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

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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General Manager of the Ford Motor Company on Idealism

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

Speaking on "Ideals in Business" recently,, Mr. H. C. French, general manager in Australia for the Ford Motor Company, gave it as his impression that Australians were…

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Aeroplane Bogged Air Force Officers at Blayney Landed in Cultivation Paddock

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 3

Flight-Officer ("Spud") Murphy and Captain Sutherland, of the Royal Australian. Air Force, Richmond, met with difficulties at Blayney on Monday afternoon about 4.30…

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Breaches of Motor Traffic

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 12

At Windsor Police Court on Monday, before Mr. H. H, Chippindall, P.M., and Messrs J. J. McLeod and W. H., O'Brien, Js.P., G. H. Pliippard was charged with not…

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Mr. Fitzsimons' Death Motorist Re-charged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

A re-hearing of the evidence given at the inquest into the death of Mr. W. R. Fitzsimons, M.L.A., after he was knocked down by a car on March 15, was conducted at the…

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Diamonds and the Motor Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 8

Enough diamonds to stud a queen's coronet are worn out every year in the manufacture of Ford cars. Contrary to the popular guess they are not used for cutting…

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Books' Ferry Bridge (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 8

Sir,—Have read with some little amusement a letter under the pen name of H. Smith in your paper with reference to the proposed construction of a bridge over the…

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Freeman's Reach Washaway Temporary Road Remains Open Dispute Goes to Land Board

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

Colo Shire Council was advised at its regular monthly meeting on Monday, that the Local Land Board ?would sit at Windsor on August 4, to deal with the dispute regarding…

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Maraylya Roads (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 12

Dear sir,—Through your valuable paper we are informed that the Maraylya Progress Association insulted the Windsor Council. Now, that was never, the M.P.As. motive,…

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Proposed Light Tramway Across Yarramundi Falls Bridge Gravel Company's Reply

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 9

"So far the Council has only availed Itself of the opportunity in a very small way, and the fact that it continues to purchase less Valuable articles from a…

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The Macdonald Bridge (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 12

Sir,—On reading Mr. H. Smith's letter in a recent issue of your paper, one would imagine that the small district in which he lives on the Macdonald River embraced the…

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Belligerent Butcher Scene at Railway Station

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 3

Gordon Hipwell Gosper, a North Richmond butcher, was the centre of attraction, at the Parramatta railway station on Monday night. As a result he was also cast in…

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Karrajong Railway a Dream of Forty Years! Will It Be a Failure? Alleged Opposition by Motor Transport

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 5

A short brisk ride through the green-fringed western outskirts of Richmond brings the traveller by a short; round-about turn, face to face with the low traffic bridge…

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Kurrajong Railway Completion by October

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have advised Mr, R. B. Walker, M.L.A., that it is expected that the Kurrajong railway will be completed by about the end of October next…

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Another Railway Smash Has Murrurundi the Hoodoo Sign Upon It? Written for the "Windsor and Richmond Gazette"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 12

Nestled in the foothills of the great Liverpool range, perhaps the most picturesque spot the world over, not only for charm and beauty, but it is recognised by both…

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Motor Tipping Lorry Windsor Council to Purchase Mayor Expounds Progressive Policy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 6

That the time has arrived for the Municipality of Windsor to consider the desirability of purchasing a motor tipping lorry with a view to economy and a more…

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Coloshire Council Freeman's Reach Washaway Road Resumption Settled

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 7

The regular monthly meeting of Colo Shire Council was held on Monday, when the following were present:—The President (Cr. A. Buckland), and Crs. A. C…

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Fined £20! Motor Driver Without a License Sequel to Magrath's Hill Smash Coroner Records Verdict of Accidental Death

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 1

Ernest Maul, the driver of the motor car in which his father, John Charles Maul, met with a fatal accident, at the foot of Magrath's Hill, early on Sunday evening, August 1, when it collided with a stationary motor lorry, was fined the maximum penalty of £20, at Windsor Police Court on Monday, for…

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Doomed! Fate of The Motor Lorry Motion of Dissent Against Mayor's Ruling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 1

THAT the fate of the motor lorry which Windsor Council proposes purchasing, is doomed can be judged by the dissention which exists among the "civic fathers" concerning the type, the price, and the practicability of the vehicle being a money-saving proposition…

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Some Bad Patches Wiseman's Ferry Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 12

A representative of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia made a thorough inspection of the road between Sydney and Wiseman's Ferry during the week…

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"Settled!" the Fate of the Motor Lorry Council Object's to Extra Cost What Was the "Outside "Influence?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 8

THE "Gazette" was right in its prediction in a recent issue that the fate of Windsor Council's proposal to purchase a motor tipping lorry was…

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