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

Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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McDonald Road System Would Cost About £400,000

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 10

A proper road system above flood reach to serve the McDonald Valley would cost approximately £400,000— almost half a million pounds—while…

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Close Vote On Spare Motor For Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 8

Contribution by Colo Shire Council of half cost of a spare motor for the two flood boats was decided on by one vote, at the June meeting of the…

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Cannot Even Rent Grader to Do Road!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 6

EVEN when prepared to vent a council grader to improve the Mountain Lagoon Road, residents of that area…

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Sees Ready-Made" Road Route For D.M.R. To Use

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 8

A suggestion for use of the old railway route to straighten and improve the main road between Richmond and North Richmond Bridge is…

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Amazing Sequence Of Bicycle-Motor Collisions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 1

What Mishit Toe safely quoted as a thousand-to-one chance was a remarkable sequence of bicycle-motor vehicle collisions in Windsor last…

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Apexians Do Up Road to Beauty Spot

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1955 · page 12

HAWKESBURY Apex Club's recent service project took place on June 14, when members went to the…

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£790 Needed To Light New Road Section

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 7

LIGHTING the new section of roadway between. Richmond Road and Macquarie Street, Windsor, is…

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Alert Drivers Vital To Road Safety, Police Say

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 2

In their task of reducing traffic hazards on our roads, the authorities must have the assistance of drivers themselves, the Superintendent of…

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Road Signs To Windsor Shops

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 9

Replying to a request t the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, the D.M.R. has advised that it will include in…

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Boundary Road Subject Of Further Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 3

A recommendation for allocating £1500, of the council's next Federal Aid grant, for gravelling and tarsealing a portion of Boundary Road…

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Railway Not Liable For Any Damage To Street

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 9

A provision of tine Act which closed the Kurrajong railway protected the department against any claim for street damage in removal of rails and…

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Temporary Road May Be Moved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 15

Writing to the July meeting of the Colo Shire Council, Mr. E. M. Jurd, Upper McDonald, asked what the…

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Mitchell Park Road Now Repaired

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 8

WHEN requests for repair of Mitchell Park Road were received at the July meeting of the Windsor…

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Main Road Is Watercourse in One Place

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 1

ONE length of main road 181, in the St. Albans area, was virtually a watercourse for 100 yards, the Colo…

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Council To Drain Section Of Wilberforce Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 August 1955 · page 4

A decision to drain a portion of Wilberforce Road, subject to earlier litigation, with a pipeline and tidal fap, was reached by Colo Shire…

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Co-operation On Tar Sealing Of Boundary Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 3

Baulkham Hills Shire Council has now agreed in principle to co-operation in the tar-sealing of Boundary Road, the Mayor stated after a letter…

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Passengers Injured In Train Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 1

Many passengers were thrown heavily against carnage fittings when two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Windsor railway…

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Boundary Road Scheme by Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 12

A suggestion that Windsor Council continue to carry out maintenance of remaining gravel sections of Boundary Road until the whole…

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Railway Land Wanted For Road Route

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 1

Land between Richmond and North Richmond formerly used for the Kurrajong railway line was to be taken over by the D.M.R. for main…

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Bridge Repairs At Yarramundi

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 2

Certain bridge work to obviate noise and maintenance at the Yarramundi Road bridge over the Nepean River…

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