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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Cadet Injured Bomb Accident at Aerodrome

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

One night just prior to the holidays a cadet at the Richmond Aerodrome met with a severe accident. He picked up a practice bomb from the field, and while he was…

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Shocking Injuries Little Boy Falls 20 Feet Crashed Over Windsor Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

CHOCKING injuries were sustained by little Geoff. Mortley, the seven-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mortley, when he fell from the Windsor bridge, a drop of…

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Through Farming Country Picturesque Motor Tour Kurrajong Heights Route

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

A PLEASANT drive through farming country between Blacktown and Richmond and a visit to Kurrajong Heights, are features of the week-end…

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Wheelbarrow Ridge Road of Access Wanted Council's Golden Opportunity £300,000 Grant Money Available

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

IN view of the hardships which the settlers along Wheelbarrow Ridge are subjected to in getting their produce to market and the…

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Motor Boat Club Second Annual "Smoko"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

The Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club's second annual "smoko" was a huge success, well over forty enthusiasts congregating for the event at the Oddfellows' Hall…

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£6000 Grant for Repairs to the Bulga Road See Page 8. Bulga Road Grant of £6,000 Bridge Over Colo River Shire Council's Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

COLO Shire Council decided at its on Monday to make application to the Government for a grant of £6,000 for the purpose of…

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New Mountain Road Bilpin to Mt. Irvine Opened by Minister for Labor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

THE new mountain road from Bilpin across Bowen's Creek to Mt. Irvine and Mt. Wilson was officially opened by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. J. M…

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The Rifle Metropolitan Railway Institute Defeats Windsor by 12 Points

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

METROPOLITAN Railway Institute Rifle Club sent a team of 12 men to shoot a match against Windsor, .on the local range, on Saturday last. The visitors arrived about…

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Bulga Road (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

Sir,—As one of the new settlers on Bulga-road,. I wish to congratulate your paper on its timely advice to the Colo Shire Council, in regard to the Government grant of…

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Scheyville Road City Unemployed Engaged Ald. Gillespie's Protest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

WHEN orders of the day were being considered at last week's meeting of the Windsor 'Council, Aid. Gillespie moved that a strongly-worded protest be forwarded to…

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Declared Dangerous New Mountain Road Bilpin to Mt. Irvine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

THAT the new road from Bilpin to Mt. Irvine, which was officially opened by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Dunningham) on Saturday week, is…

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Schoolboy Killed Fell Under Moving Train Shocking Schofields Tragedy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 3

SHOCKING injuries were sustained by William Dennis Barrett, aged 14, son of Mrs. Tas. Neall, of "Wood-street, Riverstone, who was killed when he slipped and…

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Driving Under Influence Motorist Fined £12. Case From Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

AN exhibition of erratic driving in George-street, Windsor, on a recent afternoon proved an expensive jaunt for Archibald Cecil Davis, of Riverstone, at the…

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Motor Boat Club Gala Day on the River Success of Initial Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

THE waters of the Upper Hawkesbury were churned into millions of silvery bubbles on Sunday last, when, in glorious sunshine and before a large assemblage,…

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Bulga Road (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space to reply to Mr. H. A. Eley's letter in the "Gazette" of February 1st. Mr. Eley states that "there has been a misunderstanding…

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Douglas Road Gates to Be Removed Colo Shire's Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

AS a result of a motion adopted at its previous meeting, that the gates on Douglass-road, North Richmond, be removed, Colo Shire Council at its meeting on…

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£3,000 Grant Repairs to Bulga Road Mr. Walker Successful

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

FROM Parliament House on Tuesday night we received a telephone call from Mr. Ronald B. Walker, M.L.A., who advised that he had just left the…

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Bilpin-mt. Irvine-road Colo Shire's Opposition "Wilful Waste of Public Money!"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

The Department of Lands advised Colo Shire Council at Monday's meeting, after full consideration of the objection of the council, the Minister had decided to…

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Vineyard New Railway Siding

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

FROM information which Mrs. H. Robertson, of "Sunnyside," Vineyard, received last week, there appears to be a reasonable prospect of a railway siding being…

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Motor Boat Club Picnic to "Bungool."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 13

Despite the threatening weather, some 50 persons ventured out on Sunday last, the occasion of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club's third picnic, for members and…

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