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

Railways, roads & transport, 1958

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Motor Cyclist Broke' Leg

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 9

When a motor cycle he was riding from Sydney to Bathurst skidded on Bell's Line Road at Kurrajong, at…

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Extra £600 For Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 5

The Windsor Council was informed at its June meeting by the Minister for Public Works (through…

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Commission To Seal New Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 9

The extension of Yarrawonga Street, South Windsor, the Housing Commission, to take in an…

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Empire Day At Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 4

EMPIRE Day was observed at the Comleroy Road Public School on May 23…

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Road Tax Protest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 1

A unanimous decision by Windsor Chamber of Commerce to forward to the Minister for Transport…

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Another Road To Exploit Timber Stands

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 4

A SCHEME by the Forestry Commission to provide another access road in the “back…

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Asks Grant To Complete Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 9

Following an inspection tour of further portions of the shire by Colo Shire Council on May 27, the…

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Higher McDonald Survey For New Road Begins

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 2

Surrey of the alternate route for a Higher McDonald road, to eliminate the bridges problem, was about to begin, Colo Shire…

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Tar-Sealing Of Roads At Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1958 · page 8

SEALING of portions of two roads at Kurrajong. as an incentive to settlement was decided…

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Road Tax Not For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1958 · page 11

THE new ton-mile road transport tax was "not a matter for the council," the President…

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Cut Head When car Left Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 July 1958 · page 12

A severe laceration to the head was received by Kevin Moylan (38), of Wentworthville, when a car…

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Talk Given On Colony's First North Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1958 · page 9

An address on the colony's first north road was given by the guest speaker, Mr. Macleod Morgan, at the July…

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Two Requests For Closing Of Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1958 · page 3

BOTH from the Colo area, two requests were dealt with by Colo Shire Council, at its July…

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Higher Status Sought For Singleton Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1958 · page 4

Application to the Department of Main Roads for reclassification of Singleton Road as a state highway or a trunk…

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Shire Council Defers Road Gangs Wages Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1958 · page 3

After further discussion of the roads staff’s request for payment of wages in cash on the job, Colo Shire Council at its…

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Route Of Glen Davis-Putty Road Feasible

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 August 1958 · page 6

ROUTE of the proposed Glen Davis-Putty road seemed “feasible,” the engineer advised die July…

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Rail Motor Service Decided For Richmond Line

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 August 1958 · page 5

An almost complete rail motor service on the Richmond line has been decided on by the railway authorities as a result…

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Hospital From Road Mishap

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1958 · page 9

When a utility in which he was travelling got out of control, ran off the road and collided with a…

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Vineyard Road Problem Put To Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1958 · page 5

The need of 200 people at Vineyard to have their road continued another few chains to the railway platform was…

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Hurt In Fall From Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 October 1958 · page 16

Stated to have fallen from a train at Windsor, Mrs. Nita Barton, of Londonderry, was…

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