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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

199 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 8 of 10

Ourimbah News Motor Cycle Fatality. Ourimbah Lad Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 13

A shocking accident occurred just before 8 a.m. on Monday, when motor cycles ridden by James Hockey, of Maitland Road, Ourimbah, and…

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Suggested Hawkesbury Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 7

The possibility of some arrangement between the State Government and Messrs. Dorman Long & Co. for the construction of a bridge over the…

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Anticipation on the Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 7

Despite continued reference to the need for safety in motoring, and the expenditure of considerable sums of money in an endeavor to train…

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Free Map of Newcastle Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 10

So great was the demand for the folder map of the new Sydney-New castle Road issued by the Shell Co. that the first edition was exhausted within…

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N.r.m.a. and Woy Woy Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 12

At last meeting of Woy Woy Shire Council, the following letter under date 1.9.30, from Mr. C. A. Gregory, Manager of Touring and Publicity…

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Veteran Hall Punt and Waterfront Road. Cr. Humphrey's Explanation of Position

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 5

The following letter was read at the meeting of Woy Woy Shire Council on Wednesday night, Sept. 10th:— At a recent meeting of B Riding…

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Dispute re Lorry Repairs Gosford Motor Service and Engineering Co. Ltd. V. CANNING & CO

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 2

Before his Honor Judge Sheridan, at the District Court, Gosford, on Sept. 11th. Claim for goods sold and delivered, work done, etc., £64/6/5. Part…

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Sport for Motorists

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 7

Motorists living south of the Hawkesbury whose thoughts are naturally turning to tours of the near northern districts will find the N.R.M.A…

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Motors and Motoring Chevrolet Helps Capture of Smuggled Aliens

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 10

A Chevrolet Six recently played an important role in what is believed to be the first case on record of a head-on collision between an automobile and…

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Decision Announced Gosford Motor Service and Engineering Co. Ltd. v. CANNING & CO

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 8

At 10 o'clock this morning, Mr. A. E. Debenham, Registrar of the District Court, announced the reserved judgment of his Honor Judge Sheridan, in…

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Railway That Pays

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 12

The proprietor of a miniature railway, interviewed the Woy Woy Shire Council at its last meeting, seeking permission to run it at Ettalong…

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Road Collapses

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 13

Motorists using the main road through Ourimbah recently, little dreamed that near Mr. E. P. Mundy's shop there was a cavity beneath the…

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REPUDIATION! The Motorists' Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 4

"Some of the people loudest in their condemnation of any talk of repudiation of our national debts seem to be amongst the first to favor repudiation…

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Motor Sales

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 6

Among recent sales by Hill's Garage (local G.M.C. agents) have been:— Mrs. Belfield, Terrigal, Chev. Tourer; L. A. Hill, carrier, Gosford, Chev…

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Motors and Motoring the Price of Safety

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 10

The Postmaster-General and Acting Federal Treasurer (Mr. Lyons) considers that motorists and pedestrians have definite obligations in keeping down…

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Dispute re Lorry Repairs Gosford Motor Service Ltd. v. CANNING & COMPANY

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 8

It appears (we are requested to state) that in the report of the verdict herein in our last issue, it was not made sufficiently clear that the…

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Motor and Petrol Importations

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 10

"Referring to the published suggestion that the heavy additional motor and petrol duties have not succeeded in reducing importations under these heads,…

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Roads and Railways

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 7

The President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. C. Watson) suggested to-day that a lot of loose talk and shallow thinking relative to main roads were being…

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Avoca Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 8

Avoca Progress Association has asked the Council for several works, including repair of Avoca bridge and approaches, and suggesting that the latter…

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Wycombe Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 14

Residents of "Weymark Road" (as it is generally known), Terrigal, are pleased with the Council's promptness in giving them some attention, Mr. T…

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