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

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Car Overturns On Putty Road Youth Seriously Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

WHEN a car overturned on the Putty-road on New Year's Eve as the result of a blowout, one of the passengers received…

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Closing Railway Gate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

Richmond Council at its last meeting referred to the works committee an application for its consent to the closing of Paget-street railway…

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School Notes From Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

The children's patriotism has not flagged, as during the year every appeal for help of a patriotic nature received a ready and enthusiastic…

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Roads Damaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

The Colo Shire Council decided at its January meeting to forbid the use of the roads to iron-tyred tractors, bulldozers and the like. On the…

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Motor-cycling Carnival Vineyard Fixture Success District "Invasion"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 9

THE greatest mass "invasion" of the district for years past was attracted by the very successful motor cycling sports meeting on…

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Trespassed on Railway Riverstone Workers Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 9

A NUMBER of Riverstone workers were fined at the last Windsor Police Court for having trespassed on railway property…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Wednesday, February 13, 1946 Road Safety

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

With, the easing of petrol restrictions, there has been, a steady increase in road traffic, and an equally steady increase in accident totals…

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Motors "Burnt Out" Twice Complaint to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

A COMPLAINT that original motors and replacements had both boon "burnt out" within a few days through electrical…

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Fatal Fall From] Motor Coroner Holds Inquiry Records Finding of Accidental Death

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

AFTER hearing evidence regarding" a fatal fall from a moving motor lorry at Pitt Town by Norman McDonald on December…

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Comleroy Road P. and C. Association Annual Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

The Annual Meeting of the Comleroy Road P. and C. Association was held in the school room on February 4, when there was a very large…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 10

Steady, continuous rain has fallen in, the district, and already the pastures have responded in an extraordinary degree…

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Council Casts Cold Eye On Road Hoardings Suggestions for Abolition Windsor Meeting Orders Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 9

DISLIKE of road hoardings, which might now be expected to increase in number and size throughout the municipality with return of peacetime conditions, was expressed…

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Roads Damaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 8

When Aid. Matheson drew the attention of the last Richmond Council meeting to the fact that tractors and ploughs from the Ricmond…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

The appeal for "Food for Britain" has not fallen on deaf ears in Comleroy Road. With the object of providing tangible help to the people of…

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Not Council's Fault Damage To Motors Engineer's Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

REPORTING to the last Richmond Council meeting on a complaint to the previous meeting regarding the "burning-out" of…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 7

Now that permission has been granted for the erection of a new Methodist Church building at Comleroy Road to replace the one…

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Bridge Notices Department Has Last Word Council Accepts Onus

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 10

THE "passing the buck" contest between the Richmond Council and the Department of Main Roads as to who shall erect…

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Sackville Weir Proposal Not Favoured by Shire Council Suggests Road Bridge Instead

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 4

A SUGGESTION to the March meeting of the Colo Shire Council that it consider the advisability of a river weir in the Sackville area, carrying a roadway, was not…

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New Riverstone Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 8

The Blacktown Shire Council has been advised by the Department of Main Roads that the department has arranged to call fresh tenders for the…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

As a result of a function held at "Garry Owen" on the evening of March 15, the "Food for Britain" Fund will be augmented by a…

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