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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

93 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 5 of 5

Terrigal Man Gets Damages For Motor Car Accident Car Wrongfully Parked At Corner

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 3

Roland Astill Burns, of Terrigal, was awarded a verdict of £20/14/in the Gosford Small Debts Court Friday week for damages his car…

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Police Patrol Is Bringing The Law Home To Motorists Careless Drivers Pay The Penalty

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 3

The Gosford Police Patrol is bringing the law home to careless drivers in no uncertain terms. Each Court day, motorist are…

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Aeroplane Landing Ground Being Graded Shire Works

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 4

Reporting on works in progress throughout Erina Shire on Monday, the Shire Engineer (Mr. A. Colin Morris) stated:—…

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Youth Receives Severe Head Injuries Struck By Motor Tyre Rim

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 2

Douglas Harvey, aged 18 years, of Point Frederick, received severe head injuries as a result of an accident at the Gosford Freestone Quarry last…

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Bus Stopping Places Warning To Motorists

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 3

Bus stopping places have been fixed in Mann Street, Gosford after consultation between the municipal engineer and the police…

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Spark From Chimney Starts Fire Near Railway Station No Damage Done

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 3

A small crowd gathered on the corners of the Gosford Hotel and Sterland Bros. yesterday to see the Fire Brigade at work extinguishing a…

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Two Youths Hurt In Motor-Cycle Smash Taken To Hospital

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 3

Peter Bowman, 17, and Brian Bowman, 16, brothers, of Campbell Street, Terrigal, received severe injuries when the motor cycle they…

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Youth Jumps From Train Believed To Be Prison Escapee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 1

A youth, who is believed by Police to be a Queensland Prison "Camp escapee, jumped from the Sydney-bound Brisbane express on Sunday…

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Waterfront Road Bridge Hold-Up Contractor Cannot Obtain Delivery Of Steel Girders

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 6

Mr. H. Woodward, of Narara, informed the Municipal Council, Tuesday night that he was unable to obtain supplies of steel necessary for…

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Motorist In A Hurry Gets £3 Fine Speedster's Suggestion To Police

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 3

Being in a hurry to get home cost Boyd Michael Levy a £3 fine and 8/- costs at the Gosford Police Court on Friday…

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£10,000 Aeroplane For Commonwealth Cash Orders Amalgamated's Donation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 8

Cash Orders Amalgamated, of Newcastle, have donated a £10,000 aeroplane to the Commonwealth Government as a war gift…

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News And Notes From The N.R.M.A Holiday Road Safety

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 3

A plea to motorists to take particular care on the road this Christmas, is made by the President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. C. Watson)…

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Pig and Fowls in Motor Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 5

Witnesses of a motor smash on the pacific Highway north of Wyong on Friday had to lift a motor car off a man, who was pinned by his left leg, and then help him catch a pig, a flock of fowls and pick up nearly a hundredweight of potatoes…

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