Road Safety Hint
The NRMA offers a safety hint to motorists: On a narrow winding road, be specially on the alert when you see…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
127 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 3 of 7
Bad Road Manners Cause Accidents
Plain discourtesy and bad manners caused a large proportion of the accidents and the accident- breeding situations occurring on the roads. NRMA general secretary, Mr H. E. Richards…
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Gosford Shire Council will spend £3000 this year on re-sheeting with gravel the road between Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Holgate Wants Bus Time Altered to Meet Train
Holgate Progress Association will ask the owner of the bus serving Holgate to change the afternoon Gosford departure time from 3.50 pm to 4 pm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable Forced To Side Of Road
A Victorian motorist was fined £4/8/- at Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for having drive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drove Car Through Shut Railway Gate
Information [?] case against a man, wit[?] leged to have driven [?] is car through a closed [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Bridge Is Difficult For Motorists, Says Coroner
The turn from the Pacific Highway on to the Donnison Street bridge over the railway line was sometimes difficult at night, and flashing headlights of cars coming round the corner from Gosford were apt to dazzle drivers approaching from the opposite direction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Did Not Influence Bridge Work
The work carried out so far on the construction of the new railway bridge over Ourimbah Creek in no way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barbecue For Motor Cyclists
Gosford Motor Cycle Club has started another year with bright prospects. It hopes to add many new names to its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist's Unforgivable Sin
It was an unforgivable sin for a motorist to cross the centre-lines when approaching a bend, Mr F. P…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Fractures Skull in Motor Cycle Fall
Four accidents were reported in the district over the weekend. A Woy Woy youth suffered probable fractured skull on…
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A finding of accidental death was returned by the district coroner, Mr. C. J. Staples, at Gosford last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Mails Serve Remotest Parts
The road mail service is the basic means of communication for the man on the land, and large sums…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Move To Improve Donnison St. Rail Bridge
Provision of a separate footway on the Donnison Street railway overbridge is a matter for Gosford…
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Three members of the Gosford Motor Cycle Club have entered for the race to be held at Mount Druitt on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Looking Backwards When Road Ahead Clear
It was an all white wedding at Christ Church, Gosford, on August 1 when Vinette Davenport and Eric Morgan were married. Vinette is the younger daughter Of Mr and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Grant For Wyong Rural Roads
A grant of £7910 will be made available to Wyong Shire Council by the Department of Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Hurt When Engine Backs Into Race Train
Five people were injured on Tuesday when an engine crashed into the back of a stationary race train at Gosford railway station. Those injured were:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Skid Throws Woman to Road at Kelly's Corner
A woman suffered a probable fracture of the skull when she was thrown from a skidding truck on The Entrance Road about five miles from Gosford yesterday morning…
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A motor-cyclist was injured on Saturday when his machine, travelling about 30 miles an hour,…
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