A Song of the Road
The earth and the sky. Are one grey monotone, As stolidly I Trudge onward alone,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1890
40 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2
A Free Fight in a Railway Carriage
We have been informed that a rather animated time was spent by a carriagefull of Pitt-town folk who were returning from Sydney last Friday evening. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Accident
Gangs of men employed in clearing the line have now completed their work. The damage done to the engine is not great, but two carriages have been rendered unfit for further use, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bouse Hill Road
We had the pleasure of riding along through Rouse Hill from Parramatta last Sunday, and are willing to admit that if there is a worse thoroughfare in any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway to Sackville
A correspondent writes to the" S.M. Herald" as follows:—I venture to advocate a different route for the proposed Dural railway than that so peristently advocated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Vote for Roads
On Monday morning last Mr. Mr. B. Conlon journeyed to Sydney for the purpose of seeing Mr. Bowman, M.P., and with him interviewing the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Grant of £350 for Roads
The following letter was received by Mr. Fitzpatrick on Friday morning from Mr. A. Bowman, M.P., who had it sent him from the Department of Public Works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →" The Boss of the Road."
On Easter Monday there was almost a block on the Parramat[?]a Road, a few miles beyond Rouse Hill, several times. Four horses were attached to a drag, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boss of the Road in Reply
To the Editor. SIR,—It is not correct when your correspondent says there was was a block on the road several times on Easter Monday. There was but one,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →" The Boss of the Road."
Sir,—We may claim at any rate a worthy title for our charioteer of Easter Monday. The driver of the "drag" in question surely showed wisdom in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Railway Stationmaster
To the Editor. Sir,—I wish you would kindly contradict Mr Johnson's statement in your issue of Saturday. I can give you the facts as stated to me on enquiry by one acquainted with the whole affair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railway Station-Master
To the Editor. SIR.âWith your kind permission, I will briefly reply to "A Frequent Traveller" and " Townsman," who wrote you last week on the above subjectâtemperately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pitt Town Road
To the Editor, Sir,—I do not know who could have given you the information that great improvements had been made to the above road by the expenditure of £100 odd in cutting down McKenzies…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poetry. the Men Who Miss the Train
I leaf aroun' the deepe just to see the Puliman scoot, An' to see the people samper we'en they hear the ingin toot;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pitt Town Road
To the Editor, SIR,—I must say that the condition into which that portion of the Pitt Town road near McKenzie's Bridge, has now got, is a disgrace to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pitt Town Road
To the Editor. Sir,—I feel constrained to say a word on this already well-worn subject. We have some cause of complaint, seeing we here have been so long "left in the mud"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Improvements
To the Editor. Sir,—The public have read in the metropolitan journals that the Railway Commissioners are making a new departure in the lighting of both railway premises and carriages, in that to some extent gas is giving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bad Roads
A Penrith subscriber writes:—"You grumble at the state of your roads. I should like to roll some of our Aldermen in the clay of ours. We had a fair road until one who "knew better" threw away…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dangerous Roads
We had heard a lot of talk about the bad roads of the district lately, but as every man has the right in this free and enlightened Nineteenth Century to grumble just as much and as often as he jolly well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revised Railway Rates
It would appear that instead of the revised railway rates proving a boon to the residents of this district, they will only be a burden, for, if we mistake not the changes made will act in a most…
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