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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

206 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 11

Windsor Council Sewerage Rate From April Local Valuation Appeals Court Tar Surfacing Request

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 7

FOLLOWING the adoption of a Mayoral minute at the meeting of the Windsor Council held on Tuesday evening of last week, the Valuer General's…

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Sewerage Discussion Mayor Adopts Queer Attitude During Engineer's Visit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 12

DESPITE their decision at the previous meeting, from which the Mayor (Ald. J. J. McLeod) was absent, to invite the consulting engineer, Sir John Butters, to…

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Richmond Progress Important Council Requests Decided at Last Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 14

FOUR important decisions, three of which if they reach fruition, will prove of undoubted benefit to the town of Richmond were made at the meeting of the Richmond…

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Colo Shire Council Monthly Meeting Vote for Bridge Repairs Scavenging Area Defined No Extra Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

EXTENSIVE repairs to bridges within the shire area were decided on by the Colo Shire Council at its meeting held last Monday, following several…

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Footpath Cyclists Richmond Council Takes Action Prosecutions Ordered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

FINDING that repeated warnings, including several published in the local Press, have had no apparent effect on those who have been in the habit of endangering…

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Local Tenders Sewerage Subsidiary Works Windsor Council Decides

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 14

CLAIMING that local men should be given an opportunity of sharing in any work that was available in connection with we Windsor sewerage undertaking. Windsor…

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"Practically Nude" Complaint to Richmond Council Matter for Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 12

IT falls to the lot of every council to receive complaints on a wide and comprehensive variety of subjects, but Richmond Council was…

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Council's Thanks for Excellent Appeal Effort by Lower Portland Folk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 10

THE recent excellent concert organised by a Lower Portland committee, headed by Mrs. Harvey Lowe, in aid of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council Bush Fire…

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Richmond Council Plane Assembly Depot Wanted Bowling Green Decision Flood Reserve Control

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

A DECISION to press Richmond's claims as an eminently suitable locality for the establishment of the proposed aeroplane assembly works was a…

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Windsor Council Joins District Water Committee Health Inspector's Resignation Defaulting Ratepayers Warned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 7

FOLLOWING the reception of a letter from the Richmond Council advising that at a recent conference of local governing bodies held at Richmond for…

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No Change Monthly Shire Council Meetings Resolution Defeated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 12

A MOTION to the effect that the present custom of holding the Colo Shire Council meetings at monthly intervals be altered to provide for fortnightly meetings, and…

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Shire Attitude to County Council Proposal Recent Conference Discussed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

COMMENTING en the recent conference of local governing bodies held at Richmond to discuss a suggestion made by the Minister for Works and Local Government…

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Bilpin Road Strong Complaints From Residents Shire Council Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 10

BEFORE the rain the main road at Bilpin was the subject of a sheaf of letters and telegrams which reached the Colo Shire Council Chambers, each writer complaining…

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Burralow Scheme Richmond Council Wavers Slightly Discussion at Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 14

READING between the lines, a distinct wavering of the resolution of the Richmond Council on the question of the Burralow Creek Water Supply Scheme was…

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Show Council Monthly Meeting Prepares for 1939 Exhibition Tenders for Rights Accepted Additions to Schedule

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

WHAT may be the last meeting of the council of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association before the 1939 show, in view of the possibility of there…

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Further Works Committee's Recommendations to Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 14

FOLLOWING an inspection of portions of the municipality by the works committee of the Windsor Council, a report was submitted to the last meeting of the council…

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Reserve Subdivision for Golf Club Purposes Richmond Council's Permission

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 14

DISCUSSING at its meeting last week a proposal by the Richmond Golf Club for the division of the Rolleston Reserve and the enclosure of one portion for the purposes…

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Richmond Council Health Centre Proposals Stated Railway Electrification Discussion Water Service Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 12

AN interesting statement of the position negotiations have reached regarding the proposed construction of a Baby Health Centre at Richmond, and…

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Windsor Council Pitt Town Water Proposal Extra Street Lights Considered Sewerage Application's Begin

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 7

A PROPOSAL which gives every indication of being the first definite step in the inauguration of the Pitt Town water supply was briefly…

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That Water Question Decision Deferred Richmond Council Hesitant Claims Insufficient Data Wants Burralow Investigation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

WHAT appeared to be a straight-out issue for the councils concerned to decide—whether, in the event of a district water supply scheme being…

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