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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

217 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 11

Greyhound Racing Show Council Application Licence for Londonderry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 12

IN no wise discouraged, by previous refusals of a licence for greyhound racing at Londonderry, the council of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural…

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Show Schedule Recommendations for Revision Adopted by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 10

THE following is the list of recommendations, mentioned elsewhere in this issue, submitted by show stewards to the monthly meeting af the council of the Hawkesbury…

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Show Council Monthly Meeting Discussions Minister to Perform Opening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 11

THE acceptance by the Minister for Trade and Customs, Hon. J. N. Lawson, of an invitation to perform the official opening of the 1940 Hawkesbury…

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A Bright and Prosperous New Year to All Show Council Problem Exhibiting Cattle Saturday Attendance Discussed Meeting's Opinions Divided Recommendation Adopted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 1

TWO unobtrusive, two-line recommendations for schedule revisions for the coming show, submitted to the monthly meeting of the Hawkesbury District…

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Question Time at Windsor Council Meeting Aldermen Seek Information

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 10

AS mentioned elsewhere in this issue, the list of questions asked by aldermen, at question time at the meeting of the Windsor Council was a lengthy one, accumulated over…

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Windsor Council Fortnightly Meeting Maraylya Electricity Request No Water for Vineyard Macquarie Street Work Resumes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

INCLUDED in correspondence dealt with at the first meeting of the Windsor Council in the new year, on Tuesday evening, was a letter from the…

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Interesting Replies in "Credit Finance" Discussion See Pages 3 AND 12. New Industry ? Sale of Sewerage Product Windsor Council Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

THE possibilities of yet another industry for Windsor, in the sale to local fanners of the sludge from the sewerage works as fertiliser, were envisaged by one alderman at…

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Opening of New Richmond Council Chambers Celebrated See Page 3. Richmond Celebration Opening New Council Chambers Large Attendance Admires Fine Building Aldermen and Officers Congratulated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 1

CELEBRATING with proper eclat the completion of yet another progressive step in the history of municipal government in Richmond, a large and representative assembly on Saturday afternoon last joined with the Richmond Council in givimg due observance to the importance of the opening of the…

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Engineer Resigns Resents Councillors' Criticism Shire Meeting Sensation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 10

LIKE a sudden explosion in the otherwise even tenor of the proceedings at the Colo Shire Council meeting on Monday, there took place a warm exchange between the…

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Bulk Charges for Richmond Electricity Council Seeks Reduction

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

REGARDING the time as opportune, with a new Chairman and a new General Manager appointed to the Sydney County Council (from which Richmond and…

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Burst Tyre Claim Against Windsor Council Liability Dented

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

AN interesting point as to council liability for damage was raised at the Windsor Council meeting last week, in the submission of a claim for a new tyre and tube stated…

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Sound Advice Precautions with Scarlet Fever Council Officer Explains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

THE absolute desirability of sending a scarlet fever patient immediately to a hospital isolation ward, owing to the fact that infection of another person by a…

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Richmond Council Platforms to Be Lighted Railway to Sell Land Insurance Business Transferred

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

THAT the request for the provision of electric, lighting on East Richmond and Clarendon railway platforms had keen granted by the Commissioner was…

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Ferries Discussion by Colo Shire Council Another Punt Required

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

THE increasing need for some steps towards improving the ferry arrangements within the shire, in view of the growing age and limitation of service…

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Colo Shire Council Rates Same As Last Year Impounding Officer Appointed Careless Shooters Reported

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

WITHOUT discussion, the rate, for 1940 was fixed at the same figure as that of last year ([?] in the £) at the monthly meeting of the Colo Shire…

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Shire Administration (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 14

Sir,—I would esteem it a great favor if you could find space for the following comment: Your report of the recent meeting of the Colo Shire Council, at which the…

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Shire Loss Popular Clerk Resigns Councilors Give Testimonial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

AFTER more than fourteen years of capable and conscientious administration of the office affairs of the Colo Shire Council, during which time he earned the respect and…

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Richmond Council Fortnightly Meeting First in New Building Another Sub-station Proposed Electricity Motion Postponed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

DESCRIBED by the Mayor as "an auspicious occasion," the first meeting of the Richmond Council in the handsome new Council Chambers took place…

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Sewerage Connections Ordered Where Nuisance Created See Page 5. Windsor Council Sewerage Connections Ordered Compensation Claims Position Action for Tyre Damage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

A DIRECTION that owners of owners of premises from which, it had been reported, waste water had been discharging into adjoining streets or properties be served…

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Windsor Council. Fortnightly Meeting Macquarie Street Widening Delay Grant for Scheyville Road Estimates Discussion Deferred

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 1

THAT the Department of Main Roads could not at the moment indicate when the proposed widening of Macquarie-street would be commenced for…

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