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

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

74 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 4

Grant of £4,500 Asked for by Windsor Council Allocation on the Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 16

WINDSOR COUNCIL has increased the amount of its application in connection with the Federal Unemployment Relief Grant from £2,000…

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Windsor Council Unemployment Relief Grant Complaints About Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Windsor Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening of last week. Those present were: Aldermen ; N. Jenkyn (Mayor), W. H…

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Alleged S.p. Betting Police Visit Railway Hotel Licensee and Another Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 2

AS a sequel to a visit by a number of Parramatta police to the Railway Hotel, Windsor, on May 4 and 11 last, the licensee (Elsie…

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Notable Anniversary Historic Northern Road Founded ,109 Years Ago

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 6

ONE hundred and nine years have gone "to where the old years go" since the first recorded overland journey between Newcastle and…

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Mackenzie's Hollow Move to Have Road Raised Would Landowners Be Affected?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 10

DURING question time at last meeting of the Windsor Council, Aid. Wood suggested that a request should be sent to the Transport Board with a view to having the…

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"Never Make a Road' Gravel on Pitt Town Bottoms Complaint to Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 10

AT last meeting Of the Windsor Council, Mr. A. J. May called attention to the gravel that was recently put on the Pitt Town…

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Relieving Glut Orange Juice Depot Railway Department's Venture

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 8

Without, any expectation of profit from the venture, but purely with the object of relieving the glut of fruit, and of assisting the growers, the Transport Commissioners…

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Bandon Road Question of Repairs Blacktown Council Criticised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 9

WINDSOR COUNCIL at its last meeting received a communication from Blacktown Shire Council in reference to the repairs proposed to be carried out to…

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The Rifle Match at Anzac Windsor Well Trounced Railway and Tramway Win

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 14

ON Saturday last a team from Windsor made the journey to Anzac Rifle Range to contest a match at 500 and 600 yards against a combination from the Metropolitan…

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£1200 for the Aerodrome Unemployment Relief Grant

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

MR. JOHN N. LAWSON, M.H.R. for Macquarie, paid an official visit to the Richmond Aerodrome on Wednesday, when representations were made to him…

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112½ M.p.h. Record on Richmond Road

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

IN a racing car, a "speed king" from Sydney averaged the record speed for New South Wales of 112½ miles per hour in a trial run on the…

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Mountain Reserves New Road From the Hawkesbury Minister Promises Support

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

ANOTHER attempt as being made by the Springwood and Linden Group of Reserves Trust to establish a new road between the Hawkesbury district…

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"Better Than a Bill!" Letter of Appreciation Work on Fairy Road

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

Mr. S. K. Dawes, works manager of the Riverstone Meat Co., Ltd., Riverstone, wrote to the Windsor Council at its last meeting expressing appreciation of the work carried…

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Stolen Gravel From Road at Schofields Young Man Convicted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 August 1932 · page 3

For maliciously damaging a road at Schofields, the property of Blacktown Shire Council, Joseph McMahon was proceeded against at Windsor Police Court on…

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Not to Standard Concreting at Carrington Hotel Main Roads Board Complains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1932 · page 5

WITH regard to the concrete kerbing and guttering which was recently carried out in front of the Carrington Hotel, the Main Roads…

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Was It Insulting? Letter From Mr. J. A. May Complaint About "Dust" on Road "Very Hard. Man to Please."

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

BEFORE a letter received from Mr. J. A.. May, of Pitt Town Bottoms, was read at the last Windsor Council meeting, the Mayor stated that people who wrote to the…

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"Great Men Think Alike!" Compliment to Ald. O'brien Week-end Railway Excursions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1932 · page 1

There was a familiar tone in one of the letters Windsor Council received at its last meeting. Ingleburn Council, of which Mr. Harley…

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The Missing Link New Road to the Mountains Deputation to Colo Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 6

AT Colo Shire Council meeting last week a deputation was received from the Blue Mountains Shire Council to seek support regarding…

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"About Time" Connecting Two Main Roads Deviation to River Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 7

In a minute to the last meeting of the "Windsor Council, the Mayor (Aid. Jenkyn) moved that the Department of Transport be requested to put in hand the work of linking…

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Proposed New Road Hawlesnury to the Mountains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 10

General gratification is expressed at the prompt manner in which the President of the Blue Mountains Shire (Cr. Percy Wilson) took active steps to support the…

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