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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

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

Progressive Electric Power Scheme for Shire Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

IN connection with postwar development proposals, a pleasingly progressive scheme of electric power extensions in…

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Appreciated Member's Good Service to Colo Shire Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 4

TAKING advantage of the presence of Mr. Frank Finnan, M.L.A., at the March meeting, members of the Colo Shire…

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For Shire Interviews by President Report to Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 6

VERBAL reports on a series of interviews he had had in connection with matters of concern to the shire were tendered by…

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Sundry Items Richmond Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 6

Richmond branch of the C.W.A. asked for the provision of a water tap, with lock and key, at the branch's street stall, and it was…

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To Lapse Next Council Meeting Richmond Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

IN view of the fact that it would fall on the evening before the Easter holidays began, it was decided at the last…

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Good Argument for Battery Supplies Richmond Council Idea

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

AN ingenious argument for the release of "dry" batteries for owners of wireless sets in the municipality was advanced…

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Improvements Asked for Kurrajong Shire Council's Replies

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

AMONG the Colo Shire Council's most consistent correspondents is the kurrajong District Improvement Association, which…

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Anomaly in Speed Directions Council Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 1

THE anomaly mentioned in recent Richmond Court proceedings, wherein two conflicting speed directions operate…

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Shire Water Supply Conference with State Members Council's Important Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

AFTER a conference at its meeting on Monday, with the two State Members concerned and a Water Board representative, the Colo Shire Council unanimously decided to adopt a suggestion by Mr. Frank Finnan, M.L.A., to press for the desired water…

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Labour Party Electoral Council Meets Blacktown Decisions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

THE monthly meeting of the Blacktown State Electoral Council of the Official A.L.P. was held in the School of Arts, Wenworthville on…

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Petition for Pitt Town Water Prepared for Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

APPARENTLY disappointed with the delay in holding the public meeting promised some time ago by Windsor Council to…

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Shire View Meeting Accepts Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 2

When the President (Cr. H. C. Matheson) gave a verbal report to the April meeting of the Colo Shire Council on the deputation to the…

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"Disgraceful" Post Office Layout Windsor Council Comment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 1

THAT he thought it "disgraceful" to expect the Windsor-Pest Office staff to give, competent service under present…

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Council Works Committee Submits List at Windsor Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 1

AS a result of a tour of inspection which included consideration of complaints referred to it for attention, the works…

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"Flood Boats" Flare-Up Richmond Council Discussion Proportional Payments Question

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 1

DUE, apparently, to some misunderstanding of the arrangements, there was a momentary flare-up in the Richmond Council discussion on Thursday evening last of the terms agreed upon by representatives of the Richmond Council and Colo Shire Council,…

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Brevities Shire Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

An offer by J. G. Matheson for the grazing rights of the North Richmond Park for a further twelve months, at the usual figure, was…

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Question Time Shire Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

THE customary "questions and complaints" were invited by the President (Cr. H. C. Matheson) at the conclusion of ordinary business…

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Liabilities "Smallest in State' Shire Council Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

THOUGH not entirely an advertisement, the distinction of having the smallest liabilities of any council in the State was…

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Parks Grant Kurrajong-north Richmond Shire Council Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

THE provision of a water supply for North Richmond Park and improvement of a recreation reserve at Kurrajong…

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Extra Labour St. Albans Area Roams Shire Council Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

FOLLOWING a discussion at the April meeting of the Colo Shire Council on the need for cleaning watertables on roads in…

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