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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

231 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 12

Holiday Traffic Richmond Bridge

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 1

As usual, the holiday traffic through Richmond was both brisk and heavy. Several hundreds of motor cars and cycles, many score of sulkies und…

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A Cooler Motor Car

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

A cooler motor car in hot weather may be had by applying aluminium paint to the under side of the top and a white reflecting paint on the…

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The World on Wheels Motor Notes

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

Popping back at the carburett[?]r [?] exceedingly dangerous if the carburetter has just been primed and if there is much of a leak…

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Main Roads Bill

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

The Government's Main Road Bill is to be jettisoned this session. It will be numbered amongst the "slaughtered innocents." Every party in Parliament…

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Richmond Park Railway to Traverse an Important Decision

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 4

From a reliable quarter it has been ascertained by the "Hawkesbury Herald" that the recommendation of the Station Sites Board…

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Hawkesbury Herald "For the wrong that needs resistance, For the cause that needs assistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do." Thursday, January 10, 1923. Richmond Park—and Kurrajong Railway

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 4

Again a crisis has been reached in the vicissitudes of the Richmond-Kurrajong railway, but on this occasion some interesting…

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Four Toots Motorists' Code

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

The Police Department wish it to be known that in future four tots Of a horn from a car in the rear are to be recognised as a signal from one driver…

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Kurrajong Railway

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. W. R. Fitzsimons, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Public Works Department:— I am directed in the first place to…

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Kurrajong Railway. Another Protest. "Spare the Park."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 3

On the unusual ground that it threatens the destruction of a park, the Railway Commissioners have been asked to stay the…

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Comleroy Road

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

Many of the older residents of this part who remember Mr. Thomas Pitt, a native of Comleroy Road, and a son of the late Robert Pitt, will regret to…

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Kurrajong Railway. Station Sites. Longleat Advocated

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

In view of the cent visit of the Station Sites Board the following correspondence, which was dealt with at the Colo Shire meeting on Monday will…

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Railway Commissioners Promise To Review Course Of Railway Through Pa[?]. Richmond Park. Deputation in Sydney Matter to Be Reviewed

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

A deputation consisting of the Mayor (Ald. Carter), Aldermen Hiddle, Wholohan, A. C. Smith. J. W. Smith, Dr. W. M. Helsham. A. V. Grimwood (Town…

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Longleat Siding Railway League Moves. Request to Colo Shire

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

The proposal for a station site at Longleat on the new Kurrajong railway was the subject of a meeting of the Kurrajong Railway League held at…

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German Motor Cycles British Designs Copied

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

There has been a distinct revival, almost a boom, in the motor cycle movement in Germany. Prior to 1914, Germany, then a…

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Wiseman's Ferry Punt Need for Motor Service. United Effort to Be Made

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

A united effort is to be made, by a deputation to the Minister, for a more up-to-date ferry service across the Hawkesbury River, at Wiseman's Ferry…

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Richmond Park. Woodman, Spare Those Trees! Protest Against Railway. Scenes of Emotion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

Scenes of emotion marked a deputa-which on Friday asked one of the Commissioners for Railways (Mr. Cann) to stop the construction of the…

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Kurrajong Railway. and Hobartville Stud. Pear for Young Blood Stock

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. Percy Reynolds, the genial squire of "Hobartville," Richmond, went to Sydney on Friday to see the Railway Commissioners, and point out to them that the route…

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Comleroy. Road.—conveyance of Children

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 1

The following communication, from the Department of Education to Mr. W. R. Fitzsimons, will be of interest to Comleroy Road readers:—With…

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Through the Park. the Kurrajong Railway. Commissioners Determined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 12

All efforts to prevent the Kurrajong railway from going through portion of the Richmond Park have failed. The Railway Commissioners are determined…

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Road Rules for the Novice

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 2

It is obvious that the new motorist can only acquire road sense in the mill of practical experience. It is also obvious until he or she has acquired that…

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