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

Railways, roads & transport, 1956

49 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Petrol Tax For Roads?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1956 · page 1

Windsor Council at its April meeting decided to support a protest by the Local Government Association…

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Road Works At College

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1956 · page 5

Setting out a list of proposed road works within the H.A. College grounds, estimated to cost £1000, the…

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Bowen's Creek Road Worry For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1956 · page 3

REPAIRS to the precipitous Bowen's Creek Road are a recurring problem which received…

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Car Veered Off Road: Man Hurt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1956 · page 1

WHEN a small car left the road near North Richmond Bridge on May 11, the driver had…

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Car Left Road: Two Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1956 · page 1

A MOTHER and child were injured when a small car left the road and overturned, near…

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Historical Bell's Line Road Tour

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1956 · page 1

A BIG party of some 100 excursionists visited the district on May 26, covering the…

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No Motors To Be Put On Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1956 · page 3

COLO Shire Council had been advised against fitting motors to boats used at the ferries in…

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Windsor Road Flood Signs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 12

A letter read at the June meeting of the Windsor Council advised that D.M.R. had made…

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Flood Gauges At Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 July 1956 · page 10

Replying to a request by Colo Shire Council, the Department of Public Works informed the June meeting…

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No Plant For Work On Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 8

When several letters from residents concerned, asking for repairs to Webb’s Creek Road, were read at the June…

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Council Can't Pay Half For Bridge Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 9

COLO Shire Council could not hope to pay half cost of material bridge alterations in the…

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Doesn't Want Link Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 1

A recommendation by the works committee of the Windsor Council, that, in view of the bad alignment…

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Extra £500 For Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 10

Having already set aside £500 towards cost of repairs to flood damage on main road 181 (Bell’s Line…

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Timber Loads Break Up Mountain Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 6

Lack of co-operation by timber hauliers was destroying the Mountain Lagoon Road, it was alleged at the August meeting…

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Wilberforce Road May Be Next to Go

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 2

"If we don't do something soon; there'll be no Wilberforce Road," remarked a Colo Shire councillor in a discussion at the…

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New Economy Motor Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 September 1956 · page 1

Britain's four-wheeler economy motor, car, the Astra, is the smallest and cheapest four-wheeler on the British market It has all-round independent suspension, hydraulic brakes and a rear-mounted 322 c.c. twin-cylinder engine…

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Cars Jam Roads To Air Station

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 1

A perfect spring day on Sunday marked the conclusion of Air Force week, and the attractive programme arranged at the…

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Council Acts Following Road Damage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 8

ALL action considered necessary had been taken in respect of the owner of a tractor alleged to…

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Lagoon Road Conference Was Success

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 5

A CONFERENCE regarding repairs to Mountain Lagoon Road was a success, and he thought…

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Road Work Costs Shock to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 October 1956 · page 6

Some estimates of costs of improving roads to D.M.R. standards came as rather a shock to the Colo Shire Council…

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