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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

215 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 10 of 11

Associates' Social Bridge and Mah Jongg

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 8

An enjoyable and profitable social afternoon was held yesterday in the club House of the Gosford Golf Club, bridge and mah jongg being enjoyed…

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Olympia Motor Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 15

Reports of the great Olympia motor show state that for the most part there has been no revolutionary change in design, but rather well plannel, detail…

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Motoring Section News and Notes for Drivers Acid-proof Varnish

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 15

A useful acid-proof varnish suitable for electrical work which can be employed for coating accumulator terminals to cheek corrosion, is made by…

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Bridge Opening

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 3

A meeting was held at Entrance North on Sunday afternoon to consider ways and means of suitably celebrating the opening of The Entrance…

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Woy Road Sign

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 13

For some time the road sign on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Mountain Road to Woy Woy has been ready to take the lettering and…

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Gosford Railway Figures Definite Improvement

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 6

Figures of business transaction[?] Gosford railway station for September this year show a definite increase those for the corresponding period…

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Railway Undercutting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 15

Apropos of railway underselling of citrus fruit, Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., has received the following letter from Hon. M. F. Bruxner, Minister for…

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Complaints by Motorists Evidence Must be Given

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 16

Police Traffic authorities hav[?] formed the Royal Automobile [?] that in the event of a motorist [?]ing another driver to the police [?]…

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Motoring Section News and Notes for Drivers Rusting by the Sea

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 16

Holiday-makers who are lucky enough, to be able to spend a vacation at the seaside and whose cars are parked out of doors or in a canvas shelter…

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"Cup" Bridge Party

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 11

On Tuesday afternoon, Melbourne Cup day, Mrs. Fred Wheeler entertained 32 friends at a bridge party: her home, "Crikenbah," Pt. Frede…

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Altered Train Times

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 10

Considerable annoyance had been caused those people who found out too late that the new summer railway timetable came into operation on Oct. 14…

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The Entrance Opening of Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 13

The Entrance bridge is due to be opened on December 15. Erina Shire Council, at last Monday's meeting decided to endorse the…

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Ridgeway s Road Troubles Settlers Need Access

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 4

Road troubles of The Ridgway were discussed at Monday's Council meeting when the Shire President (Cr. A. L. Taylor) moved that the M. R. Board…

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Gosford Motor Cycle Patrol

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 1

Constable Alex. Williams (on cycle) and Constable Albert Brown (in side car)…

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Motoring Section News and Notes for Drivers Jacking Up Bogged Cars

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 15

If a wheel has sunk so deeply into mud that it is impossible to insert the jack underneath the cur, it is often possible to raise the wheel by passing…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 8

Neville Reuben Hare, aged 19, of Wahroonga, a student at the Seventh Day Adventist Australian Missionary College at Cooranbong, was ridding his…

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Motor Cycle Strikes Stump

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 14

While Harold Powell, 20, an orchardist of Excelsior Road, was riding to Gosford from Pretty Beach on Sunday at 5.30 p.m., the motor cycle…

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Motoring Section News and Notes for Drivers Radiation From Exhaust

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 14

On some cars the exhaust pipe passes very close to the passenger compartment and in summer time the heat radiated from it may make the interior…

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October Railway Figures Improvement Continues

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 10

Figures of business transactions at Gosford railway station for October this year show a definite increase over those for the corresponding period of…

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Railway Eisteddfod

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 10

The tenth annual Eisteddfod of the Railway Institute will commence on November 29. This musical festival, which continues for nine days and…

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