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Central Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

181 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 9 of 10

Road in front of hall should be tar-sealed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 5

A petition is being circulated and freely signed in Ourimbah asking Wyong Shire Council to carry out…

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Railways won't fence the barrier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 6

The Minister for Transport has told Gosford Shire Council that the responsibility for the provision of…

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Henry Kendall Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council has adopted the suggestion of a local resident that the new bridge being built on the…

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Railway Van Is Burnt

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

Fire gutted a railway van in the racecourse siding at Gosford station on Wednesday. Flames leapt 50 feet in the air while men…

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More than 50,000 train visitors in October

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

During October about 50,000 train passengers visited Gosford, and more than 12,000 tickets were sold here--a substantial increase on the figures of a year ago. Railway staff at Gosford…

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Motor Registry Office Assistance plea rejected

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

Revenue collected at Gosford Motor Registry Office during the past financial year totalled £45,881, but the Minister for…

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Motorists complain of conditions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 3

Failure of the State Government to take action in several matters of great moment to motorists was…

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Regal Motors display fast Triumph TR2

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 5

Regal Motors Pty. Ltd., Gosford has one of the 12 Triumph TR2 cars in Australia and will show its…

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Railwayman killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

Joseph Hardy, 55, railway employee, of Lushington Street, Gosford, was run down by a steam train soon after…

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Main roads grant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 7

Gosford Shire Council will receive a grant of £10,715 from the Department of Main Roads to…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

While riding his motor cycle to work at Mt. Penang Boys' Heme, where he is a carpenter, Mr John…

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Car crashes through bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

A car driven by Thomas Chilcott crashed through the railing of the Pt. Clare overhead railway bridge and fell to, a position adjacent to the railway line on Wednesday night…

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There's a road somewhere

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

A man who wants to build on his block of land in Honeysuckle Road, Umina, can't find the…

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Request on Pickett's Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 11

Kincumber Progress Association wants Pickett's Valley Road improved so that it can be negotiated…

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Important new road under consideration

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, Mr. E. Wetherell, is considering a proposal to construct a new road to link Spencer with the Pacific Highway at Mount White. Gosford Shire Council is…

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Concession railway tickets

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 10

The Transport Department finds difficulties in the way of granting a request by the Old Age…

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Council Seeks Safety on Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

An Intensive holiday road-safety campaign is being launched by Gosford Shire Council. Traffic will be diverted past the Mann…

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BRIDGE and the RIVER

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 1

Streams of cars are flowing over the Hawkesbury River road traffic bridge as record numbers of holidaymakers pass by. Here is a charming view of the bridge looking through the trees…

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Police ask for care on the roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 7

"I appeal to all people using our roads for their continued, even increased, co-operation and care,"…

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Angles on road to be re-aligned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 9

The Department of Main Roads, Newcastle, has advised Wyong Shire Council that approval has been…

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