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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

237 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 9 of 12

Shire Main Roads. Possible Federal Grant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 4

At the Council meeting on Monday, a letter was read from the Main Roads Board, to he effect that the Board was considering recommending to the…

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Gosford Court News. Friday, September 11th. Before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, P.M., and Messrs F. B. Archbold and H. Wilcox, J's.P. Motor License

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 5

Police v. Jack Alderton, Woy Woy, charge of failing to return motor license after expiry. Sergeant Toohill said the license had…

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Winding Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 7

Thus "Phil Harum," in the Parkes "Champion":—Has it ever struck you that the original surveyors of some of our country…

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That Road Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 13

Residents here certainly got a nasty bump when the road gang was taken away after only doing a few days' work. However, we look to the…

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Road to Pearl Beach

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 15

A start has been made with the road from Ocean Beach, round the cliff face which Mt. Ettalong presents to Broken Bay, to Pearl Beach, where Messrs…

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Great Northern Road. Reported Approval of Peat's Ferry Route

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 8

Though no communication had up to the time of going to press been received at the Shire Office, there had been a rumor…

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Motor Cars and Common Sense

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

P.L. Chevassus, in the "Ford News," puts the Ford view of it:—As we look around us in the great centres of population in Australia, a…

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Motoring Mishaps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 13

The life of the car driver is not placid one, and the frequency of dopy cows and calves, not to mention horses, on the narrow roads doesn't make it…

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Motoring Topics. How an Engine is Olied. Force or Splash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

To many new motorists the phrase "engine lubrication" conveys little more than a knowledge that there is some oil in the engine. It is desirable…

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Gosford Motor a Cycle Club

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 8

The following are the handicaps declared by the handicappers, Messrs R. Watson and W. Vaughan, for a 9-mile road race on Saturday, September 26,…

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The Great White Train. "AUSTRALIAN-MADE"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 6

Last Monday Messrs Madden and Cable, representing the "Australian Made" Preference League and The Direct Publicity Company, paid us a…

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"The Times" and the Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 1

The Shire President (Cr. Chapman) announced at the Council meeting on Friday that there had as yet been no official intimation of a decision by the…

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Training School Lad. Cut to Pieces by Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 14

A sixteen-year-old youth, Harold Iverson, who, in charge of an attendant, was on his way by train from Newcastle to the Industrial School at…

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Main Roads Work. to Be Carried Out with Board's Assistance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 7

At Friday's meeting of the Shire Council, the Engineer, Mr C. J. Fenton, submitted reports as follows:—Main Roads Programme for Years…

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Wiseman's Ferry to Mangrove Road To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 18

Sir,—It was with great surprise that I read in Spencer News in the last issue of your paper that the Spencer Progress Association has moved in the…

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Altering the Coaches. Getting the League's Train Ready for the Big Tour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 3

By special arrangement recently, the "Australian-Made" Preference League took a party of press and film men out to the railway works at Clyde to view…

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Furniture and Motor Sale

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 4

Messrs Wilkinson Bros., auctioneers, announce a clearance sale of furniture and effects in Mann Street North, Gosford, on Saturday, October 10th, on…

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Australian Industries Exhibition Train

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

A meeting of business people in connection with the above is called for 7.30 p.m. on Monday night next. at the Shire Chambers. Mr. Fairlie Kemp,…

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Roads and the City Unemployed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 16

The danger of having the Main Roads Board turned into a means of giving relief work to city unemployed was discussed at the last meeting of the…

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Woy. Pearl Beach Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 15

Mr. Bob Sylvester, who is leaving the service of the Shire Council, will construct the road from Ocean Beach to Pearl Beach for Messrs C. R. Staples…

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