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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Motor Car Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 9

MR. W. GORROD wishes to announce that he has established a Motor Car Service between Sackville and Windsor and return on Tuesdays and Fridays, leaving…

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Motor Boat Club Allocation of Trophies

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 14

The deferred general meeting of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club "was held in the Royal Picture Theatre, Windsor, on Monday night. Dr. G. P. Arnold presided…

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Motoring Fatality Coroner's Advice to Drivers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 15

Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Parramatta Coroner, last week inquired into the death of Alexander Parker, who died in the Western Suburbs Hospital on March 21, from…

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Forgetful Motorists These Things Do Happen Occasionally

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

Last month the N.R.M.A. answered calls from 2352 motorists in distress. "Motorists in distress," said Mr. Hodder, chief of the N.fR.M.A. patrol staff last…

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Motor Boat Club Visit to St. George

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 12

A pleasant and interesting visit was paid to St. George Motor Boat Club last week-end by members of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club…

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Bookmaker Fined Breaches of Traffic Act "Most Aggressive Motorist!"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 7

"He's the most aggressive motorist I've met in all my experience," declared Constable Allen at the Richmond Police Court last week, when Jack Horace Wastie, a…

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To Pay £500 Compensation for Assault "High-handed Outrage." Trouble Over Motor Truck

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 7

At the Quarter Sessions Court, Darilnghurst, on Friday, Judge 'Curlewis; in addition, to binding over George Herbert Stephens, 34, motor mechanic, to be of good behavior for…

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Bridge to Bridge Long Speed Boat Race R. Irwin's Fine Performance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 1

QUITE a large gathering of members of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club, visitors from the St. George Motor Boat Club, and the public generally…

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Dangerous Driving? Motorist Who Failed to Stop Accident at Castlereagh Sequel at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

FOR driving in a manner dangerous to the public and for failing to stop after an accident, William John Morris was proceeded against before Mr. A. G. Hardwick…

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Cheaper Railway Freights Offered to Hawkesbury Crowers See Page 10. Reduced Freights Bulk Loading Rates Fruit at 2d. Per Case Railway Department's Offer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

FOR the purpose of conferring with representatives of the Railway Department relative to cheaper freights for local produce, a meeting of growers was held in the…

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£2,000 Damages Wilberforce Resident's Claim Sequel to Motor Accident Verdict for the Defendant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury in the Queen's Square Jury Causes Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, the suit was continued in which Joseph. Arthur Henley…

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Colo Roads Deputation to Shire Council Government Grant to Be Sought

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 5

Six residents of Colo, representing the local P. and C. Association, waited on the Shire Council at its monthly meeting at Wilberforce on Monday, and brought under…

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Bulk Loading Rates Railway Department's Scheme Motor Van Owners Protest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 10

THE Motor Van Owners' Association has protested to the Premier against the Railway Department's proposal to carry fruit and…

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Department's Threat to close Kurrajong Railway Line See Page 10. Kurrajong Railway £86,934 Lost in Five Years Threatened Closing of Line

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 1

Reasons which prompted railway officials to threaten that the Richmond tO Kurrajong railway would be closed unless the local producers contracted with the…

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Alleged Threat to Close Kurrajong Railway Department and Producers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 10

The secretary of the Motor Van Owners' Association of New South Wales (Mr. R. J. Fitzgerald) alleged on Monday that the Railway Department had threatened to close…

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Rickaby Creek Bridge "Not Worth Repairing" New Structure Proposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 5

The Public Works Department forwarded to the Windsor Council at last week's meeting a copy of the report furnished by its supervising engineer following his recent…

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Road Hogs! (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 12

Sir,—Would you allow me space in your columns to bring the following1 facts under the notice of your, readers—and the authorities" concerned. It has been…

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Motor Boat Club Successful Social Evening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 12

The Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club's wind-up social, held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Windsor, on Saturday evening last, was a big success. The Commodore of the St…

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Under the Influence Motor Drivers Fined Cases at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 7

WHEN charged with driving a motor car in Windsor-street, Richmond, on July 5, whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Robert Andrew McCutcheon pleaded…

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Boundary Road (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 9

Sir,-Whether it happened through the impossibility of two adjoining local government authorities working mutually in harmony, or incompetence generally, I do not…

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