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

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

56 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

McDONALD Bridge Opening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1963 · page 13

Mr. B. S. L. Deane, M.L.A., will officially open the No. 2 Bridge at Upper McDonald on Saturday at…

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No. 2 Bridge Opened

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1963 · page 1

Built at a cost of £9000, the No. 2 Bridge over the McDonald River at St, Albans was…

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To Police Road Openings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1963 · page 6

Sewerage contractors at Richmond are to be made to “toe the line” when re-storing road openings…

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Wanted To Be Left On Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1963 · page 11

In an offensive behaviour case heard at the Richmond Court, Police told how they…

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Passengers Delayed By Stock Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1963 · page 14

Passengers on the 6.6 p. m train from Richmond last Wednesday were delayed for an…

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o Sump Oil Cure For Dusty Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1963 · page 19

The use of a Canadian process of spraying sump Oil on dusty roads to reduce the dust nuisance is…

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Webb’s Creek Bridge Contractors Make Loan Offer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1963 · page 20

A contracting firm has offered the Colo Shire Council a £5000 interest free loan to expedite the completion of the Webb’s Creek bridge approaches…

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Motor Cyclist Fined For “D.U.I.”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1963 · page 16

A motor cyclist who appeared before a recent Windsor Court on a “d.u.i.” charge was…

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Irrigation Pipes Laid Across Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1963 · page 9

To support allegations of deliberate damage and obstruction on a Cornwallis Road a…

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Bridge Railing Damaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1963 · page 4

About 30 feet of railing on the North Richmond Bridge was torn away by a car last Sunday evening…

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Support For Grose River Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1963 · page 20

Windsor Council will support a move to have a high level bridge built across the Grose River…

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False Report on Bridge Residents Alarmed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 1

A false report in a Sydney daily newspaper on Friday that the Yarramundi Bridge had been destroyed caused widespread spread alarm among residents in the…

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“Ribbon” Development On Bell’s Line Of Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 14

An approach by the orange city council for co-operation in the maintaining of “expressway conditions” on Bell’s Line of Road has been rebuffed…

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Motor Cyclist Killed In Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 1

A young motor cyclist list was fatally injured when he was involved in a collision with a car…

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Railway Man Dies After Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 1

A railway guard, who was crushed between the buffers of two carriages in the Richmond loco yard early on Monday day morning died about two hours…

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Motor Scooter Hit Truck

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1963 · page 2

A North Richmond girl received . minor injuries when the motor scooter she was riding struck the…

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Will Join Railways Deputation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1963 · page 11

Colo Shire Council will appoint delegates to a deputation to meet the Commissioner for…

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South Windsor Roads Tar-sealing Must Wait on Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1963 · page 12

Despite a hard fight by some Windsor Council aldermen for immediate tar-sealing of Woods Road, Collith Avenue, and Burger Road, the work has…

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No Support for Oiled Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1963 · page 8

The application of sump oil to roads to allay the dust menace would not be a very effective treatment,…

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Vote On Road Access “Not Dinkum,” Says Councillor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1963 · page 10

After a vote on a road access matter had gone to three-all at the last Colo Shire Council meeting, a councillor accused some of his colleagues of…

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