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

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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

Noisy Motorists Department to Take Action Sounding of Horns

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 7

IN view of numerous complaints which this paper has received at various times from Windsor residents regarding the annoying habit of certain motorists of the town…

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Two Charges Under Motor Traffic Act Riverstone Resident Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 7

FOLLOWING a slight collision between two a cars at the South Creek Bridge, Windsor on the evening of April 10, a well-known Riverstone resident, Cecil Charles Gibbs…

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Headlight Glare Dangers on the Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 11

One reason why the night highway and rural road fatality rate is six times higher than The daylight rate is headlight glare, says a pamphlet issued by the Road Safety…

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Successful Sports Combined Guest House Effort at Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 14

IN forwarding the following account of the King's Birthday Picnic Sports held on June 12, the writer offers apologies to the competitors and supporters for not having…

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Windsor School Problems Further Discussions by P. and C. Association Extra Train Appreciated Diphtheria Immunisation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

AT an unusually prolonged and important monthly meeting of the Windsor Parents and Citizens' Association held at the school on Monday…

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Colo Shire Facing Big Problem in Bridge Replacements See Page 9. Big Problem for Colo Shire Council Replacement of Bridges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 1

THAT the Colo Shire Council will in the immediate future be faced with the very big financial problem of carrying out extensive repairs to, and in some cases entirely…

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New Extension Windsor Road Electricity Blacktown Proposal Rejected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 12

A REQUEST from the Blacktown Shire Council for permission to supply with electricity a number of residents situated near Grantham Farms Estate, Riverstone, in…

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Richmond Council Delay of Government Grants Request for Train Stop Radio Interference Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 5

HAVING received no definite reply for some months, Richmond Council at its meeting on Thursday evening of last week decided to make further…

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Emergency Services Windsor Committee Formed Objectives Explained to Public Meeting Local Organisation Now Set in Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

"A SERVICE by the people for themselves," was an interpretation of the National Emergency Services—a scheme sponsored by the State Government for the protection of the civil population at a time of national emergency such as war, or in any major calamity such as floods, fire or epidemics—given at a public…

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Didn't Know! Railway Department's Naive Reply Discovers Richmond Agency

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 6

WHERE is this place called Richmond?. If you didn't know and required any authentic information, it would be advisable to refrain from asking the…

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Abolition Urged Contributions to Main Roads Local Councils' Support

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 14

BOTH the Windsor and Richmond councils at the respective meetings of these bodies last week, decided ,to co-operate in a move, sponsored by the Granville Council to…

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Richmond Council Railway Commissioner's Assurance Minister Rejects Weir Proposal Refreshment Room Licences

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 5

THAT the railway lines from Parramatta to Richmond and Parramatta to Penrith would be the first to toe electrified when the Government could make…

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Motoring Mishap Three Young Ladies Injured Admitted to Hospital

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

RECEIVING painful injuries to the head, face and hands after a car in which they were passengers had been involved in a collision with a sulvert at "Wilberforce last…

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Bilpin Road Grants

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 3

The following letter from the Under Secretary of "Works and Local Government, has "been received by Mr, R. B. Walker, M.L.A.:—With reference to your personal…

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Colo Shire Council Monthly Meeting Bridge Scheme Discouraged Inspection's for Sanitary Guest House Owners Warned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 1

THAT the Department of Main Roads did not appear to favor the suggestion by council that a bridge be constructed over the Macdonald River, and…

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Tar Surfacing Colo Shire Council Move Two Road's Concerned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 3

FOLLOWING the reception of a further complaint regarding the condition of the Bilpin-road, the Colo Shire Council at its meeting on Monday of last week decided to…

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Car Overturns Another Windsor Road Mishap Air Force Men Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 4

THROWN from a motor car, when it overturned on the Windsor-road, near Vineyard, early on Wednesday morning, two men, the occupants of the vehicle, landed in a…

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Motor Death Every 15 Minutes

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 4

Motor vehicle accidents in the United States during 1938 caused 32,400 deaths and 1,1'0,000 personal injuries, according to official…

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Shocking Tragedy Popular Riverstone Lady Killed Struck by Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

SELDOM has any tragic occurrence in the district caused such a general wave of sincere sympathy for the bereaved relatives as that enveloping Riverstone on…

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Richmond Council Blue Mountains Water Scheme Ambulance Site Drainage Cornwallis Road Footpath

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 9

THE opinion that a proposed water scheme being sponsored by the Blue Mountains Shire Council—which it is intended to implement from the…

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