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

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

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Railway Conference Promise To Provide Faster Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1963 · page 7

A railway officer told a deputation from the district last week that during the preparation of the next metropolitan timetable every effort would be…

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St. Albans Road Beyond Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1963 · page 15

Colo Shire Council feels that the reconstruction and bitumen sealing of Main Road 181 from Webb’s Creek Ferry to St. Albans is beyond its…

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Claim by Resident Collections Made On Public Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1963 · page 5

A landowner has alleged that fees are being collected from the public for the use of wharf…

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Plea For High-Level Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1963 · page 5

Agnes Banks Progress association has been asked [?] Yarramundi Progress [?] Development…

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Slow Train (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1963 · page 2

Sir,—Reading a recent Gazette re the length of time it takes for the Windsor train to travel from…

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Vanquish Hunger Day Road “Holdup” Enabled Quota To Be Reached

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 May 1963 · page 1

Hawkesbury College students, who collected £616 from motorists in their road “holdup” on Sunday, played a major part in the district exceeding its…

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Council to Lease Railway Land For Parking

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1963 · page 5

Despite objections by the Mayor (AId. Gillespie) on the principle involved Windsor Council decided unanimously as its last meeting to lease land…

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Diverse Views on Model Aeroplane Noise

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1963 · page 19

Widely varying views on the “noise nuisance ”emanating from powered model aeroplanes being flown in McQuade Park, Windsor, were expressed…

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Car Wrecked On Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1963 · page 11

A large sedan car Was completely wrecked when it struck the railway of the Rickaby…

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Car Runs Off Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1963 · page 1

A driver had a lucky escape from serious injury when his car crashed through the railing of the…

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Start Soon on Webb’s Creek Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1963 · page 14

Colo Shire Council decided at its meeting last week, to call tenders for the…

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Association Formed To Fight For Grose River Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1963 · page 16

An association, representative of councils, shires, progress and improvement associations from all parts of the district, was formed at a public…

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Access Road Problems Mounting In Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1963 · page 3

The perennial problem of whether it should spend money providing access roads to properties is again pestering the Colo Shire Council…

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Main Road in Dangerous Condition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1963 · page 18

Two recent fatal accidents indicated that Main Road 181 had deteriorated to a dangerous condition, a resident has claimed in a letter to the Colo Shire…

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Check Made on Road Flooding

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1963 · page 18

During a river rise on June 3 a check made by the RAAF authorities showed that there was a…

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The Rough State of Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1963 · page 28

Apropos complaints in recent times about the rough state of roads in the Wilberforce, Sackville areas…

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Fire on Railway Line

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 5

A grass fire set railway sleepers alight near, the Windsor milk factory early on Monday afternoon…

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Off-Street Parking At Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 14

Windsor Council’s works committee is to investigate the possibility of establishing an off-street…

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Wilberforce Road In Bad State (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1963 · page 2

Sir,—I beg to draw your attention to the serious deterioration of the roads in the…

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“Unreasonable use of Road”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 September 1963 · page 19

A garage proprietor was fined in a recent Windsor Court arising out of an incident…

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