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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Fund Opened For Road Victim's Family

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

A fund has been opened to assist the widow and four children of a man killed in a road accident at Wyoming on…

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Road Sealing Will Be Done This Month

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

The BHP will do tar-sealing work within the Gosford Shire this month. The acting chief engineer of…

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Shire Will Seek £900,000 Loans For Road, Water Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

Loans totalling approximately £900,000 will be sought by Gosford Shire Council for road work and to complete the water augmentation scheme and the Gosford sewerage…

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County Council Approach On Railway Land

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County Council on Thursday decided to begin negotiations with the Railways Commissioners on the availability of an area of vacant land with a frontage to…

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Councillor Critical Of Road Estimate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

The fact that an extra £1470 was needed for work on the Tumbi Road suggested that the council was building roads that…

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10 Motorists fined On Traffic Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

Ten motorists were fined a total of £28 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday for traffic offences…

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New Milk Bar For Gosford Railway Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

A modern milk bar to be built at Gosford Railway Station will enable travellers to obtain fountain services…

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Council Calls Tenders For Road Plant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 5

Tenders will be called by the Gosford Shire Council for the purchase of road-making plant. The council decided this last…

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Motorists Pay £57 In Traffic Fines

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 5

Traffic offences brought £57 in fines and costs at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Downpour Flooded Many Shops Roads. Crops Damaged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Heavy rain which swept the Gosford district on Saturday yielded registrations of up to nine inches, and damaged roads, crops and property. A torrential downpour on Saturday night— Caused flooding in shops in Gos-…

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Letters Road Safety

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

It is apparent that the Road Safety Council is Just wasting its energy and public money In its laudable attempts to…

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18 Railway Employees Pass Examination

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

Eighteen railway employees passed first aid examinations at Gosford on Thursday…

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16 Motorists Fined £40/10/-; Traffic Breaches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 5

Sixteen motorists were fined a total of £40/10/- at the Gos-ford Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday for traffic offences…

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Gosford Shire "Not Holding Road Grants"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council was not one of the councils which had accumulated money granted for road work in…

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Motor Business Changes Hands

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Motor Service and Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd.., of Mann Street, Gosford changed hands on Tuesday…

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BHP Unit Begins Shire Road Resealing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

The BHP yesterday afternoon began to reseal and surface patch roads in the Gosford shire area…

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Road Condition Blamed For Loss Of Bus Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

Loss of the Ridgeway-Gosford bus service meant that residents of the Ridgeway district were without public…

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Motorists Fined On Traffic Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

Four motorists were fined a total of £12 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions or Thursday for traffic offences…

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Quarry Spoil "Could Reduce Cost Of Road"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Damping surplus material from Gosford quarries along the Waterfront Road could possibly reduce the estimated…

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Councillors Explain Shire Road Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

Clrs Tennant and Brown, A riding representatives on the Gosford Shire Council, attended a meeting of the Wamberal…

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