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

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

42 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Correspondence. Railway Management. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 10

SIR,—No reasonable resident can justly hold the Chief Commissioner wholly responsible for the prevailing high rates, lack of conveniences, and discouraging state of…

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Mulgrave Railway Station. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 9

Sir,—Some time ago I was on a visit to Mulgrave, and standing on the railway station platform, I was very much suprised to see the quantity of milk sent on to the metropolis by the morning…

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A Railway Guard Killed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 12

AN inquest, touching the death of Thomas Ewin, of Richmond, a railway guard, whoso body was found early on Sunday morning on the railway line near Blacktown station, was held on…

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Correspondence. Lamb's Creek Road. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 10

SIR,—I am much amused at the contemptible manner in which the Baulkham Hills Council treats the ratepayers of Sackville, and especially along this famous…

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Mud Island Road. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of September 4th appears a letter written by Joe Aspery, in which he testifies to his amusement at the way the Baulkham Hills Shire…

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Mud Island Road. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 11

Sir,—In reply to "Mud Island Ratepayer" I must say that he would be better employed in looking after the affairs in his own Shire, of in leaning the young gents…

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Mud Island Road. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 11

Sir,—In Joe Aspery's reply to my letter I fail to see any argument. He slides off at a tangent and commences barking up the wrong tree, for I am as much a…

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Correspondence. Mud Island Road. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 6

SIR,—In reply to "Mud Island Ratepayer," I must say that he has brought forward no argument against the ratepayers having this particular road open—only a string of…

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Mud Island Road. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 8

Sir,—In his letter in last week's issue, Joe Aspery charges me with not bringing arguments forward against having this particular road opened, and also with strong…

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Mud Island Road. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 6

Sir,—In reply to "Mud Island Rate-payer," I must confess I am pleased he has dropped his style of slang-whanging and has improved in his mannerism. He still argues…

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Railway Taxation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 1

AT every Conference of the New South Wales Country Storekeepers' Association there is an annual growl at the conditions which enable city stoeekeepers, through the…

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Railway Disabilities. The Blacktown-Parramatta Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

The deputation that waited upon the Chief Commissioner of Railways on Tuesday of last week, to ask that certain disabilities now existing on the…

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Reducing Railway Fares and Freights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 12

At a public meeting held in Sydney recently, a strong case was made out in favor of a big reduction in railway charges. Mr. Peter McNaught presided, and the speakers…

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Railway to Sackville

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 1

THE coming of Mr. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, early in January, should be the harbinger of a new and more prosperous era for the Hawkesbury District; and if the…

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Sackville Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 11

THE committee of the Sackville railway movement met at the Council Chambers, Windsor, on Saturday night, and made smother step forward in the arrangements…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 14

A meeting to consider a scheme for enlarging or renovating the local Methodist Church was held on Wednesday night last. Rev. G. Thompson presided, and the matter…

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Our Railway Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 14

The strike is affecting the running of the railways all over the State, and all lines are suffering the inconvenience of a reduced service. The Sydney-Windsor-Richmond…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

At 6 30 p.m. on Thursday, we received a wire From Mr B. Hall, M.L.A., that the Minister for Works has given notice that he would submit the Kurrajong Railway to…

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Sackville Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 9

A MEETING of the executive of the Windsor—Sackville Railway League took place at the Council Chambers, Windsor, on Saturday night. There were present…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

"Fire, fire, fire (plurry sky fire), as a Chinaman once termed it, when in a few hours, the memorable fire of fourteen years ago, wrought such…

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