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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

45 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Motor Smash The Car Somersaults. Two Ladies Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 1

A sensational motor-car accident occurred at Rouse Hill on the 17th inst. Mr William Moore, of Rydalmere, was driving his new Beeston-Humber car along the…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

Should Mr Bill Gow live to be as old as Methusalah—and his friends all heartily wish that he may—he will be able to apply those lines of Longfellow's…

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"A Tissue of Lies." That Railway Report. Councillors' Strong Comment. Checking at Parramatta

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 1

At the meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council on Wednesday week, a letter was read from the Railway Department, explaining that a gi eat many of the requests…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

In the list of presents in our report of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. McMahon, one was inadvertently omitted a cheque from Mr. and Mrs. E. W…

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Richmond - Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The Public Works Committee on Wednesday opened an inquiry into the expediency of constructing a. line of railway from Richmond to Kurrajong…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 12

In consequenee of the advance in the price of wood, owing to the strike, all the wood—traders an as busy as bees. " It's an ill—wind." & c. If the gentry that make a practice of taking…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 14

A meeting of the committee of the Comleroy School of Arts was held on Tuesday night, 1st inst. Arrangements were made for the election of secretary…

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Windsor-Sackville Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 1

A meeting of the executive committee was held at the Council Chambers, Windsor, on Saturday night. There were present: Mr C. Kaiser (in the chair) and Messrs…

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Richmond to Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

Mr. William Hutchinson, Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee, on Wednesday, on the proposal to build a railway…

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Richmond to Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

Mr. John Harper, Assistant Railway Commissioner, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee on Thursday of last week on the proposal to connect…

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Correspondence. The Labour Farm ana our Roads. (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 6

SIR,—I see by announcement in your paper of last issue that the Hon the Minister for Works will visit Windsor on the 7th prox. Now, Sir, I would like to…

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Windsor-Sackville Railway. Visit of the Minister for Works. Final Arrangements

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 1

At a meeting of the committee of the Windsor-Sackville Railway League, held in the Council Chambers, Windsor, on Saturday night, final arrangements were made for the…

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Visit of the Minister for Works. Banqueted in Windsor. the Windsor-sackville Railway. Minister Much Impressed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 8

On Mr Lee's arrival in Windsor on Monday, after Ms trip up the river to investigate for himself the claims for rail communication between Windsor…

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Correspondence. Upper Hawkesbury Railway. (To The Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 10

Sir,—If we repose any confidence in the words of Minister for Works Lee, we must live in good hopes of getting rail communication with the metropolis in the near…

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Road Grievance. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

Sir,—As a ratepayer in the Baulkham Hills Shire, I mast condemn the childish way of distributing the ratepayers' money. In A Riding, from Cattai bridge to the…

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The Sackville Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 1

If was with some reluctance, we confess, that we gave Mr Matt Woodbury a column of our space last week to attack the Upper Hawkesbury railway project, and abuse all…

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Windsor to Sackville Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 8

A meeting of the executive execrise was held on Saturday night to p[?] counts in connection with the [?] banquet. One lot of sales had not been…

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That "Jackass Railway." To the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 8

DEAR SIR,—With all due deference, Mr Editor, I presume to join issue with you anent the Sackville Railway. You say I am adopting a dog in the manger attitude…

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Sackville Railway and Others

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 6

There are several schemes afoot to run lines through the County of Cumborland, across the Hawkesbury, and on to Singleton. The agitation for the complete line has ceased, as the reports of…

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Sackville Railway and Others

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 1

Sir,—On this thrilling and absorbing question I beg to remark: That the railway with all the merits, and to which neither the Sackville or the Lower…

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