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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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

Re Survey of road to Ebenezer Church to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

SIR,—I would like to draw the public's attention to the way the Church committee have been treated by the Colo Shire Council in connection with the above…

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Re Road to Ebeuezer Church. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

Sir,-" A Lover of Fair Play " in your issue of 11/1/13 takes the Shire Council to task for not insisting upon the survey and resumption of the old church track through…

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Our New Motor Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 12

The " guv " took it in payment of a bad debt-or because he had a charitable heart and was a bit silly-or maybe out of spite, to annoy our neighbors, or something…

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That Fenced Road. (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

Sir,—Spare me space in your valuable paper to refer to the report to Colo Shire Council as regards a paltry panel of fence at the hotel end of the bridge, which is so…

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Correspondence Re Survey of Road to Ebenezer Church to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

SIR,—It is a gooS thing for " A lover of fair play " to feel sympathy with the corpses travelling to Ebenezer cemetery, also to like a man with a backbone. But I do not…

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Correspondence. Re Road to Ebenezer Church. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

SIR,— Would you kindly allow me space in your paper to reply to "A Lover of Fair Play" in your issue of the 11th ult? In the first place I will leave Surveyor Rush to…

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Road to Ebenezer Church

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

Colo Shire Council at its meeting on Wednesday dealt with a letter from Mr H. W. King, hon. secretary to Ebenezer Church committee, on the vexed question…

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Correspondence Re Survey of Road to Ebenezer Church. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 8

SIR,—In your issue of the 18th ultimo I noticed a writer, signing " Another Lover of Fair Play." I cannot understand how this man can call himself " Another Lover of Fair Play "—a man who…

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That Church Road. to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

Sir,—By dragging my goats and my second childhood into a discussion anent the above, your correspondent, "A Lover of Fair Play," not only shows that his case is…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 6

A pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mr and Mrs Ted Hennessy on the 15th inst., when a number of friends congregated to indulge in the fascinating game of progressive euchre…

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Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

The Public Works Committee took evidence on Tuesday as to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Richmond to Kurrajong. Mr Davis, Director General of Public Works, read a…

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Main Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 5

The Minister for Works states that the claims received from the local bodies respecting main roads are out of all proportion to the available grants. " Up to the…

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Laughtondale Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 12

Mr Brinsley Hall, M L.A., wrote to the Hornsby Shire Council, re road from Maroota to Laughtondale, stating that on behalf of the settlers of this district using…

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Lamb's Creek Road (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 8

Sir,--As this matter was threshed threadbare some months ago through your columns, and nothing was accomplished, the public must have come to the conclusion…

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The Kurrajong Railway Taking Evidence. And Inspecting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 1

Through the instrumentality of the Kurrajong Railway League, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works last week paid a visit of inspection of the route…

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More Evidence Kurrajong Railway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 8

The Public Works Committee gave farther consideration to the proposal to construct a line of railway from Richmond to Kurrajong at Parliament House…

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Comleroy Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 8

Mr. J. E. McMahon, the contractor for the building of Mr. Anthony Quinn's cottage, is getting along rapidly with the work. The building will be an up-to-date one and is…

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Motor Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

Mr. L. Mitchell arrived at Wiseman's Ferry from Sydney last Friday in a small motor car. Finding he could not get any further on account of the state of the road, he…

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Trouble Over a Road At Grose Vale. Deputation to Colo Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 1

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. John Duhston, Henry Dunston, Richard Skuthorp, Benjamin Poole, and W. Mayo, waited on , the Colo Shire Council on Wednesday of…

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Re That Stinson Road (To. the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 6

Sir,—A deputation, five in number, waited on Colo Shire Council to urge upon them the necessity of forcing a road through ,R. Stinson's property. One of the deputation…

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