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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

152 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 8

Northern Roads Promoting Tourist Traffic

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 10

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Aid. W. A. Jolly, C.M.G., regards this as an opportune time for prompting tourist traffic in Queensland. There were three…

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Motor Mishaps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

In the early hours, about 3.30 a.m., of Sunday morning last, there were sounds of splintered bark and shattered glass in Mann St., Gosford, when…

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Motor Registrations

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 16

Analysing the official returns of motor vehicle registrations just available, the N.R.M.A. points out that they falsify the prediction that the…

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Railway News and Views

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 10

Because of the great need for economy, the Railway Commissioners have decided to discontinue publication of "The Staff," the excellent magazine…

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Road Money How Shall It Be Spent? Main and Minor Roads. (2)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

The suggestion by the Shires Association of N.S.W., contained in a circular sent to the various Councils throughout the country, that "a…

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Money for Terrigal Road Motion Held Over

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

Cr. Paul moved that application be made to the Local Government Dept. for £3350, for work between Gosford and the Punt Bridge, in view of the…

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N.R.M.A. Report on Mountain Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 12

The following letter has been received by the Woy Woy Shire Council from the Manager, Touring and Publicity Dept., N.R.M.A., Sydney:--…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

The continued prevalence of theft of motor vehicles has caused the N.R.M.A. to renew its representations to the Government for the early…

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Revenue From Motors

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

The N.R.M.A,. announces that the revenue collected under the N.S.W. Motor Traffic Act during 1930 was £1,745,760 as against £1,798,136 during…

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Restrictions in Motor Trade

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. announces the revival of the agitation for the application of the Early Closing and Sunday Trading Acts to petrol stations and motor…

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Marketing Fruit by Aeroplane

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 16

The experiment last season of sending strawberries from Switzerland to England by aeroplane proved so successful that it is reported arrangements…

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The Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 10

An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight…

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Hawkesbury Bridge Ironworkers' Proposal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

We have been asked by several readers to reprint a proposal brought forward at the end of last year, to complete by a Hawkesbury Bridge the…

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Midsummer Railway Excursions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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Motors and Motoring Decarbonising Simplified

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

Various means of reducing the trouble of decarbonising internal combustion engines have been devised, among them being slowly feeding in…

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The Upward Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 14

To be strong and true; to be generous in praise and appreciation of others; to impute worthy motives even to enemies; to give without expection…

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On the Road to Dubbo Tale of a Tramp

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 14

Western Newspapers Ltd. have struck a friend on the tramp, and his notes are well worth reading. Starting from Sydney, the ''tramp),''…

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Memos, for Motorists a Little Box of "Gadgets."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 16

While it is never wise for the tourist to encumber himself with a whole trunkful of mechanical impedimenta, it is equally a mistake to set out upon…

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Waterfront Road Ratepayers' Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 11

Koolewong Progress Assn. (per Mr. J. W. Blackley, Hon. Sec.) has written to Erina Shire Council urging that the Koolewong to railway bridge (to Woy…

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Projecting Loads on Motor Cars

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

The menace of projecting loads on the running boards of motor cars has been fully illustrated during recent weeks, says the N.R.M.A in…

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