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

Railways, roads & transport, 1959

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Report On Gregg's Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1959 · page 2

A sanitary service at Gregg's Road, Kurrajong, was desirable but residents did not want it, the health…

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Road Dust Common Nuisance From Shire Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1959 · page 8

Dust from adjoining roads spreading on farms was a common nuisance in Colo Shire, and the Shire Council could do no…

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Maintenance Of Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1959 · page 8

A letter from the Department of Main Roads read at the January meeting of Colo Shire Council asked…

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£80,000 In Roads Loans Sought By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1959 · page 3

Having in mind the near-completion this and next year of repayments of two older loans, Colo Shire Council at its January…

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Suggestion To Name Roads For Pioneers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 9

A SUGGESTION that pioneer residents be honoured in any future naming of shire roads was…

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Essay On History Of Road Won Special Prize

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 5

A special prize in the Intermediate section of the district schools essay competition recently conducted by the Hawkesbury…

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Old Railway for Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 February 1959 · page 1

In a letter read at the February meeting of Windsor Council the Department of Main Roads…

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Bridge Club Resumes At Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 February 1959 · page 14

WHEN the Richmond C.W.A. Bridge Club resumed activities for the season a record…

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D.M.R. Amends Developmental Road Project

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 February 1959 · page 8

REVIEW of the Colo Shire Council plan for a further six miles construction of the…

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D.m.r. Plans for Widening of Main Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 5

PROPOSALS for the widening of the Penrith-Windsor road are explained in a letter…

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New Procedure For 'Buses At Railway Yard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 8

A NEW procedure, whereby 'buses discharging passengers at Windsor railway station must…

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Widening Of Cattai Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1959 · page 2

A plan showing proposed widening of the main road between McGrath's Hill and Cattai at some…

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Bowen's Creek Road Gets Some Repairs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1959 · page 8

PERIODICAL attention was still being given to the Bowen's Creek Road, in the Bilpin-Mt…

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No Warning On Bridge Closing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 9

The Windsor Bridge was again closed without warning last week to enable hangar .frames to . be…

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Inquiry On Death • In Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 13

HOW death ensued from a, sudden collapse on a train on the Richmond line was told to…

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Inquiry Held on Death of Motor Cyclist

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 15

HOW a motor cyclist was killed instantly as a result of a glancing collision with the rear of a…

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Road Accidents Increased In District Last Year

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1959 · page 4

Both in Windsor Municipality and in Colo Shire the total of road accidents last year showed an increase on the 1957 figures…

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Train Users Annoyed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1959 · page 5

As the result of complaints from train passengers, Aid. Budd asked at the May meeting of…

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Confusion In Unnamed Shire Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1959 · page 7

TWO letters read at the May meeting of the Colo Shire Council asked that certain roads in…

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Water Runoff From Sprays Damages Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1959 · page 2

COLO Shire Council has asked users of spray irrigation near bitumen roads not to…

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