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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

183 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 5 of 10

Shale Offered To Council

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

An offer of an acre of his land on the Singleton Road as a shale pit, provided the council paid 4d per cubic…

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Council Order To Drivers

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

At its May meeting the Colo Shire Council decided, in order to reduce as much as possible trips to garages by…

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Meat Licensing Shire Problem Still Unsolved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 4

THE problem of getting a licence for meat from a Tennyson slaughtering premises to be sold in…

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Burr Subsidy To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 3

In a letter to the May meeting of the Colo Shire Council the Minister for Local Government offered a…

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Legal Action By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 3

Windsor Council at its May meeting adopted a recommendation by the finance committee that the council take…

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Thieves Take and Abandon Council Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 9

AN almost brand-new utility, the property of the Windsor Council, was stolen from a private home at…

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Council Needs New Utility

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

The small panel van used by the electricity undertaking" was not suitable for the purpose and loads for which…

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Council Asked To Name Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

Pointing out, in his report to the May meeting of the Windsor Council, that many roads in the municipality…

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Items From Meeting Of Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 7

Included in matters considered by the Windsor Council at its May meeting were those mentioned below…

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Big Money In Shire Grants

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 10

Advised that an allocation of £8455 would be available to the council from the Commonwealth Aid Roads Fund…

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Editorial Helping Your Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

IT is pleasing indeed to note the growing number of examples in this district of self-help by groups of citizens or public bodies wishing to improve conditions in their localities. In…

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Shire Sends Message Of Loyalty To Queen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 4

A message of loyalty to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her coronation, was forwarded from the June meeting of the…

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Council Cuts Clause From Lease

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 12

A CLAUSE debarring the council from levying rates and charges was deleted by Windsor Council…

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Bowling Club's Proposal To Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

A PROPOSAL to take over the tennis courts in McQuade Park for a third bowling green, was…

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Council To Resume Land For New Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 4

Resumption of certain areas of private land for the new road deviation around the river bank breakaway on the Freeman's Reach Road…

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Council Grateful For Help in Flood Problems

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 5

Appreciating the ready help given many people In recent flood problems, Colo Shire Council decided at its June meeting to thank all persons…

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Support By Council Of R.S.L. Building Plans

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

A request by the Windsor R.S.L. subbranch for a variation of the County Council planning scheme, to allow home building along a…

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Council Seeks Legal Advice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 1

On the recommendation of its finance committee, Windsor Council at its June meeting decided to pay a claim by…

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"Curly One" For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 5

In a letter to the June meeting of the Windsor Council, an owner asked whether the council would approve…

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Items From Meeting Of Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 7

INCLUDED in matters considered at the June meeting of the Windsor Council were those…

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