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

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

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Railway “One-way Ticket”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 June 1967 · page 18

“As far as the Railways are concerned, everything is a one-way ticket; as long as we…

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Railway Association To Work For Improvements

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1967 · page 18

Although there was not a large attendance, eight organisations were represented at the annual meeting on July 7 of the the Blacktown-Richmond…

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Motor Cycling Went Well in Mud

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1967 · page 18

Only two local riders braved the deep mud of the Wollongong Scramble Circuit recently…

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Long Wait for Road Widening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 August 1967 · page 17

There were many more urgent works than the widening of Bell’s Line of Road through North…

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Double-Barrel Flood Blocks Roads, Bridges

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

A flood which reached a peak of 27 ft. at Windsor on Monday and then receded to 24 ft. 10 in. before rising to another peak of 28 ft. 10 in…

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Two Hurt On Motor Cycle

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

The rider of a motor cycle and his pillion passenger were injured on Tuesday afternoon when…

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Rough-riding - Motor Cyclist!

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

Albert Newton, of Bilpin, hangs on to his machine with heels and hands as the front wheel rears high after he had completed a ramp Jump of more than 30 feet. Together with other members of the Hawkesbury Motor Cycle Club, Albert put on a spectacular display at the Glossodia School Wattle Fete on Saturday afternoon…

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Motor Cycle Display at Fete

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 August 1967 · page 10

Hawkesbury Motor Cycle Club members thrilled the crowd at the Wattle Fete in the…

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New Railway Station Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1967 · page 12

Residents have petitioned the Commissioner for Railways for an additional railway station about…

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Car Runs Off Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1967 · page 12

A car ran off the Black town Road near Rickaby Creek bridge at a spot notorious for accidents on…

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Bus Shelter at Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1967 · page 18

A bus shelter will be erected by Windsor Council in the Richmond Park near the railway station…

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Wouldn’t Pay Train Fare

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 August 1967 · page 23

A man appeared an three charges at a recent Windsor Court arising out of an incident when…

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District Sport Motor Cycling New Track at Bilpin

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 August 1967 · page 8

The official opening of the Hawkesbury District Motor Cycle Club’s Scramble Track at Bilpin…

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Two Young Men Die On Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1967 · page 2

Two young men were killed in separate road accidents in the district last week The first fatal accident…

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Train Runs “Out of Steam”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 September 1967 · page 14

Another train had run out of steam at Windsor on September 7 causing commuters to be late for work…

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Colo Bridge by June, 1969

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 October 1967 · page 5

The Department of Public Works estimates that the bridge across the Colo River will be…

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Must Build Road to Club Site

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 October 1967 · page 27

Colo Shire Council has insisted that as a condition of subdivision approval, a tar-sealed road must be built to the proposed Hawkesbury…

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Four Die on Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1967 · page 1

Four people were killed in one of the district’s worst weeks of road accidents. In addition, two…

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Rusty Strip Tease on Main Road [To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 November 1967 · page 2

Sir,—May i use your columns to comment, without prejudice, but with considerable rancour…

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Member Attacks Labor’s Railway Record

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 November 1967 · page 17

A strong attack in which he asserted that Labor Governments had done nothing in the past 25 years to improve the Richmond rail service,…

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