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

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

79 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 4

Railway Improvements Blacktown Electrification, Move of Local Interest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 6

IN view of the keen public interest taken in the representations of the major public bodies of this district for improvements of the railway service on the Richmond…

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Schofields Celebrates Railway Platform Extension Saturday's Happy Gathering

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4

THE satisfactory conclusion of an agitation involving many years of persistent hammering at the Railway Department for a badly - needed extension to the Schofields…

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Tender Accepted for £3,200 Bridge at Cornwallis See Pages 8 AND 9. Tender Accepted New Bridge at Cornwallis Windsor Council Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

SUBJECT to similar approval being given by the Richmond Council, which will share the cost with Windsor Council, a recommendation by J. H…

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Richmond Council Fortnightly Meeting Surplus of £1100 Last Year £500 Grant for Road Asked Footpath Paving Programme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

THE aggregate revenue account of the Richmond Council showed the net result of operations far the 12 months ended December 31 last as a surplus of…

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Riverstone Fatality Elderly Resident's Tragic Death Struck by Railway Trucks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

HIS wide 'circle of friends throughout the Hawkesbury were deeply shocked to hear of the tragic death on Thursday evening of last week of one of Riverstone's oldest and…

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Richmond Council Extensions to Water Scheme Department Takes Over Road Railway Replies

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 10

AN intimation that the proposal for an extension of supply to Agnes Banks was to receive further consideration by the Water Board, and a further letter…

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Police Protection Chief Secretary's Reply to Comleroy Road Request

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 14

EVIDENTLY a believer in the quotation that "the soft answer turneth away wrath," the Chief Secretary (Mr. G. C. Gollan) tempers his refusal of a request…

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Level Crossing Collision Man Killed by Train. Lorry Passenger's Tragic Death

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last at a level crossing at North Richmond, near the junction of the Grose Vale and Kurrajong roads, a man named Victor Henry…

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Minister to Officially Open New Wright's Creek Bridge See Page 5. Colo Shire Council Official Opening of Bridge Inter-council Conference Brief Monthly Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1

AN exceptionally small business sheet, devoid of any contentious matters, confronted councillors at the usual monthly meeting of the Colo Shire…

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Windsor Council Fortnightly Meeting School Request Reconsidered But Former Decision Remains Bridge Conference

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1

A FURTHER request from the Windsor Parents and Citizens' Association, asking council to reconsider their decision made at a previous meeting and…

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Shire Prosecution Improperly Using Ferry Motorist Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 8

THE Colo Shire Council proceeded against Leonard George Burke at the Windsor Police Court on 29th ult, for improperly interfering with a ferry at Central Macdonald…

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Richmond Council Water for Agnes Banks New Bridge Work Starts Electricity to Racecourse

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 7

AN intimation from the Water Board to the effect that approval had been given to the extension of the Richmond water supply to Agnes Banks and…

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The Motor Toll. Precautions at Railway Level Crossings

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 3

(By L.t.- Col. H. A. Youden, D.S.O., V,D., Secretary Road Safety Council of New South Wales). From time to time accidents…

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River Blockage Below Windsor Bridge Following Recent Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 2

FROM present indications it is very probable that a serious blockage may occur in the channel of the Hawkesbury below the Windsor Bridge, as since the recent…

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Windsor Council Motor Grader Purchase £2,000 Borrowed for Works Health Centre in Park

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 7

THE adjourned meeting of the Windsor Council was held on Tuesday evening of last week, having lapsed from the previous Tuesday owing to…

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Motorist Robbed Assaulted by "Hitch Hikers' on Windsor Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 5

EVIDENCE of the fact that "hitch-hike" holdups, said to be the latest crime fashion in that country of highly-publicised lawlessness, the United States, are no longer…

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Car Overturns Passengers' Fortunate Escape on Windsor 'Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 10

ANOTHER of those week-end motoring accidents for -which the Windsor-road is becoming too well known occurred, on Sun-day afternoon last, when a small car…

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Fatal Accident on Wiseman's Ferry Road Young- Woman Killed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 12

A PARTICULARLY sad motoring fatality occurred on the Wiseman's Ferry-road on Sunday last, as a result of which a young woman, who was to have been married on…

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Colo Shire Council Monthly Meeting Unauthorised Use of Ferries Further Woodcutting Offences Bridge Opening Deferred

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

FOLLOWING a report by the Shire Engineer (Mr. G. Dowries), that Wiseman's Ferry punt had been used by an unauthorised person last Sunday night…

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Richmond Council Lease of Railway Land Cornwallis Road Progress Farm Drainage Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 7

AN intimation that the Estate Agent of the Railway Department had been instructed to draw up a proposal for the leasing to council of the land for which…

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