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

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

102 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 6

New Hawkesbury Ferry Schedule of Charges Sydney-newcastle Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 8

The Executive Council, on (Friday assented to a scale of charges at the new ferry over the Hawkesbury River on the Sydney-New-castle V road. It is proposed to put the…

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Man or Woman? Who Was the Driver? Conflicting Evidence Windsor Road Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 9

WHO was the driver of a motor car which collided with a motor cycle travelling in the same direction along the Windsor-road on…

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Yarramundi Lagoon Bridge the Alternative Proposal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 8

Mr Jackson, M.L.A., forwarded to Castlereagh Council at last meeting a letter received by him from the Local Government Department, in reply to his personal…

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Yarramundi Lagoon Bridge Another Conference Castlereagh Wants Lumpsum Tender

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 5

CASTLEREAGH Council does not agree to the basis of tenders for the Yarramundi bridge work as submitted at its last meeting, when…

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Mystery Solved Who Was the Driver? Windsor Road Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

WHEN Donald McArthur Lamont Was riding his motor cycle along the Windsor-road on April 6 last, a motor car, travelling in the same direction, collided with…

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Dangerous Practice Waling Through Railway Carriages Regulations Should Be Enforced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 2

THAT the regulations dealing with the dangerous practice of passengers walking through railway carriages while a train is in motion…

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Excursion Fares Country People Penalised Railway Department Criticised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 5

WITH regard to excursion fares for country people, Mr. R. Bruce Wallcer, M.L.A., informed the conference of the Federation of Progress Associations at the Hawkesbury…

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Boundary Road Marketing Disabilities Settlers' Bitter Complaints

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 10

SERIOUS disabilities to which the settlers of Maraylya and adjoining centres are subjected to in order to get their produce to market…

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Bogged! Boundary Road Again Ratepayer's Pathetic: Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 5

H. J. ANDREWS, a resident of. Boundary. road, Riverstone, drew the attention of , Windsor Council at last meeting to the awful condition of that thoroughfare. Several"…

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"Our Daily Bread!" May Be Cut Off Pitt Town Residents' Plight State of the Bottoms Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 3

BECAUSE of the dangerous and untrafficable condition of the Pitt Town Bottoms-road, residents living along that thoroughfare are…

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Not Justified Additional Evening Train Council's Request Refused

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 9

WITH reference to the interview which aldermen of the Windsor Council had with the Railway Commissioners recently, relative to the provision of a train to…

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Our Roads £100,000 for Relief Work Need for Immediate Action the Sackville-tizzana Route

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 4

THE unemployment Relief Council has decided to make available £100,000 as a first instalment of the 3d. tax to provide employment…

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Colo Shire Council Serious Flood Damage Macdonald Valley Suffers Road Repairs Exceed £1,200

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 5

SERIOUS damage occasioned to roads and bridges by the recent flood in the Macdonald River Valley will cause a heavy expenditure on…

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Boundary Road Application for Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 11

At last meeting of Baulkham Hills Shire Council, the Hawkesbury and Nepean Districts Federation of Progress and Kindred Association asked that application be made…

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Where Was the Overseer? Repairs to Cornwallis Bridge Richmond Council Criticised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

IT is not often that one Council criticises another, but the aldermen of Richmond came in for some abuse, at the hands of their brothers…

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Windsor Council "Like a Bowling Green." Road at Pitt Town Bottoms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 6

THE regular fortnightly meeting of Windsor Council was held on the 15th instant when the following were present:—The Mayor (Ald. W. H. Dean), and Aldermen…

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"Very Serious Case" Speed Cyclist on Borrowed Machine Fatal Collision on Windsor Road Committed for Trial on Manslaughter Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 7

MORRIS Stewart Cobcroft, a well-known dirt track rider, was committed for trial on Monday by the Hawkesbury District Coroner (Mr. H. S Johnston, J.P.) for feloniously slaying Anthony James Petersen (41), a market gardener, on the Windsor-road, near Rouse Hill, on July 3…

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Fire at Quaker's Hill Railway Station Destroyed Riverstone Brigade's Quick Trip

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 3

SHORTLY before 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning the railway station at Quaker Hill was destroyed by fire. The buildings, burnt were the booking, office, waiting room,…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge Public Inspection Arranged Unique Opportunity Charities to Benefit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 10

DURING the past twelve months many hundreds of applications have been received by Messrs. Dorman Long and Company Limited from organisations and…

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Arm Around Girl Motorist Fined at Richmond Didn't Have Proper Control

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 12

"He was driving up the street with his arm around a young lady's neck," said Constable McNamara at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday, when Urban D. Nettleton…

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