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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

123 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 7

Windsor's Estimates "Much the Same As Last Year." Discussion in Open Council Move to Reduce General Rate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 7

ESTIMATES of income and expenditure for the current year, which were adopted by the Windsor Council at its regular fortnightly…

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Colo Shire Council Monthly Meeting Big Volume of Business Ferry Contractor Resigns Trouble Over Burnt Fences

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 6

THE ordinary monthly meeting of Colo Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Wilberforce, on Monday, when a large volume of business received attention…

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Colo Shire Rate Division of Opinion President Gives Casting Vote

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 12

WHEN the fixing of the general rate for 1935 came up for discussion at the meeting of Colo Shire Council on Monday, there was a sharp division of…

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Wheelbarrow Ridge Question of Road Repairs Interview with Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 13

At Colo Shire Council meeting on Monday, a personal interview was granted by council to Mr. H. A. Eley, of Wheelbarrow Ridge, Lower'Portland, Who suggested that…

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Kurrajong Drain on Private Property Colo Shire Re-affirms Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 12

A GOOD deal of discussion took place at the meeting of the Colo Shire Council on Monday, 11th inst., regarding a letter from Mr. R. E. Peck, Kurrajong, alleging…

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New Truck Windsor Council Decides to Cost £464

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 12

AT the ordinary fortnightly meeting last week, Windsor Council adopted a report by the special committee appointed to consider tenders for the supply of a new motor…

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Windsor Council Fixing Rates and Charges Pitt Town Water Supply Increased Electricity Sales New Sanitary Contract

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 6

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Windsor Council, held on Tuesday evening of last week, proved to be a lengthy one, a "big volume…

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Windsor Council Sewerage Scheme Costs Vineyard Electricity Supply Sanitary Contractor's Thanks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 6

BUSINESS dealt with at the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Windsor Council on Tuesday evening of last week included…

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Colo Shire Council Summonses for Rates Resignation of Engineer No Night Tolls on Ferries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 6

AMONG matters dealt with at the monthly meeting of the Colo Shire Council, held at the Council Chambers, Wilberforce, on Monday of last week…

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Windsor Council Fortnightly Meeting Short Business Sheet

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 7

A small business sheet and the absence of matters requiring discussion resulted in an unusually brief meeting of the Windsor Council on Tuesday evening of last…

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Draining Bushell's Lagoon Shire Assistance Sought Buttsworth's Creek Floodgates Residents Guarantee Expenses

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 9

AN enterprising scheme for the drainage of Bushell's Lagoon at Wilberforce and reclaiming and working the large area of valuable land at…

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Relief Works Council Programme Approved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 6

At the meeting of the Windsor Council on the 9th instant, a letter was received from the Department of Labor and Industry approving of the programme of additional…

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Pitt Town Complaint "Insolent!" Says Mayor Council's Position Explained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 10

THAT two letters received from a resident of Pitt Town at the meeting of the Windsor Council last week were "impudent, ignorant and insolent," was the opinion…

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Windsor Council Fortnightly Meeting Renewal Electricity Loan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 9

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Windsor Council on Tuesday evening, 23rd ultimo, was confined mostly to routine business…

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Colo Shire Council Collection of Rates Straying Stock Nuisance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 2

DEFAULTING ratepayers and collection of rates were subjects of a good deal of discussion at the monthly meeting of the Colo Shire Council on…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers Windsor Council's Attitude

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 8

Windsor Council at its last week's meeting received a letter from A. R. Bluett, secretary, Local Government Association, forwarding particulars of recent alterations…

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Windsor Council Fortnightly Meeting Lengthy Works Committee Report Electricity Supply Interruptions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 7

AN unusually lengthy arid comprehensive report by the works committee, following a recent tour of inspection, was a feature of the regular…

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Jubilee Shillings Fund Windsor Council Gives £1/1/. Question of Precedent Raised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

With regard to the King's Jubilee. Shillings Fund, N. G. Baur, joint hon secretary of the Hawkesbury executive committee, wrote to. Windsor Council last week…

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"Stinking Thing!" Shire President Indignant Selection of Relief Workers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 8

AT the monthly meeting of Colo Shire Council last week the matter of the selection of unemployed men from each riding of the shire for a certain…

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Bushell's Lagoon Further Council Discussion Submerged Reserve Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 3

WHETHER the reserve of 100 acres at present forming portion of the land submerged by Bushell's Lagoon, between Windsor and Wilberforce, is vested under the…

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