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

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

74 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Bowls Harbor Bridge Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 12

The New South Wales Bowling Association will hold a bowls carnival in celebration of the official opening of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. It is confidently anticipated…

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Macquarie Fight Declaration of Poll Victor's Reason for Success Mr. Chifley's Prediction Hard Road to Prosperity

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

FROM the Bathurst Court House steps at noon on Friday, the Returning Officer, (Mr. R. R. Golsby) declared the poll for Macquarie…

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Giant Bridge Huge Sydney Harbor Span Lavish Opening Preparations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 6

THE gigantic bridge across Sydney Harbor now in its final stages of construction, is attracting world-wide attention. It is the largest single-span arch bridge in the…

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Cyclist Killed Crashed Into Stationary Lorry Midnight Tragedy on Cattai-road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

FULL of vigor and the joy of youth, Harold Claude Carroll, aged 22, played on Saturday afternoon last with the Bendigo Cricket Club, of…

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Old Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

"The Old Roads" is a pleasant account by Miss Eirene Mort of the original highways starting from Macquarie's Obelisk in the Place named after him, from which distances…

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Tragic Trip Motor Cyclist Killed Crashed Into Stationary Lorry Alleged Unsuitable Head-light

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

THE motor cycle trip which Harold Claude Carroll (22) had to Richmond on the night of January 17 came to a tragic end when he was within a few miles of his place of…

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Cheated Death Three in a Motor Car Kurrajong Level Crossing Smash Family's Miraculous Escape

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 10

A MOTHER, her son, and daughter cheated death on Monday, when their car was struck with terrific force by a speeding, passenger…

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Cattai Road Tragedy (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 10

Sir,-I read in your valued paper of the sudden death of a young man whose motor cycle crashed into a stationery lorry on the Cattai-road. On reading the inquest of this…

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FINED £20 Motor 'Bus Proprietor Alleged S.P. Betting Sequel to Windsor in RAID

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

"Discretion is the "better part-of valor." No doubt William James Mortley, motor 'bus proprietor, of Windsor, realises the truth of this , adage…

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Parker's Road Is It in Bad Repair? Conflicting Opinions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

Is the notorous Parker's-road at Oakville still in bad repair? The Oakville Progress Association says it is, and their views are supported by Ald…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 7

There shall broad streets their stately walls extend, The circus widen, and the crescent bend; There, ray'd from cities o'er the cultured…

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The Rifle Railway and Tramway v. Windsor Victory for the Home Team

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 10

A TRIANGULAR MATCH, Metropolitan Railway and Tramway, Rockdale and Windsor, was organised for Saturday last on the Windsor range, but Rockdale was…

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Sylvan Motorists' Paradise Fifty Miles Away

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 12

WITHIN 50 miles of Sydney, in picturesque bush surroundings on the banks of Cattai Creek, is located Loughlin Park, one of the…

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Can See the Bridge From Kurrajong Heights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

KURRAJONG HEIGHTS commands finer views of the Hawkesbury River and surrounding country than perhaps any of the other mountain…

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Bandon Road Question of Repairs Blacktown's Estimate Too High?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

WINDSOR COUNCIL at its last meeting received a communication from the Blacktown Shire Council in reference to the condition of Bandon-road—a boundary…

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Lost Both Legs Youth's Shocking Injuries Run Over by Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

WHEN he attempted to board a moving goods train near the Zig Zag signal box, Lithgow, on Thursday of last week, William Alfred, on Hignet (17), of Riverstone, received…

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Neglected Roads and Culverts (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 8

Sir,—The influence of Windsor's "Gazette" secured repairs to roads and the removal of obstructions across, and on, roads. Ratepayers are .indeed grateful to you. But, sir, there is Bingle-road' with a gully" across…

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Wirths' Circus Coming by Special Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 3

Starring Aloys Peters, the man who hangs himself to live, an all-inclusive assembly of the earth's foremost athletic, acrobatic and aerial talent in new wonders and…

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Motor and Cycle Collide in George-street, Windsor Mr. E. H. Hayes' Miraculous Escape

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 4

MR. E. H. HAYES was run over by a motor car in front of Ward's store, George-street, Windsor, on Thursday afternoon of last week,…

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"Opening the Bridge"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 4

A large party of visitors from Sydney in cars and buses on a recent Sunday parked on, the bridge reserve at Cattai, and all seemed to enjoy the outing immensely…

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