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

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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School Concert Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

THE pupils of the Comleroy Road Public School held their annual breaking-up concert in the school room on December 14. As usual there…

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Will Have to Wait Road at Webb's Creek Council Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

AFTER discussing a complaint regarding a road of access at Webb's Creek, the Colo Shire Council at its December…

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Two Roads Serving Webb's Creek Council Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

WHETHER the council should concentrate on one road serving the Webb's Creek area, or divide ?expenditure between the[?]…

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Shire Council Gets Lawyer's Letter Concerning Road Dust

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

THE Colo Shire Council's road dust tribulations were added to at Monday's meeting of the council by the receipt of a letter…

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Not Taking Over Scenic Road Shire Council Adamant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

IN a further discussion of the Bilpin-Mt. Irvine road, the Colo Shire Council at its meeting on Monday reaffirmed its resolution…

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More Petitions to Council River Roads Questions Is Subject Further Interesting Comment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

GATHERING weight and impetus like a snowball, the discussion aroused by the suggestions for improved roads on each side of the Macdonald River in lieu of a bridge, abandoning portion of the present main road through "Shepherd's Gully," and…

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Principle Debated by Council Move To Allow Road Gates Defeated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

HOLDING to its policy of refusing' permission to erect gates on public roads, Colo Shire Council, alter an interesting debate at Monday's meeting, rejected by four votes to two a motion, to grant this permission in a particular instance…

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"Hot Dogs" On Train Get Man Into Hot Water Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

DENYING that he had refused the guard's request to discontinue selling "hot dogs" on a train, a defendant was fined at…

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Pleased Brigade Pleased Issued with New Motor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 1

THE Windsor Fire Brigade is a pleased body of men as the result of the issue to them of a more modern motor to replace…

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Prices of Surplus Army Motor Vehicles

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

Prices of surplus motor vehicles being released by the Army have been fixed, and may not be exceeded. This is the…

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Drain Under Railway

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

Richmond aldermen on Thursday night agreed to sign an agreement forwarded by the Railway Department…

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River Road Report by Engineer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

AS the result of an inspection made in company with a councillor a report on the River-road was tendered by the engineer to…

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To Be Repaired Boundary Road Culverts

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 1

AS the result of a further complaint regarding two culverts on boundary-road, Baulkham Hills Shire Council has…

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Sackville Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 5

That the expected two miles of tar surfacing on the Ebenezer-Sackville length of main road 182 had not been included…

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Almost Went to Gaol Ex-resident Convicted. Stealing From Aerodrome

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

REMARKING that hart it not been for defendant's age he would have been sent to gaol, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the…

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Stopped Train With Emergency Brakes Elderly Man Before Court Caused by Good Spirits

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

AN elderly, bearded defendant who pleaded guilty to bringing a train to an emergency stop and otherwise misconducting himself…

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Cycle Riders in Road Accidents

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 5

YOUNG pedal cyclists are again pushing their way into the road casualty lists in ways that are easily…

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Train Altered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 6

All interested are advised to note that the 8.14 p.m. train from Richmond to Sydney on Mondays to Fridays will leave…

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Train Time Changed

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

Commencing next Manday, March 12, the 8.14 p.m. train from Richmond to Sydney on Mondays to Fridays will…

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53 People Slightly Hurt in Train Smash Head-On Collision At Clarendon Station

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

FIFTY-THREE people, including 18 civilians and 35 R.A.A.F. personnel were slightly injured when a Sydney bound train crashed head- on into a stationary train at Clarendon station at 7 a.m. on Monday…

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