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

Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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Council Decides On Another New Motor Lorry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 February 1955 · page 6

An additional mew motor lorry Haas been ordered by the Windsor Council after a debate at the January meeting on the same lines as that…

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Accidents On Road Section

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 February 1955 · page 2

Advising the Colo Shire Council at its February meeting of the intention to impose a 30 m.p.h. speed limit…

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Alderman Critical Of Side Roads In Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 3

Criticism of the condition of side roads in Richmond was offered by an alderman at the February meeting of the Windsor Council…

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Dairy Farmers Jeopardised By Railway-Board Dicta

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 11

The entire future of the dairying industry in this district is gravely threatened, its representatives consider, by a decision of the railway…

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Road Bends Planned to Be Improved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1955 · page 3

PLANS for improvement of bends in the Windsor - Wilberforce rode were received by Colo Shire…

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£1200 To Light New Length Of Richmond Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1955 · page 8

Street lighting for tine mew Richmond Road section at Windsor was estimated to cost between £1000 and £1200, the Windsor Council was told…

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Bad Mountain Lagoon Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1955 · page 2

An application for Mountain Lagoon Road to be declared a developmental road is to be made by Colo Shire…

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Shire Does Not Own Water Tank Or Motor Pump

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1955 · page 5

No portable water tank was included in Colo Shire Council's road plant, and a makeshift was now being prepared, while a motor pump had to be…

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Cedar Ridge Road Bridge Replacement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 7

POSSIBILITIES of replacing the collapsed Cedar Ridge Road bridge with one of the two ex-army Bailey…

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Load Limit On Tizzana Road Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 12

A LOAD limit of two tons had been imposed ore a bridge on Tizzana Road, because of its condition, to…

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Submerged Bridge Inspected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 6

AN inspection of No. 1 bridge above St. Albans during the short period it was comparatively free of…

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Wright's Creek Road Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 12

An inspection of Wright's Creek Road, as a result .of complaints, had disclosed that it was in "extremely bad…

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Councillor Told Purpose Of Road Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 12

AN objecting councillor had his attention drawn to the purpose of the Federal Aid Roads Agreement at…

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Schemes for Traffic at Railway Yard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1955 · page 4

ALTERNATIVE schemes I have been submitted by j the police to the railway authorities for easing…

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Windsor Council Forces Issue On Boundary Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 10

In a dramatic move to force the issue on a long-standing disagreement with a neighbouring council over maintenance of Boundary Road…

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Power Saws Motor Rate Is Reduced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 8

FOR all power saws using 10 h.p. or more, a special scale of charges for electricity used has been…

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Road Idea To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 5

Sir,—The quaint and attractive, if unprofitable, days of "Pansy" or "The Apricot Express" having gone…

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Earlier School Train Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 10

An earlier school train to reach Richmond at about 8.45 a.m. is desirable, the April meeting of the Advance of…

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Shire Council Asks For Faster Train Services

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 1

while pleased with the actual number of dally trains provided for the new timetalble, Colo Shire Council has sent a strong request to…

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Load Clearance On Shire Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 11

Referred by the Colo Shire Council to its engineer, a letter from the D.M.R. to the April meeting of the council…

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