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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

346 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 5 of 18

Not Enough Pavilion Repair Grant Council Dubious

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

WHEN advised at its last meeting that a Government grant of £50 had been authorised towards the estimated £240…

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FINED £10 Obstructing Sanitary Service Council Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

CONVICTED, at the Richmond Police Court on March 9 on a charge by the Richmond Council of having obstructed a sanitary…

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Subsidy Query by Council Water Extension To Pitt Town

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

WINDSOR Council last night decided to ask the Minister for Local Government and Works, Mr Cahill, what…

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Ambitions Housing Scheme Suggested to Council 100 New Homes For Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 1

AN ambitious scheme to encourage new, residents and provide added rales revenue for the council, by building 100 new…

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Aldermen Still Learning Confessions at Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

TWO aldermen holding many years' service in the Richmond Council confessed at the last meeting of that body that they…

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Warnings Served By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

When it was reported to the last meeting of the Richmond Council that two persons, who had been ordered to cease occupying their…

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Single Meter Rate for Electricity Charges Colo Shire Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

ALTHOUGH "turned down" some years ago by the Colo Shire Council, the Hawkesbury Development Co. Ltd., (which…

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Council Policy for Roads on Lower River

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 6

FOLLOWING a recent inspection by some councillors of roads in the area, Colo Shire Council decided to ask the…

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Legal Advice on Clarendon Lighting Council Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

FOR some reason not disclosed in tine "open" session of the last Richmond Council meeting, it was decided to seek legal advice…

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Principal Resents "Inferences" Strong Letter to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

TAKING exception to "inferences" which he read into a letter from the Richmond Council, the Principal of the H.A. College…

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Council Debate On Public Lavatory Accommodation Windsor Necessity

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

THE acknowledge need for adequate public lavatory accomodation at Windsor was the subject of a lengthy debate at…

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Not Substantiated Allegation by P.M.G. Council Hostile

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

AFTER receiving a report from the police, called for at its previous meeting, regarding allegations by the P.M.G's…

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Public Lavatories For Windsor Council Wants Report on Finances

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 3

Windsor Council asked its Finance Committee to suggest ways of financing the erection of proposed public lavatories…

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Added Area Water Supply Four Estimates to Council Government Subsidy Big Item

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 6

AS the result of a request made by Windsor Council in December last, a departmental survey of water scheme possibilities in the added area, based, on a future population 50 per cent, greater than at present, was submitted to the council at its last…

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Council Case Failure Richmond Aldermen's Discussion

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

RECENT failure of the council in legal proceedings against a resident for allegedly diverting electricity…

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Aldermen Complain About Roads

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 6

SEVERAL complaints about the condition of roads and footpaths were made by Richmond aldermen on Thursday…

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Too Much Seeking Of Government Help Alderman Reproves Council Windsor Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 1

THE council should be prepared to "take some responsibility on itself" instead of asking for Government subsidy so…

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Auditors Review Financial Position of Colo Shire Council

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

A COMPREHENSIVE review of council's finances was contained in the report of the auditors, Messrs Allen and Allen to Colo Shire Council. The auditors reported that…

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Hyacinth In River Alderman Is Concerned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 3

MENTIONING that large clumps of water hyacinth were again in the river, an alderman at the last Windsor Council…

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"All Pay Garbage Rate," Says Mayor

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 3

"Every person in the town has to pay the garbage rate, and if he has no garbage that is not the council's fault."…

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