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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Dangerous Driving Sydney Motorist Fined Crossed Over to Wrong Side Collision Averted with Police Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 2

A foolhardy action in pulling out of the traffic stream on a crowded road and crossing over to his wrong side, forcing an oncoming motorist who…

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Windsor Council Roads Maintenance and Gravel Ald. Gillespie's "Warning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 9

SOUNDING a timely warning to the Windsor Council at its meeting last week, against further construction of roads without making adequate provision for the…

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Bilpin-mt. Irvine-road Shire Councils Confer Ultimatum to Minister

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 6

THE dissatisfaction which has existed in the councils concerned since the recent construction by the Government of the Bil-pin-Mt. Irvine-road, and the vesting of its…

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Oakville Complaint P.a. Wants Road Repairs Request to Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 14

AT Windsor Council meeting on August 27, Oakville P.A. (W. H. Midson, hon. secretary) drew attention to the bad state of the road from Weise's to Parker's, and…

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Under New Management Comleroy Road School of Arts Mr. Walker Performs Re-opening Ceremony

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 12

"UNDER New Management," a slogan invariably used in connection with the transfer of certain businesses, may be aptly applied in this instance to the Comleroy…

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Town Improvement Association Thompson's Square Effort Train Services Discussed Big Membership Increase

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 7

THE appointment of a sub-committee forthwith to collect subscriptions for the purpose of levelling and cleaning Thompson's…

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The P.a. Federation District Problems Discussed Advertising the Hawkesbury Bilpin — Mt. Irvine-road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 2

APPRECIATION by the district bodies concerned of the opportunities afforded them by an organisation such as the Hawkesbury and Nepean Districts…

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Motor Boat Club Opening of the Season River Races and Social Evening

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

SATURDAY last, 28th ultimo, marked the occasion of the opening of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club's 1935-36 season, when, during the afternoon, a…

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Killed by Train Hurled to Death From Bridge Man Unidentified

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

Trapped on the narrow railway viaduct between Windsor and Mulgrave on Friday, an unidentified man was struck by the 11 a.m. train to Sydney, and hurled to his…

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Colo Shire Council Outstanding Rates Warning Buttsworth's Bridge Developments

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 7

THAT it had been decided to issue notices to defaulting ratepayers for the recovery of outstanding rates if same were not paid within fourteen days was…

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Richmond Bridge Freeman—pearson Wedding Ceremony at St. Peter's

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 12

ST. PETER'S Church of England, Richmond, was the scene of a pretty wedding on September 21, when Iris Pearson only daughter of Mrs. Moses and the late…

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Hawkesbury College Proposed Water Supply Richmond Aerodrome, Too

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 11

MR. RONALD B. Walker, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh Main)…

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Law's Farm Road Application for Grant Must Wait Its Turn

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 6

THE matter of the desired extension of Law's Farm-road, which was discussed at the recent P.A. Federation Conference, where it was decided to ask Colo Shire…

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Motor Cycling 24-Hour Reliability Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 10

THE fourth annual 24-hour reliability trial organised by the Auto Cycle Union of N.S. Wales was conducted last Saturday and Sunday, and covered a distance of 500…

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Windsor Council Radio Interference Problem Blockages of Road Drains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 7

INCLUDED in the business dealt with at the fortnightly meeting of the Windsor Council on Tuesday evening, October 22, was a reply from the…

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New Motor Tour Hawkesbury Round Trip Fine River Scenery

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Sunday 3 November 1935 · page 1

WITH the opening recently of a new bridge over Mangrove Creek, between Greengrove and Spencer, motorists are now able to…

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Colo Shire Council Proceedings for Rates No Wright's Creek Bridge Yet

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 November 1935 · page 7

AN announcement in the finance committee's report that proceedings had been ordered in the case of certain outstanding rates, and a reply by the…

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Car Capsizes Collision on Windsor Road Family's Remarkable Escape

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

MR. CLIVE PICKUP, of Windsor, his aged mother and two sisters, Miss May Pickup and Mrs. H. P. Campbell, of Richmond, and the latter's young son, had a…

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Motor Boat Club Fortnightly Race Meeting

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

The regular fortnightly race meeting of the Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club was held in the river at Windsor last Sunday. This was the fourth meeting for the…

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Hawkesbury River Roads (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 8

Sir,—In the interests of not only motorists and sightseers, but also of orchardists and market gardeners fighting against odds for existence, I ask leave to draw attention…

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