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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

180 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 9 of 9

Electricity Matters Report to Richmond Council Meter Testing Rule Explained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 12

THE presentation of the electricity committee's report to the last meeting of the Richmond Council was followed by a short discussion regarding the regulation…

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Windsor Council Telephone Box Discomfort Further £1,000 Sewerage Loan Croquet Lawn Announcement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 1

REPRESENTATIONS are to be made to the Postmaster General's Department by the Windsor Council requesting it to erect a shade over the public…

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Richmond Ratepayers ask for Public Sewerage Discussion See Page 7. Richmond Sewerage Ratepayers' Petition to Council Public Meeting Asked

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 1

THE subject of a sewerage scheme for Richmond was again raised at the last Richmond Council meeting by a petition received from a number of prominent…

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Richmond Council Deputation to County Council Londonderry Road Improvements Local Air League Suggested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 6

A NOTIFICATION from the Sydney County Council to the effect that the deputation from bodies who are bulk consumers of electricity in the…

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Weak Decision Regarding Watered Milk Sample Richmond Council Dodges Duty

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 3

STUDIOUSLY disregarding the fact that of all the responsibilities entrusted to a local governing body that of safeguarding the public health must…

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Windsor Decision Regarding Added Area Water Supply See Page 7. Important Move Added Area Water Supply Windsor Council Debate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 1

STATING that his slogan that night was "Water for the Waterless," Ald. V W. Gillespie, in a spirited address to the Windsor Council on Tuesday…

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Engineer's Resignation Shire Council Tributes to Excellent Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 12

INCLUDED in the correspondence dealt with at the last meeting of the Colo Shire Council hell on Monday was the resignation of the shire engineer (Mr. K. R…

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Windsor Council Electricity Extension Delay Mayor to Interview Minister Terrace Widening Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 12

EXPRESSING the opinion that the Minister's approval for the Cattai-Mulgrave electricity extension had been unduly delayed, aldermen of the…

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Shire Year President's Annual Report Interesting Review

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 2

A YEAR marked with splendid progress, during which were made many important decisions that will mean rapid advancement for the whole Hawkesbury…

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Richmond's Mayor Ald. J. W. Smith Re-elected All Committees Unaltered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 8

THE election of Richmond's Mayor for the ensuing twelve months caused little trouble to the Richmond Council at a special meeting called for the purpose prior…

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Insanitary Conditions Departmental Report to Shire Serious View Taken

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 9

THAT the regulations set out by the Department of Public Health have been practically ignored throughout the Colo Shire, and that the department took…

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Windsor's Mayor Ald. J. J. McLEOD Re-elected Old Record Equalled

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 14

WHEN Ald. J. J. McLeod was re-elected unopposed as Mayor of Windsor for the 1939 term at a special meeting of the Windsor Council held for that purpose on…

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Shire President Cr. A. Buckland Re-elected Fifth Successive Term

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 3

FOR the fifth successive year Cr. A. Buckland was elected President of the Colo Shire Council when an election for that position took place at the meeting of the…

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District Local Government Bodies Elect Civic Heads Colo Shere Council New Bridge Promised for Wheeney Creek Diphtheria Immunisation Campaign Burralow Scheme Prospects

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 1

FOLLOWING numerous complaints which had been received by the Colo Shire Council in connection with the bad condition of the Wheeney Creek…

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Mayor's Reports to Richmond Council Meeting Several Important Matters

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 10

FEATURES of interest" at the Richmond Council meeting on Thursday evening of last week were a series of reports submitted by the Mayor (Aid. J. W. Smith…

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Pleasant Gathering Richmond Mayor Entertains Colleagues and Staff

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 3

IN pursuance of a happy custom which has now become' almost time-honored with the Richmond Council, a very pleasant little gathering took place in the Richmond…

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Colo Shire Scavenging Areas Defined Engineer Appointment Deferred

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 2

THE Colo Shire Council at a special meeting held last Monday [?] adopted a report submitted by the Shire Clerk (Mr. J. C. Timms), who recommended that…

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Officers' Reports to Windsor Council Meeting Water Consumption Record

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 9

THE following reports by council officers, including, inter alia, the announcement that water consumption figures for Windsor had leaped to a new record, exceeding the…

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Cattle Exhibits on One or Two Days? Show Council Divided

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 2

A CONSIDERABLE, portion of the meeting of the council of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association at the showground, on Friday afternoon last was…

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Richmond Council Finances Cause Concern Health Department's Reprimand Housing Problem Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 7

THAT the present financial position of the municipality was causing some serious concern was evident from the remark of one alderman at the…

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