Land Resumption for Roads
AT the last meeting of the local Land Board, the question of determining the value of the following lands, resumed for roads, under the 42nd Section of the Act…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
20 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
Allen's Hill Road
MR. W. MORGAN, M.P., has received the following communication re the above:—"Department of Public Works, Sydney, 20th January, 1898. Re petition…
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To the Editor. Sir,—Re Allen's Hill. In your issue of the 5th inst, I see the Department of Public Works, Sydney, has decided not to attend to certain matters on this hill, as set forth by a…
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ALTERATION has been made in the delivery of mails for Comleroy-road. The mail is now exchanged with Richmond, making the time for the Comleroy mail just an hour-and-a-half earlier…
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MR. H. COLBERT, hon. sec. of the Baulkham Hills Progress Association, has received the following letter, dated February 8, from Mr. R. Lowe, hon. sec. of the Lower…
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THE roads in this locality are in splendid order, and a cut above anything of the kind in the district. The material used in their construction is easily procurable, and being of a shaley character,…
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A BIG meeting was held at Singleton last week in support of the projected railway from Parramatta to that place, and which would pass through part of the…
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THE Richmond Bicycle Club road race on Saturday last, from Richmond Post-office, round Windsor Park, and back again to Richmond, proved a great success, and resulted in a win for Greeves…
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THE first meeting of the session of the Comleroy Road Band of Hope Society was held in the Wesleyan Church on April 6th. In the absence of the President, the chair was filled by the…
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To the Editor. Dear Sir,—I wish to make a few remarks in your valuable paper in reference to the bad management and errors committed in connection with the Richmond Club road race last…
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To THE EDITOR. Sir,—Our clergyman old us on Sunday that he knew some young men among the volunteers at the encampment who, because they knelt down before retiring to rest, were the objects…
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ON Thursday morning the Richmond line was visited by the Railway Commissioners (Messrs Oliver, Fehon, and Kirkcaldie), accompanied by the Chief Engineer, and Messrs H Richardson (District…
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THE following appeared in last week's "Bulletin":—Dear Bulletin.'—I was last week a drunk passenger on board 'the drunk's train'—11.25 p.m. on Saturday, Sydney to…
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The monthly meeting was held in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday, 29th June. There was a fair attendance, and the Vice-president (Mr. J. Smith) took…
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ON Sunday last we paid a visit to the Kurrajong, which just now presents a lovely picture, all the orchards being in full bearing. On arrival at "Garryowen,"…
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THE monthy meeting of the Band of Hope was held in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday, 3rd August. The President (Rev. W. Glasson) was in the chair,…
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To the Editor. Sir,—In the W. and R. GAZETTE of Oct. 29 you quote cost af construction of Black-town-Richmond branch, 16¼ miles, £197.506, or nearly £12,154 4s 4d per mile. If this is correct…
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To the Editor. Sir,—With reference to our morning train, which brings the 'early' mail, can you assign a reason for its irregular running? On an average, about…
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I MET her in a railway car. And looked into her eyes, Which bright as morning sunlight are, And soft as evening skies;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christmastide. By a beautiful road our Christmas comes, A road full twelve months long, And every mile is as warm as a smile, and every hour is a song
CHRISTMASTIDE has a twofold interest, a material and a spiritual. Some love it because it comes "but once a year, and when it comes it brings…
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