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

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Motor Boat To Be Bought For Council Staff

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 2

PURCHASE of a small motor boat for use of the electricity staff, was decided oni by the Windsor…

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Kurrajong Railway: No Decision Yet

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 4

No final decision has yet been reached as to whether the Kurrajong railway line was to remain closed permanently, the Minister for…

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Aerodrome Spectacle May Draw Record Crowd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 11

It is expected that nearly 20,000 spectators will watch flying and static displays which are being planned for Richmond R.A.A.F. next…

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Bridge Footway Requested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 11

For the safety and convenience of pedestrians using the Windsor Bridge, it was decided at the…

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charges Explained Pump Motors

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 12

ASSURED at the September 2 meeting of the Windsor Council that considerable confusion existed…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 4

Two brothers were injured on Sunday when their motor cycle and sidecar collided with another motor cycle on…

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Marshall's Motors Open New Premises

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 12

The Hawkesbury district distributors of Ferguson Tractors opened new premises at Windsor last…

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£1 Note Causes Road Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

CARELESS leaving of money lying around can cause traffic mishaps, it was demonstrated on the…

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Private Offer to Operate Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

An interesting reference to a private offer to take over and run the Kurrajong railway service, which has been discontinued by the…

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Council Concedes Need For Road Deviation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 2

Windsor Council! apparently has decided to waive any further objection to the proposed re-routing of Windsor—Richmond road traffic…

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Unconscious Man On Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 8

As the Hawkesbury Ambulance was returning to Richmond at about 1.20 p.m. on Saturday, after taking an…

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New Detour For Reach Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 6

YET another deviation of the Freeman's Reach Road around the river bank breakaway is planned by…

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Unused Road Not For Sale

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 2

In a letter to the October meeting of the Colo Shire Council, R. O. Lockhart, Wilberforce, replied to an…

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Progress in Reopening of McDonald Valley Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 2

Two inspections of the Higher McDonald road had to be made vy sulky the engineer reported to the Colo . Shire Council in a general summary…

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Coming-of-Age Celebration At Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 4

ON the occasion of his 21st birthday, Mr. Ron Sheldon, of Comleroy Road, was given a party in the…

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Minister Comments on Private Railway Offer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 9

Some interesting comment on an alleged private offer to conduct the Kurrajong railway service, recently discontinued by the Department of…

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Council Backs Bridge Footpath Move

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

IN deciding to support a request by the Windsor Chamber of Commerce for a pedestrian footway to be…

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Limited Subsidy For Road Deviation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

A subsidy of half estimated cost limited to actual roadwork and securing the river bank against further erosion, for detouring the…

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Road By-Pass At Pitt Town

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 8

In a letter to the October meeting of the Windsor Council, the D.M.R. advised that it could not see it way clear to…

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Further Work on McDonald Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 2

Another progress report on further inspections and road works cart in the McDonald Valley, following disastrous flood damage…

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