its…

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The Gosford District Motor Cycle and Cycle Club. Hill Climb and Cycle Race

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 13

The newly-formed Motor and. Cycle Club began operations on Saturday last in an auspicious manner, by holding a hill climb for all powers at the…

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Insect Control by Aeroplane

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

The commercial peach crop is the latest to receive treatment by the aeroplane dusting method for controlling insect pests. A[?]ding to a…

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