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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Loan of Motor Cycle Mistake

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 5

Pleading guilty at the Richmond Court to permitting an unlicensed rider to use his motor cycle, and permitting…

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Collapse On Train Fatal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

WHILE coming to Windsor to visit relatives on April 2, a Granville resident collapsed on the train, and…

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Road Will Be Straightened

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

Advising the March meeting of the Colo Shire Council of a proposal to straighten the corners of Wilberforce…

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Road Programme Cut By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

Extensive slashing of a tentative programme to be submitted for the next Federal Aid Roads grant for the…

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Found Injured On Railway Line

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

A MAN found injured on the railway lime at Windsor ok April 6 was admitted to hospital for…

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Three Months For Stealing A Motor Cycle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 2

PLEADING guilty to a charge of stealing a motor cycle, young defendant at the Windsor Court was…

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Committee for Ex[?]dary Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 7

A committee representing Windsor Council and Baulkham Hills Shire Council has been formed to meet at…

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Council Needs Two New Motor Mowers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 6

AGREEING that two new motor mowers were required for Windsor and Richmond, the Windsor…

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Irwin's Bridge Restoration

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 2

Restoration of Irwin's Bridge, on the West Portland Road (out of commission since the flood period), had…

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Concern Road By-Pass

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 3

Kurrajong residents were still concerned at the delay in improving the old main entrance to Kurrajong since…

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One Headlight Drivers Danger On Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 7

"THESE 'one-eyed drivers,' as they are called, are a. danger on the road," remarked Mr. C. W. English, S.M., at the Richmond Court, in lining a driver for this offence…

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Motor Cyclist In Collisions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1

INVOLVED in a collision at Windsor on Friday afternoon last, a motor cyclist sustained a fractured…

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Roads, Bridges in Colo, McDonald Badly Damaged By Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

Apart from "local" flooding which stopped traffic temporarily on the unseal roads, the Windsor-Richmond area escaped extensive damage following last week's heavy rain, but flood damage to roads and bridges in the Colo…

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Railway Not Yet Closed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 10

"That's the first time we have ever heard from the department as to the present status of the railway…

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Farm Tractors Using Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 9

Stating that he understood the police in future were going to take action against persons detected driving…

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Irwin's Bridge Repair Delay

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 7

Pointing out at the May meeting of the Colo Shire Council that placing of Irwin's Bridge, on the West…

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Road Purchase Approval

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 9

A request by Albert Price, Richmond, for council approval of his application to purchase a disused road…

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Deadlock On Road By-Pass Still Exists

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 8

NO agreement had been readied regarding certain land required by the council for a bypass around the…

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Motor Chosen For Engineer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 9

Asking quotations for supply of a new 10 cwt. utility as a means of transport for its newly-appointed engineer…

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Council Asked To Name Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

Pointing out, in his report to the May meeting of the Windsor Council, that many roads in the municipality…

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