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

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Council Asks For Proclamation Road From Armstrong's to Lower Portland

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 2

AT the suggestion of the engineer, Colo Shire Council at its May meeting decided to ask the Main Roads Department to…

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Fatal Motor Accident Returned Soldier Killed Sad Circumstances

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

PARTICULARLY sad circumstances were attached to the death, as the result of a motor accident on 1st Jane, of Mr…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

Straying stock are with us again. One beast in particular, a black-and-white heifer, is very difficult to deter, from her nocturnal visits to local…

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Church Dedicated By Archbishop Comleroy Road Ceremony Large Attendance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 8

AN event of outstanding importance to residents took place on Saturday afternoon, June 8, when His Grace Archbishop Mowll…

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Valuation Reduced at Windsor Appeals Court No Access Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 4

AFTER hearing evidence at the Shire Valuation Appeals Court at Windsor on June 14, Mr. J. S. Hart, S.M., reduced the…

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Stout-hearted Congregation Rebuild Their Church Archbishop at Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 10

ABOUT 30 years ago a novel event that was witnessed by a large crowd took place on The Slopes, when a little wooden…

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Footballers' Narrow Escape Windsor Road Collision 'Bus and Car Damaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 5

WINDSOR footballers had a narrow escape from injury when a 'bus in which they were returning from a match on Sunday was…

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Road Petition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 1

A petition from 39 residents asking that the road from Colo Park to Lower Portland be widened and put in order, was received by the…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 5

To raise funds for the Junior Red Cross Society, the members of the Comleroy Road Public School Circle, led by Brian Eland, Peter Wilkins…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette Wednesday, July 3, 1946 Train Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 5

There can be no question that the councils and associations in this district which for years past have advocated a faster train service on the…

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Mystery Death Old Man On Freeman's Reach Road Found with Head Injuries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 5

MYSTERY surrounds the death of an aged man found beside the Freeman's Reach-road, on Thursday evening last, and who…

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Did Not Pay Fares Further Railway Prosecutions at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 10

FOR failing to pay fares, or trespassing on railway property, a further group of defendants were fined by Mr. J. S. Hart…

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Big Sackville Meeting Ferry and Bridge Discussion Representative Attendance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

RECENTLY a very enthusiastic meeting was Meld in the Sackville North School of Arts in connection with the Sackville…

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Carelessness Causes Trouble Motor Cyclist Fined for Negligent Driving

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 5

FOR crashing into a car at Vineyard on April 28, which experience put him. and his pillion passenger in hospital, a motor…

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Collapsed On Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

When a soldier, Pte. T. P. Murphy, collapsed on a train at Windsor at about 8.30 p.m. on July 10, he was removed from the train in an…

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Motor Cyclist Has Arm Amputated Crash at Rickaby Creek Other Extensive Injuries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

AS the result of a crash on the Richmond-road, at the Rickaby Creek Bridge, a young airman sustained extensive and…

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Train Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 3

After discussing a letter from the Kurmond P. and C. Association, asking support in representations to have the travelling time on the…

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Bulga Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

Alan Macintosh, is now on the mend, following a long" period of forced inactivity caused by an injury received while diving into the Colo…

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Re-Planning of Windsor (Continued) Internal Road System

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 4

As was the case with Mr. Burgess, I find it impossible, without the aid of diagrams, to describe the re-arrangement of the internal road…

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Deviation of Main Road Will Pass Through Macqmarie Street Windsor Council Agrees

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 9

STEPS to implement the Main Roads Department's proposal to declare Macquarie-street as part of main road 184, instead of…

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