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

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

69 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Road Causing Damage To Fruit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 January 1967 · page 17

Fruit being carted from the Mountain Lagoon area could be damaged by being jolted…

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Road Accidents Prevalent

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 19

Road accidents have been prevalent during the last week, one being due to the slippery road, a result of the heavy downpours. The car rolled…

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Extra Train Refused By Minister

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 18

There will be no extra train from Central to Richmond in the afternoon peak hour. Mr M. A. Morris,…

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Councillors Dither, Wrangle Over Shire Roads Reconstruction Funds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 9

Although it had been made an Order of the Day for their last meeting, councillors of Colo Shire were unable to come to a decision on how…

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Viewpoints of Readers Shocked by Road Condition (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 2

Sir,— I am shocked by the condition of the Old Stock Route Road beween Cattai Road and Dural…

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Slippery Mountain Road Driver Says “lucky” To Be Able To Complain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 16

A Kurrajong Heights resident has told Colo Shire Council that he considered himself “very lucky” to be able to write of the dangerous…

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Conference On Webb’s Creek Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1967 · page 5

The proposed Webb’s Creek Bridge is to be the subject of yet another conference between the Colo…

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Stole From Railways Dept

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1967 · page 15

A former Railway employee was placed on a bond after being convicted on a stealing…

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Railway Approach Department Sets June 30 Deadline

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1967 · page 13

The Railways Department has set a deadline of June 30 for the completion of tar-sealing…

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Bill Watts Wins Bridge to Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 March 1967 · page 21

Bill Watts, driving his Jaguar-powered hydroplane Bez, won the Bridge-to-Bridge classic on Sunday at an average speed of 67 m.p.h…

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South Creek Flooding Blocks Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 March 1967 · page 1

Falls of up to nine inches of rain on Sunday night in the Parramatta-Blacktown area caused rapid rises in South Creek and its tributaries on…

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Burralow Road Windening Deferred

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1967 · page 16

The widening of Burralow Road has been deferred indefinitely by the Colo Shire Council…

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Motoring On The Cheap!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1967 · page 14

Colo Shire has done it again! At last meeting it opened tenders for the supply of a…

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Motor Cycling Williams Wins “Hawkesbury 100”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1967 · page 18

The tough “Hawkesbury 100” motor cycle trial last Sunday around the outlying areas of Windsor and…

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Road Raising Urged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1967 · page 5

The raising of the Windsor Road between McGrath’s Hill and Windsor should be…

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“Dissatisfaction” with Redbank Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1967 · page 5

More than 70 residents of Redbank Road, North Richmond, have registered their “dissatisfaction” with the state of Redbank-Greggs Roads,…

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“Shocking Condition” of Slopes Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1967 · page 1

Twenty-two petitioners described part of The Slopes Road, North Richmond as in a…

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Bull Ridge Road Name Could Be Lost

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1967 · page 31

“Bull Ridge Road,” a name as Australian as the tang of gum leaves, could be lost to…

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Go-Karts, Motor Cycles in Show Ring

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1967 · page 24

There will be a new sound in the ring at the Hawkesbury Show this year, the roar of open exhausts from high-revving motor cycle and…

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Bridge “Remedial” Program to Cost $30,000

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 April 1967 · page 18

A loan of $30,000 is to be raised by Colo Shire Council to carry out “remedial” work to a number of bridges…

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