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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

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Council Keen To Widen Bounds Of "Village" Areas

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

Having made some progress In persuading the Cumberland County Council to loosest former planning restrictions on local "village" areas…

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Fire Brigade Requests To Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 3

SEVERAL requests made by the Kurrajong Bush Fire Brigade to the April meeting of the Colo Shire…

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Appointments By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 5

After considering 13 applications, Colo Shire Council at its April meeting decided to appoint Mr. W. J. Taylor…

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Plant Reduces Council Costs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 6

With considerable pleasure the Colo Shire Council at its April meeting learned from the engineer (Mr. J. A…

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Novel Request To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 7

A request for provision of [?]hell on the southern punt [?]oproech at Wiseman's Fer[?] for the use of drivers of…

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Council Gives Own Area Some Repairs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 8

COLO Shire councillors arriving for their April meeting had the pleasure of seeing some…

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Larger Punts Suggested To Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

A SUGGESTION that Government subsidy be sought to provide larger punts for the Lower…

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Various Items Considered By Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

INCLUDED in various items in the business sheet considered by Colo Shire Council at its April…

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Holiday Given To Staff By Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 7

IN order to allow the outdoor staff the Show holiday this year, the Colo Shire Council at its April…

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Mayor Greets New Engineer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 7

The April meeting of the Windsor Council was in one respect an historic occasion for that body, in that for the…

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Councillors' Farewell To Shire Engineer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 8

PRIOR to his leaving the service of the Colo Shire Council to take up a similar position as engineer to…

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Complaint To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 10

When a complaint from the Pitt Town P. and C. Association, regarding the conditions of the sanitary pans at that…

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Enquiry Made To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

"We might get some cheap suits out of this," remarked one or two aldermen at the April meeting of the Windsor…

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Council Dickers On Land Purchase

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

Agreeing that the price asked by the hospital board for a block of land at the Home for Infirm was too high, Windsor Council at its April meeting…

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No Variation of Contract, Says Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

A REQUEST by the contractor that the council reconsider its decision not to grant him extra payment…

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Council To Buy Utility For Engineer's Use

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

A DECISION to invite quotations for a light utility, to be bought for the engineer's use, was made…

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Council To Acquire Land By Resumption

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 6

Agreeing that si revised price asked by the hospital board was still too high, Windsor Council at its May meeting unanimously decided to…

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Council Sends Bank Plan Of Subdivision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 7

WHEN it was recommended that a subdivision plan be ejected by the April meeting of the Windsor…

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Mothers Ask Council For Child Safeguards

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 8

BETTER safeguards for children having to walk on ting windsor Road at the entrance to Richmond were…

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Lease Opposed By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 7

Notified by the Land Board office of an application for a special lease of 28 years of an area of land on the Singleton…

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