First Train to Windsor
DURING October, 1861—70 years ago this month—£60,000 was voted, for a horse rail to Windsor and Richmond. On January 15, 1863, the first sod of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
70 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 4
Huge Waste Our Railway System Unnecessary Lines (1)
ONE good thing has come out of the present financial crises- the stimulation of the interest of the man in the street in the State's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Relieving Unemployment £3,000 for the Hawkesbury work: at the aerodrome
ON Wednesday morning Mr. J. B. Chifley, Minister for Defence, telephoned us from Melbourne to the effect that, in addition to the £600 made available by the Federal…
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WHY do our State railways lose so heavily? How does there happen to have been a deficit of £3,664,000 in 1930, and another one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bridge Problem (To the Editor)
Sir,— In a window of one of Sydney's leading stores there is displayed a double dummy problem as "one of R. F. Foster's problems." There is some mistake, as…
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MILLIONS of pounds have been piled by our transitory politicans on millions already spent on nonpaying railway undertakings; and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spinks' Road Dispute (To the Editor)
Sir,—In your last issue Cr. Anderson admits that he Was at a public meeting at North Richmond on Thursday night of last week, and that I stated that the road through…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Concrete Road Smash Three People Killed Dooley Committed for Trial
A SEQUEL to the disastrous motor collision on the concrete road near Lithgow about a month ago, in which three persons were…
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BEFORE the Chief Justice (Sir Philip Street), and a jury at the Banco Jury Causes Court, Sydney, last week, Hugh Patterson Keppie, junr, brought an action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Claim for Compensation Trouble Over Motor Lorry Case Under Moratorium Act
AN action under the Moratorium Act was commenced, before Mr. J. B. Scobie; S.M. at the Windsor Police Court last week, when Robert Stuart Johnston, farmer…
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