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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

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Gosford Motor Cycle Club's New Track Opens May 28 Sixty Riders From Sydney Newcastle And Gosford To Compete

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

Gosford District Motor Cycle Club will hold its first fixture at the new track at West Gosford on May 28. The track, which replaces Lackersteen Park,…

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Roads at Lisarow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 5

The shocking state of the roads in the Lisarow area has been the subject of continuous…

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2000 Spectators At Opening Of New Motor-Cycle Circuit

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 7

More than 2000 spectators saw the Gosford Motor Cycle Club's TT(Tourist Trophy) races at Jusfrute Park, West Gosford, on Sunday. This is the first time that the West Gosford…

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Motor Cycle Valued At £250 Stolen

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

A new motor cycle valued at £250. was stolen from Donnison Street, Gosford, on Friday. The cycle is owned by Leslie…

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Matcham Roads To Receive Attention

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

The shire president. Cr G. Downes, said at Monday's Gosford Shire Council meeting that the engineer had been asked to treat…

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Motor Cycling

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 9

Members of Gosford Motor Cycle Club will hold a picnic day at Budgewol on Sunday. The club president, Mr Jack…

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Heavy Rain Damages Roads And Crops Nearly Seven Inches In Three Days; Traffic Discolated

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 6

Nearly seven inches of rain, which has fallen since Tuesday, has flooded creeks and lowlying areas, held up traffic and damaged roads and orchards throughout the whole of the district,…

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Mainly Social Braved Flooded Roads To Be. At 80th Birthday Function

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

Relatives and friends from Sydney, Newcastle, Wyong, Gosford, Casino, and Yarramalong, attended the 80th…

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Motor Cycling

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 11

A TT (Tourist Trophy) meeting will be held at the Gosford Motor Cycle Club's circuit at West Gosford on Sunday, June 25…

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Railway Bridge at Wyong

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

At the height of the floods, the Wyong railway bridge was almost under water. This photograph was taken as the water was falling on Sunday morning…

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Uncensored Barn Hill Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

We set out to photograph and interview Mr H. E. Jackson after he had won the Gosford seat. He lives in Barn Hill Road…

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Floods Cause Damage To Shire Roads Survey To Be Made By Engineer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 4

Heaviest damage done by rain in this district has been to roads, it was stated this morning, but no estimate of the damage could be obtained from the Gosford Shire Council…

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Part Of Woy Woy Area CutOff When Drain Pipe Collapses Man Overbalances From Bridge Into Creek At Holgate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

Parts of Ettalong, Ocean Beach, Patonga and Pearl Beach were isolated when a drain pipe collapsed in Blackwall Road, Woy Woy on Saturday morning…

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Motor Cycle Races Next

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 7

A deferred motor cycle race meeting will be held at the West Gosford circuit on Sunday. It will be conducted by the…

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Sea Foam Halts Road Traffic At Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 4

Lashed by strong winds for weeks the sea along the coast has been whipped up into waves of foamy lather which…

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Ratepayers Will Now Face 3¼d Rate Increase Shire Council Decides To Borrow £150,000 Big Road Repair Programme Approved After Five-Hour Discussion Yesterday

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 1

With Gosford Shire Council's decision to borrow £150,000 yesterday, for urgent road work and kerbing and guttering, ratepayers face a possible 3¼d in the £ increase in rates which would raise the total rate from 10 to 1/1¼ Council committed itself to the decision to borrow the money on a 5-4…

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50 Entrants For Motor Cycle Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

More than 50 riders will take part in the Gosford District Motor Cycle Club's TT (Tourist Trophy)race meeting at Jusfrute Park…

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Taxi Hit Railway Gates At 50 mph "Driver Too Drunk To Roll Cigarette," Police Allege

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

A Gosford taxi driver, who is alleged to have crashed into railway gates at Rawson Street, South Woy Woy, at a speed of 50 miles an hour, was so drunk when arrested after the accident that he…

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New Gosford P.O.—Railway Mail Contractor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

Mr Roy Ward, of Wyoming, who, for many years, held the contract with the Gosford Post Office to carry the mail between the Post…

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Motor Cycle Sports Next

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 1

Gosford Motor Cycle Club will hold a TT (Tourist Trophy) race meeting at Jusfrute Park. West Gosford. on Sunday in aid of the…

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