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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

38 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. Sir,—Let me reply to Mr. William Wark—just briefly, because I know there are others who will take up this question—and have a right to take it up—more tully than what I…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. SIR,—I did not contemplate taking up more of your space on this subject at Present, but the two letters of Mr. Wark's, which have lately appeared-in your paper, require some…

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The Sackville Tramway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 3

To the Editor, SIR,—In a recent issue of your paper I notice that ray name appears as one of the Committee for the Windsor-Sacfcville Tranr or…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 4

To the Editor. SIR—The two columns of space in your last issue are devoted almost entirely to personal abuse of myself. This is in one sense gratifying, in that the writers had no valid criticism…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 3

Mr. Stanley Alexander, Examiner of Public Works, arrived in Richmond on Tuesday morning. He was met at the station by a deputation of some to or 12 leading Kurrajong and…

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The Inventor of the Railway Ticket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 10

Take a 6heet of pasteboard as large as Hyde Park, out it up into slips an inch and a quarter wide and two and a quarter [?] long, and you will have rather loss than the…

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Sackville Tramway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. SIR,—Mr. Burdekin is assisting in the futile and foolish agitation in favour of a tramway, or railway, to Sackville Reach. Has the fact that Mr. Burdekin is a large landholder…

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Railway Delays

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 6

The following letter has been written to the Commissioners for Railways, anent the delay in the delivery of produce from this district in Sydney markets:—The Commissioners for s…

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The Railway Institute

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 3

We have received the following information respecting the above:— The rules were framed by a committee of the men, and approved of by the Commissioners. The…

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A Railway Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 3

Dear Sir,—I notice there is a movement on foot to get a line of Railway from Windsor to Sackville Reach. I think, Mr. Editor, I could point out a route that would be much better, and serve the…

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Sackville to Windsor Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 3

A meeting was held in the Sackville School of Arts on Saturday, 28th March. W. H. johnstone, Esq., occupied the chair. The attendance was fairly large and representative. Mr. N. Mitchell…

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A Dangerous Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. SIR,—I desire to call attention through your columns to the state of the culvert on the Riverstone road near the residence of Mr. Wilkie. It is in a disgraceful condition, and…

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Commercial. John Bridge & Co. Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 9

We beg to report that at our usual sale of pigs held at the Corporation Yards, Marketwharf on Wednesday, we offered, amongst a large number of first-class Pigs, a…

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Richmond-Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 3

Some little time ago a public meeting was held in the Richmond School of Arts for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to have a railway from Richmond to Kurrajong. A…

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The Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—A local paper which we sometimes see in Richmond, when it comes to the house from the butcher's, says, with reference to the…

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The River Scheme v. the Tramway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 3

During the course of a brief visit to Sackville…

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Railway v. River

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. Sir,—In your journal issued on the 30th May you give a very fair synopsis of a conversation we had on the above important question. There is only one error, which you will please…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 6

Last week the Minister for Public Works laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly a report by Mr. Stanley Alexander, examiner of public works proposals, on the proposed extension of the…

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Wanted—A Bridge!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

The farce of having such a miserable apology for a bridge as that which spans the Hawkesbury at Windsor becomes more and more apparent every time we are visited by a flood. Long before the…

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A Bad Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. DEAR SIR,—Allow me through your valuable paper to call attention to the state of the roadway known as the Crooked lane, leading off Kurrajong road a little way past Enfield…

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