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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

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Deputations to Shire Road Access Wanted in the North

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 4

A deputation from the Lake Munmorah Progress Association waited on Erina Shire Council on Monday last with a couple of requests in regard to…

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Railway Worker Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 11

Mr. W. Powell, aged 52, a resident of Lisarow, a railway ganger working at Gosford goodyard, on Monday last received abrasions to the stomach,…

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Across Australia by Car the Experiences of Two Lady Motorists. Lecture at the Club

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 9

An interesting travel story, charmingly recounted, and interspersed with touches of bright humor, was unfolded to an attentive and appreciative…

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Motors & Motoring N.R.M.A News and Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 10

Motorists travelling along Prince's Highway beyond Moruya are warned by the N.R.M.A. that a sharp bend on to a bridge 10½ miles south of the town…

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Motors & Motoring N.R.M.A. News and Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 10

According to American statistics, there were about 35,700,000 motor vehicles in use throughout the world in 1931. The same statistics show,…

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Road Repairs and Opening of New Thoroughfares. Shire Engineer's Report

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 14

The Shire Engineer, Mr. Morris, in addition to reporting on the maintenance works of the various gangs in the different ridings, dealt with a number…

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B and E Ridings Inspected by Shire Councillors. Construction of Peat's Ridge Road Urged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 12

President Taylor, accompanied by Crs. Millar, Pinkstone, and Braithwaite (who joined in at Kulnura), Engineer Morris, and Inspector Fletcher,…

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Beautifying Railway Square £50 Straight-out Donation. Mr. Jas. Canning's Latest Offer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 4

Mr. Jas. Canning has written to the Erina Shire Council, stating that as there does not appear a possibility of the condition he imposed in regard to…

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Motors & Motoring N.R.M.A. News and Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. has suggested to the traffic authorities that the law be more strictly enforced against cyclists who ride their machines along traffic…

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Making the Railways Pay Freight Reductions on Wool

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 8

Whilst the 10 per cent, reduction on wool and livestock, conceded by Cr. Bruxner (Minister for Transport) to the deputation from the Graziers'…

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Motors & Motoring N.R.M.A. News and Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. has learnt of several cases recently where motorists have failed to "fill up" before leaving Mittagong for Wombeyan Caves, with…

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Echo of Mountain Motor Mishap

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 6

Ronald Chave, a Kempsey bank clerk, who was recently charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm to Eileen Berry and Philip George Phillips, on…

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Motor Smash at Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 11

A motor accident which might easily have ended with fatal consequences occurred at Ourimbah on Friday last, when a car driven by a city…

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Waterfront Road a Woy Woy Petition. Erina Shire Concerned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 5

The following is the text of a petition which is being circulated among ratepayers of the Shire by advocates for the construction of the waterfront…

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Open Road Race Gosford Cycle Club's Big Event. Saturday Next

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 12

Owing to the Gosford Show taking place on Saturday last, the Club held no racing on the road. It was fully expected there would be two or three…

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A Spring Carnival Railway Holiday

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 4

Many eminent globe-trotters have stated as their very definite opinion that nowhere in the world is a more delightful holiday climate to be…

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Motors & Motoring N.R.M.A. News and Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 3

A meeting of the N.R.M.A. Council agreed that appearances indicated a turning of the tide in the motor world. The chairman (Mr. J. C. Watson) said…

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Greensea's Tramway? How Autopay Upset Canterbury. Dermid to Caulfield

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 14

To everybody's surprise Autopay went mad at the start of the Canterbury Stakes, the weight-for-age 6 furlong event at the Canterbury meeting…

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Peat's Ridge North Road Ratepayers Help Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1932 · page 6

At Monday's meeting of Erina Shire Council a petition was read from number of ratepayers, residents and users of the road known as Peat's…

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Entrance North Bridge Further Funds Necessary. Application for Government Assistance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1932 · page 4

The residents of The Entrance North have had a good many obstacles thrown in their path since the effort to finance the building of the bridge which is to…

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