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

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

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Two Young Residents Died in Motor Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 January 1960 · page 1

Two young residents lost their lives in tragic motor accidents in the district over the holiday period—in each case…

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£2000 Grant For Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1960 · page 2

Advising that a further Government grant of £2000 for improvement of roads on H.A. College…

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Minister’s Reply to Request for Electric Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1960 · page 1

“The governing minimum requirements for electrification cannot be met in the case of the Blacktown-Richmond line,” the…

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Uncertainty on Future of Road Section

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1960 · page 12

WHETHER it should proceed to spend a considerable sum on the section of Grose…

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Roads Staff Entertained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1960 · page 2

The delayed Christmas "get together" of the Colo Shire Council's outdoor, staff had taken place…

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New Road To Develop Area At Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1960 · page 2

LINK-UP of two existing roads at Kurrajong to open up extra settlement was…

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Reduction Of Roads Staff In Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1960 · page 9

COLO Shire Council's roads staff bad been reduced by four, the engineer’s report…

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Basis Of Shire Long-Range Roads Programme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1960 · page 4

An interesting feature of the January meeting of Colo Shire Council was an exposition by the engineer of the basis on…

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Access Road Need Again Is Stressed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1960 · page 13

A FURTHER urgent request to the D.M.R. for provision of a developmental road from…

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Motor Cycle Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1960 · page 3

The rider of a motor cycle involved in a- collision with a truck .in Street, South…

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District Sport Motor Boats Visitors' Day Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 19

There was a good rollup of boats and onlookers at last Sunday's races at Windsor Bridge,…

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Car Rolled Off Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 2

Two brothers injured when a car crashed through a safety fence and rolled over several…

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Webb’s Creek Bridge Offer Accepted by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 13

An offer by the Department of Main Roads to pay for a £7000 bridge over Webb’s Creek on condition that Colo…

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Making Safer Bad Bends On Wilberforce Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 3

Plans to make several bad bends on Wilberforce Road safer by widening or straightening were mentioned at the…

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Motor Cycle Mishap

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 19

When an Army motor Cycle he was riding in the course of his military duties got out of…

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May 6 Conference On Move For Electric Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 3

May 6 has been decided on by Colo Shire Council as the date on which it proposes to call a conference of all district bodies…

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Church Road Proposal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 2

A letter from R. M, Arndell Ebenezer, asking whether the proposed road through the…

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Road Heat At 140 Degrees!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 2

In his monthly report to the February meeting of Colo Shire Council, the shire engineer…

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Redbank Road Extension at Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 5

A SUGGESTION to extend Redbank Road to connect with Gregg's Road at…

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Train Driver Saw Injured Man Too Late

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 March 1960 · page 8

PRESUMABLY after a previous train had passed over him, a man lying between…

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