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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

152 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 7 of 8

Railway Tennis Club Social

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 6

There was a good attendance at the Gosford School of Arts on Tuesday night, when a euchre party and dance was held in aid of the funds of the…

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Motors and Motoring Don't Brake Unnecessarily

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 8

Hard and unnecessary braking is hard on the car, the tyres, and the brakes. Quite a lot of needless expense is created by poor judgment in using…

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The Entrance Road Contract To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 9

Sir,--Your report of the Entrance Progress Association calls for some correction by me, as my name is mentioned as having moved a vote of…

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The Entrance Road Contract MR. R. P. Sylvester's Tender at £4348 ACCEPTED

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 12

At Monday's meeting of the Finance Committee of the Erina Shire Council a number of tenders were received for the construction of about two miles of…

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Deterioration of Main Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 3

The President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. C. Watson), states that much of the national value of the expenditure of millions of pounds on main roads…

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Make Repairs Off Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 3

Many motorists, the N.R.M.A. Safety Department suggests, do not realize the danger to which they expose other motorists and the risks they run…

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Motors and Government Finance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 3

The close relationship between the operation of motor vehicles and the State and Commonwealth finance was illustrated last week by the secretary…

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Motors and Motoring Neat Finish for Ignition Leads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 3

The multi-strand cable of the ignition leads to the spark plugs should not be connected to the terminals in a [?]lipshed fashion with frayed ends of…

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The Entrance Road Contract

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 2

Mr. R. P. Sylvester Declines to Proceed with his Contract. Next Lowest Tenders Accepted at £336 More. The Erina Shire Council recently…

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Motor Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 3

Betty Anna Orrett, 3½ years, who resides with her parents at Porcher Street, Hamilton, was killed instantly, when she fell from a motor car near…

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Defeating the Motor Thief

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 3

The epidemic of car thieving in Sydney is engaging the full attention of the N.R.M.A., which points out that if every owner did what the motor…

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Motorists and Politics

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. does not believe that the legitimate interests of motor owners can be protected or promoted by the formation of any motorists' political…

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Motors and Motoring Serious Decline in Motor Registrations

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 3

The extent to which the general decline in trade has affected the motor industry is strikingly revealed in the statistics that have been prepared…

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Fell From Motor Lorry. Lad Sustains Concussion

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 9

When riding north on a motor lorry last Friday night, near Palmdale, Allan Oliver, 18, residing at Potts Street, Ryde, fell to the roadway and…

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Waterfront Road to Woy Woy Erosion of the 100-Foot Reservation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 4

A sharp letter to the Erina Shire Council from the District Surveyor at East Maitland, was read at Monday's meeting. He wrote: "Referring to…

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Motors and Motoring Getting the "Feel." of the Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 8

It is only the experienced motorist who will take the wheel of a car with which he is unfamiliar, without diffidence or care. The expert driver has…

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Motors and Motoring Roads Rule the World

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 8

In a pamphlet recently issued in England announcing the formation of an Institute of Highway Engineers, a particularly striking tribute was paid to…

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Woy Creek Bridge New and Larger Structure

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 10

The small bridge across Woy Woy Creek, at the foot of Bull's Hill, on the Mountain Road, which was erected when the road was first opened, is to be…

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The Punt Bridge

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

The Erina Shire Council recently asked the Public Works Department to have the movable span of the Punt Bridge, over Erina Creek, made a…

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The Road to Terrigal. "Relief at Last," Says the N.R.M.A.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 8

For a long time the Erina Shire Council, with headquarters at Gosford, held the record for the possession of the worst stretch of road on any…

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