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

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

64 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 4

Low Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

The Maritime Services Board advised the April meeting of the Colo Shire Council that the Board had…

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Bridge Repairs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 10

Colo Shire Council has approved of repairs to No. 5 bridge at Colo, at an estimated cost of £183…

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"Too Much Bad Driving" Motorist Fined £20

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 6

THERE is far too much bad driving," remarked Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., at the Richmond Court, in…

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Higher Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 4

Receiving a request from the Kurrajong Heights P.A. for co-operation in representations to the D.M.R. for a…

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"Added Area" Deputation Tells Council of Bad Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

THE desperate plight of the "added area" residents alter wet weather, as the result of all their access…

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Roads Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 3

A further allocation to the Colo Shire Council of £1510 from the 1949-50 supplementary grant from the…

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New Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 1

Application for a Government grant towards replacing Sternbeck's Bridge, in the St. Albans area, with a…

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Added Area Roads Problem Further Complaints to Council Renewed Assurances Given

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 1

FOLLOWING the deputation to the previous meeting on the subject of the impassable conditions of roads in the "added area" after rain, further complaints, from other sources, on the same subject, were received by the…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 4

It is pleasing to have Mr., and Mrs. M. McMahon and infant son back in the school residence. The babe is a…

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Steady Rain Unwelcome Farmers Have Anxious Time Minor Flooding Blocks Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 12

STEADY rain which has registered more than six inches at Windsor in the past week has caused…

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Negligent Driving Motorist Fined £10

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 7

AS the result of a car driven by him leaving the road near Kurrajong Heights, a defendant was…

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Still Flood Danger Tension Not Abated Roads Blocked and Weather Uncertain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 5

ANOTHER flood to 24 ft. and one to 24 ft. 9 in. during the week, with the river still high and the…

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Two Men Badly Injured in Windsor Road Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 2

A PEDESTRIAN was seriously injured, and a motor cyclist to a lesser degree, as the result of an…

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Blacktowm Road Improvement Council Asks Early Attention

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

EARLY attention to improvements to the new main road section of Blacktown Road, from…

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Roads Damage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 9

In his report to the July 11 meeting of the Windsor Council, the overseer (Mr. C. Thompson) submitted…

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Road Move

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

A letter from the Minister for Development, in reply to representations by Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.P., was read at…

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Money for Roads Councils' Big Chance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

ALL the more enterpris­ing councils in the State will be borrowing to the limit to seize a "once-in-a-…

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Better Access Roads (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

Sir,-For a number of years I have seen the ravages of flood and drought in this district. I have given a…

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Pedestrian Injured Motorist Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 10

AN accident in which a pedestrian was injured at Windsor resulted in a motorist being fined by Mr…

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Collision In Fog Motor Cyclist Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 7

FOLILOWING a collision between two motor cycles, in heavy fog, at McGrath's Hill on March 16, one…

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