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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

225 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 12

Mayor "Sits Down" New Alderman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 10

WITHIN the first couple of minutes of the first ordinary meeting of the newly-elected Windsor Council…

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Public Holiday In Colo Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

Its application for proclamation of February 3 (the date of arrival of the Queen in Sydney) as a public…

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Requests From St. Albans To Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 5

TWO requests on. matters of urgent concern to Higher McDonald residents wore included in a letter to…

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New Aldermen Ask Some Questions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 12

Some of the new aldermen of the Windsor Council were to the forefront at "question time" at the conclusion of other business at their first ordinary meeting" of the council…

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"Collecting Agency" Says Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

WINDSOR Council was "a collecting agency for several bodies," the Mayor commented at the…

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£200 Saved In Shire Poll

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

The ratepayers of Colo Shire had been saved some £200 in election expenses by two of the Ridings not being…

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Council Sells Two Loaders

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

In view of the fact that the Colo Shire Council now has a power shovel for loading its lorries, at its December…

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Ratepayer To Sue Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

A letter from a city firm of solicitors to the December meeting" of the Colo Shire Council advised that James…

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Council Not Impressed by Idea

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

A SUGGESTION by a correspondent that am electric railway through Bilpin and Mt. Tomah might some day be necessary was…

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Road Petition Referred To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

Upper McDonald residents petitioning for an 'alternative access road have been officially informed that this was a Matter for Colo Shire…

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Council Order Unfair, Says Tenderer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

A DECISION by Colo Shire Council to purchase three lorries from one firm, without calling quotations…

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More Council Help For Cycle Racing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 7

Appreciating evidence of self-help the club concerned, Windsor Council decided at its December meeting to grant further requests…

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Want Council To Cart Water In Dry Times

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 10

Delivery of domestic water supplies to homes, at cost, as a service to shire residents by the Colo Shire Council in abnormally dry periods…

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Council's New Trusteeship

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

The December meeting of the Windsor Council was advised by the Department of Lands that the council had…

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Pleased to See Woman in Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

COMMENTING on the fact that Windsor Council now includes a woman, a reader recalls the success…

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Extra Shire Area for County District

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 6

A decision to apply for farther parishes within Colo Shire to be Included in the county district governed by the Hawkesbury River County…

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Council Inquiry On Ferry Complaints

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 3

Am open public inquiry on the operation of the Webb's Creek Ferry was decided toy Colo Shire Council at its January meeting, as the result of…

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Municipality Of Windsor Female Clerk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 5

APPLICATIONS are invited and will be received up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 15th February, 1954, for the position of…

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Investment Suggested To Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 8

BY investiing £450 in a lifetime set of equipment, it could save this cost in one detail road survey job, the…

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Grose Weir Scheme Wanted By Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

Further representations on the scheme for a weir across the Grose River, to carry a roadway, were decided on by the Colo Shire Council at…

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