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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

270 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 14

Correspondence at Richmond Council Meeting Trouble with D. M. R.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 10

AN allegation that the Department of Main Roads was endeavoring to deprive council of £105 unexpended portion of a grant of £'200 from the Department…

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Question Time at Windsor Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

WHEN questions were invited by the Mayor (Ald. J. J. McLeod) at the conclusion of ordinary business at the Windsor Council meeting on Tuesday evening of last…

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Correspondence at Windsor Council Meeting Road Repealing Bequest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 12

THE receipt of a letter from the Department of Works and Local Government recommending the resealing of a portion of the Pitt Town Bottoms-road…

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Council Reports to Windsor Meeting Nuisance Referred to Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

AN intimation that dead animals had been dumped on a vacant allotment at Magrath's Hill on more than one occasion, constituting a nuisance to…

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Water Hyacinth Further Council Discussion Expert to Visit Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 3

FURTHER discussion on the spread of water hyacinth in South creek took place at the Windsor Council meeting last week, when a notification was…

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Show Council Executive Committee Meets Annual Meeting on 1st JULY

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 3

A DECISION to hold the Annual Meeting of subscribers on Tuesday, 1st July, at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College if this was available, was made…

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Department Disputes £5,000 of Windsor Sewerage Costs See Page 5. Sewerage Costs Department Disputes £5,287 Claims Has Paid Share Council. Seeks Legal Advice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 1

AFTER a long and embarrassing delay for the council in responding to re-requests for payment of the balance of subsidy claimed by that body to be…

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Mayor's Report to Richmond Council on Sydney Deputation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 8

COVERING numerous matters referred to him by council as subjects for consultation with the authorities concerned, a special report was submitted by the Mayor (Aid…

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Correspondence Colo Shire Council Meeting Valuation Appeals Pending

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 1

THAT eight appeals against recent shire valuations were already pending was intimated in the course of correspondence received at the Colo Shire…

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Electricity Conference Colo Shire Council Comment "Worst Ever Attended"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 7

ONE of the worst I ever attended," was the pithy description by the President of the Colo Shire Council (Cr: H. C. Matheson) of the recent conference called by the…

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Shire Reports to Last Week's Meeting Sanitary Depot Site Decided

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 8

AN intimation that it had been decided to purchase a specified portion of land as a sanitary depot site, at the Valuer General's valuation, was contained in a…

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Complete Draw for Hawkesbury Tennis Competition See Page 9. Road Closing Proposal. Council Objection at Richmond Meeting Needd for Lowlands Department Criticised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 1

A UNANIMOUS decision to oppose a proposal by the Department of the Interior for the closing by council of that portion of Dight-street adjoining…

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Question Time at Shire Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

WHEN "questions and complaints" were invited by the President at the conclusion of ordinary business at the last Colo Shire Council meeting, Cr. Smith asked…

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No Discrimination Richmond Building Regulations Alderman "Declares Himself"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 12

THE quietness with which one of the newly-appointed aldermen of the Richmond Council has attended to his duties since his appointment apparently…

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Councils Have Trouble With Salvage Collection Scheme See Page 6. Salvage Depot at Shire Council Chambers Discussion at Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 1

THE difficulty, owing to the scattered nature of the shire community, of organising any regular salvage collection scheme in Colo Shire was again…

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Question Time at Richmond Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

WHEN questions were invited by the Mayor (Aid. J. W. Smith) at the conclusion of ordinary business at the Richmond Council, meeting on 10th instant, Aid…

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Council Reports to Richmond Meeting Street Lighting Improvements

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 7

CONSIDERABLE improvement in street lighting arrangements in various parts of the town were embodied in a report presented and adopted at the…

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Correspondence at Richmond Council Meeting Burralow Scheme Verdict

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 5

THAT the implementing of the Burralow Scheme was neither justified nor practicable at the present time, but information acquired was being filed for…

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Richmond Salvage Government Right Questioned at Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 6

THE moral right of the Government to "step in" and take over from patriotic bodies salvage collections the proceeds of which were being devoted to…

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Question Time at Richmond Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 3

WHEN questions were invited by the Mayor (Aid J. W Smith) at the conclusion of ordinary business at the Richmond Council meeting on Thursday evening' of last…

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