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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Motor Hill Climb

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

A prominent feature of the district holiday attractions was the motor hill climb at Terrigal, run in conjunction with the Terrigal Surf Club's big…

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Meeting Road Rivalry Railway Plans

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

With the opening of the new Northern Highway within a few months, there will undoubtedly be serious competition with the railways, and in…

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Good Roads Increase Land Values

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 15

Woy Woy provides a good example of the beneficial effects of the provision of good roads upon land values. Roads must be provided before…

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Seeing Some of N.S.W. Holidays on the Road. South to the Federal Capital

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 15

We left Gosford at 3.30 on Christmas Eve, feeling Teal spry, for an eight-day tour south. As the old bus purred across the wonderful Penang…

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Touring Motorists

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 10

Fired at by Bedouins in the French Syrian desert, and a narrow escape from being thrown into prison in Turkey, are some of the experiences of…

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Motors and Motoring Some Wrinkles

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 10

Slack piston rings are generally the cause of excessive carbon in one cylinder, as they allow too much oil to pass into the combustion chamber. In such…

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Motors and Motoring Famous Explorers Use Willys Knight Oaks in Jungles. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Sail For Darkest Africa to Photograph Wild Beasts in Native Haunts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 13

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, noted African explorers, are on their fourth expedition to Equatorial Africa. This trip is expected to be the most…

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Community Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 12

I had forgotten how much I owed To one, and two, and three; I thought I travelled a lonely road, But they were there with me…

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Motors and Motoring Two Road Pests

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 15

There are, according to the N.R.M. A., two road pests each of whom scores 100 per cent, as a double-barrelled, altogether-awful weariness of the flesh…

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Safety on the Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 15

"There is a wonderfully human appeal in the doctrine of the road safety movement—unselfish and universal," says the Acting-Chairman of the N.R…

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Erina Shire and the New Main Road (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 11

Sir,—It appears to me that the people of this district are like a watch dog that sleeps when necessity requires it to be awake. I have often heard it…

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Road Celebrations Wyong Will Co-operate. Full Committee to be Completed Soon

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

Cr. A. L. Taylor and Messrs. C. K. Adrian, C. W. Kingston, and J. S. Gardiner, visited Wyong on Monday night and placed before a public…

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Seeing Some of N.S.W. Holidays on the Road. South to the Federal Capital. (Continued from Last Issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 2

After breakfast on Thursday morning, December 26th (Boxing Day), our lives were nothing but ups and downs, and one darn change after…

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Gosford Court News FRIDAY, 10th JANUARY. Before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M. Motor Prosecutions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Police v. Harry Ronald Young, charge of driving a car at a speed dangerous to the public. Hamilton stated defendant…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

In this issue particulars are given by the Railway Department of cheap excursion arrangements which have been made for railway travellers in…

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Till the Bridge Comes Ferry Vessels We'll Use. Up-to-date Australian Jobs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

Two new vehicle ferries, George Peat and Frances Peat, are nearing completion in Messrs. Poole and Steel's yards at Balmain. That firm's…

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A Great Guessing Competition for Opening of New Road. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

Sir,—Following up my letter of last week, in which I referred to the probable number of motor vehicles that will cross the Hawkesbury River when…

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Correspondents' Opinions Not Necessarily Ours. New Road Through Gosford (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

Sir,—I am greatly interested in the various schemes that are voiced from time to time in the columns of your good paper. There are certainly a…

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Seeing Some of N.S.W. Holidays on the Road. (Continued from Last Issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 17

The next morning (Saturday), we had the luck to get packed up at Yass before the drought broke, but we decided to have breakfast in town…

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Motor Transport Mr. Bruxner's Activities

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 17

It was a happy thought on the part of the Executive of the Motor Traders' Association to invite Col.' Bruxner, Minister for Local Government, to…

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