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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Traffic Offences Bring Fines For Twelve Motorists

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 4

Twelve motorists were fined a total of £26/10/- at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for traffic offences…

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Inquest On Man Found Dead On Railway Line

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr C. J. Staples, found at an inquiry at Gosford on Wednesday that Albert Percival Pritchard, 65,…

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Motorists Fined For Passing On Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 4

Two motorists, Joyce Thorne, of Kingsford and Ronald E. Sleet, of Sans Souci, were both fined £2 with 10/- costs at…

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The Courage Of Labe Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

Talking to Labe Bridge, you feel pretty confident that he'll lick polio—just as he licked that Jap machine…

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Child Fatally Hurt When Hit By Motor Cycle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

A two and a half year old boy was fatally injured when knocked down by a motor cycle in Ocean View Road, Ettalong, on Sunday afternoon…

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Women, Children Fight To Save Homes Railway Worker's Camp Threatened By Bushfire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

Women and children fought a bush fire which threatened their homes in Faunce Street, Gosford, yesterday afternoon. They burnt a fire break and relayed…

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District Motor Traders Entertained At Opening Dinner

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

Many guests were amongst the 86 who attended the inaugural dinner of the Gosford and Wyong Shires Motor Traders' Association at the BWD Club last night…

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Motor-cyclist And Father's Car Collide

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Gordon Kemp, 18, of William Street, Gosford, was injured in a motor-cycle accident last Sunday. The…

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Motor-Cycle Club T. T. In October

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 7

Gosford District Motor-cycle Club will hold a club TT at Jusfrute Park, on Sunday, October 7. Members of at least…

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9 Motorists Fined Total Of £52

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 6

Nine motorists were fined a total of £52 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday on traffic charges…

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Letters Complaint on Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 6

I claim that Brush Road Wamberal, takes the prize for the worst road in the shire…

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Cyclist's Leg Broken In Road Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 5

Lawrence Kay, railway porter, of Junction Road, Terrigal, suffered a fractured left leg when his motor-cycle and a…

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Motorist Crossed Centre Line; Fined

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 5

Stanley K. Bromley, of Gosford Road, Long Jetty, was fined £3/3/- at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions…

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Road Accidents Caused 699 Deaths Last Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 4

The number of people killed in road accidents in NSW in the year ended last June was 699, an increase of 24.6 per cent compared with the previous year…

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Man Drowned In Dam; Fatal Road Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 1

A man was fatally injured, another is in hospital in a serious condition and eight other people were injured in accidents during the holiday weekend…

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Inquiry Into Road Smash Concluded

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 1

The district coroner, Mr C. J. Staples, on Thursday completed a magisterial inquiry into the death of Allan Wesley…

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Motorists Fined On Traffic Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 1

Six motorists were fined a total of £37 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Woman Injured In Road Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

Mrs Mavis Horadam, of Mayfield, suffered a probable fractured nose when a car and a semi-trailer colilded near the…

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Motor-Cyclist Hurt: Collides With Cow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

Percy Williams, of Benelong Street, The Entrance, suffered severe concussion and abrasions to his head and face when his…

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"Tramp Said Baths Worst Camp Site"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

A tramp had described the Gosford baths as the worst camp site on the coast, Cr Brown said at last night's meeting of the Gosford Shire Council…

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