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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

157 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Windsor's Water Cart Where Is It Hiding? Deputation to the Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 1

It is somewhat prehistoric, Is the Windsor water cart, Hid behind the Council Chambers It's a thing that lives apart;…

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Richmond Council. Approach to Railway Station Further Relief Sought

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 12

The full Council attended the regular fortnightly meeting on the 21st instant, viz., The Mayor (Aid. C. S. Icely), and Aid. B. M. Dowle, J. G. Percival, A, Rodgers…

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The Mayor Was Right Suppressed Correspondence Solicitor's Opinion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 10

"The Mayor has full authority to select, what correspondence should be placed before the Council."—Legal Opinion…

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Council's Correspondence (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 9

Sir,—Ordinance No. 1 as proclaimed on June 25, 1920, and amended and proclaimed. on October 15, 1920, and August 11, 1922, Part 20 (a) says, "All correspondence with…

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Windsor Council Straying Stock at Riverstone No Action Taken

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 5

The regular fortnightly meeting of Windsor Council was held on October 26 when the following were present: The : Mayor (Aid. W. H. Dean), and Ald J. W…

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Colo Shire Council Getting in the Rates Only £224/17/10 Outstanding

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of Colo Shire Council was held on Monday, When the following were present:-The President (Cr. A. Buckland), and Crs. E. T. Bowd,…

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Richmond Council the Sanitary Contract Tender Accepted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 12

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Richmond Council was held on the 4th instant, when the following were present: - The Mayor (Ald. C. S.. Icely), and Ald…

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Not to Be Laughed At! Breeze at Windsor Council Where Was the Joke?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 3

THE atmosphere was stifling at Windsor Council meeting on Tuesday night, but not long after Ald. Jenkyn asked for one of the windows to be…

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"Never Heard of It!" Federation of Progress Associations Ignorant Aldermen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 8

ALTHOUGH the jHawkesbury and Nepean Districts Federation of Progress and Kindred Associations has been in existence for just on four years, and…

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Windsor Council Bardarnarang Bridge Overseer's Good Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 7

The regular fortnightly meeting of Windsor Council was held, on the 9th instant when the following were present:— The Mayor (Aid. W. H. Dean), and Aid. J. W. Ross…

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Noisy Motorists "Only Showing Off." Windsor Council Complains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 3

RESIDENTS of Windsor, particularly those living in the main street, complain that they are repeatedly awakened from their slumbers by noisy motorists, who race . through the town with their exhausts open at all hours of the night and in the early morning…

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"Gone in the Night" Windsor Council's Funds Repartee at Land Board Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 6

THE height of dreariness, except to those specially interested, is the business of an average Land Board meeting in any part of the country…

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Who's the Alderman? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 3

Dear sir,—Will you please inform me through your columns as to who is the Alderman Jenkyn so prominent and quarrelsome in the Council of Windsor. Is it the…

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Richmond Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 7

The regular fortnightly meeting of Richmond Council was held on the 18th instant, When the following were present: The Mayor (Ald C. S. Icely), and Ald. R. M. Dowle…

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Who'll Be Mayor? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 5

Dear sir,—Reading from the columns of your valuable paper recently, the frequent criticisms that are being expressed in connection with the doings of the Windsor…

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Council's Defalcations Published in a Fortnight the Mayor's Promise

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 8

WITHIN a fortnight Mayor Dean promises to make known to a penny the amount of defalcations involved in connection with Windsor's late town clerk…

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£10,000 Writ to be Issued against Windsor Alderman Disgraceful Scenes Rafferty Rules at Windsor Council Aldermen Jenkyn and O'brien Stage a Farce Bitter Recriminations and Personal Abuse

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 1

VERBAL bullets flew with amazing swiftness across the Council table at Windsor last week. Abuse and personal insinuations were poured forth in one continuous stream. Hard words were used in tones of corresponding loudness. Once, a fistic combat seemed more than remotely possible. However, it didn't…

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Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 5

The regular fortnightly meeting of Windsor Council was held on the 23rd ultimo, when the following were present:—The Mayor (Aid. W. H. Dean) and Aid. J. W…

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Who'll Be Mayor? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 12

Dear sir,—Your correspondent who "hides his light under a bushel," and in his epistle to the readers, effaces his literary effort in that of "Ratepayer," is the origin of…

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Who'll Be Mayor? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 12

Sir,—In your last issue "Ratepayer" made certain statements regarding previous correspondence re the proceedings at Windsor Council, and asserted that the writers were…

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