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

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Head Injury. in Motor Cycle Cease

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 10

IN an unusual type of collision, between two motor cycles, one rider received severe head injuries at…

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No Grant To Raise Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 10

The Department of Public Works did not consider that a grant should be made available to the Colo Shire…

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Road Petition Referred To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

Upper McDonald residents petitioning for an 'alternative access road have been officially informed that this was a Matter for Colo Shire…

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Delay In Road Work To Books' Ferry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

AN explanation of the delay in further construction work on the developmental road Wiseman's Ferry to…

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Roads Cause Residents to Leave

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 7

TWO roads in Glossodia were in such bad condition that residents were leaving the district "in preference…

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Motor Traffic Breaches Bring Fines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

THREE drivers who did not appear when called at the Richmond Court were each fined by Mr. E. T. Smythe, S.M., for motor traffic breaches, the matter being heard ex parte in each instance…

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£15 Fine for Theft of Motor Parts

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

PLEADING guilty at the Richmond Court to a charge of stealing motor parts, a defendant was fined £15…

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Storm Damage To Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 10

Drawing attention to the extensive damage to roads in the Colo area by a recent severe storm, Cr. Ward at…

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Shire Roads Programme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

Councillors were asked at the January meeting of the Colo Shire Council to take to the next meeting a tentative…

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Improvements At Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads advised the January meeting of the Colo Shire Council that an investigation…

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Work On Road By-Pass Still Held Up

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 10

CONSTRUCTION of the proposed by-pass on the Freeman's Reach Road, around the river bank…

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"Coromandel Road" Suggestion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 12

A SUGGESTION thai the road leading to Ebenezer Church be named "Coromandel Road" was received…

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Water Nuisance Om Main Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 10

When its attention was drawn by Cr. Watkins to the nuisance caused to traffic by water lying on a section of…

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Road Problem Is Drainage of Farms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 12

CHIEF factor in causing breaks in the river bank along the Freeman's Reach Road was lack of a proper…

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Road "Not Fit For A Bullock Team"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

DESCRIBING a road as "a disgrace to any council," a mail contractor in a letter to the February…

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Motor Cyclist Fined On Four Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 2

CAUSING an early morning disturbance at River-stone cost a motor cyclist £9 in fines on four charges…

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Scheyville Road Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 8

AN application for construction work on Scheyville Road to be treated as a developmental work was…

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"Unbearable" Inconvenience To Motorists

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 7

INCONVENIENCE caused to owners and drivers of motor vehicles through the limited weeKly operation of…

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Leg Broken in Motor Cycle Skid

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 7

A YOUNG motor cyclist had his right thigh badly fractured when his machine skidded on the…

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Road Junction Signs Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 10

Reporting to the March meeting of the Colo Shire Council that he had discussed with Kurrajong…

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