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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1956

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

States That Council Is Maligned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1956 · page 1

COLO Shire Council was being maligned at Wiseman's Ferry in connection with certain ferry…

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Council Will Not Release Contractor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1956 · page 1

A REQUEST by the sanitary contractor to be released from ids contract was efused by Colo…

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Council May lake On More Noxious Weeds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1956 · page 5

Constituent councils are to be asked by the Hawkesbury River County Council whether they are prepared to delegate to it…

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Shire Homes Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1956 · page 2

Mentioning at the May meeting of Colo Shire Council that the Housing Commission had now…

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Refused Further Powers To County Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1956 · page 1

Windsor Council at its June meeting unanimously refused to delegate to the Hawkesbury River County Council further…

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Though Grass Is New Problem For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1956 · page 8

COLO Shire Council is seeking official advice on the problem of a cane grass becoming a pest on…

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“Jubilee” Meeting Of Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 June 1956 · page 1

Probably one of the most interesting meetings of any Baulkham Hills Shire Council ever held took place on the…

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Mayor Was Not Aware of Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 1

IN a letter to this paper the Mayor of Windsor explains that he was not aware of the “jubilee”…

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Council Lets Tender

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 2

From three tenders received for replacing present steel tiles with corrugated galvanised iron on the roofs…

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Not Liable, Say Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 12

In a letter received at the June meeting of the Windsor Council, O. Freame, South Windsor, alleged that…

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Points From Meeting of Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 5

Included in the usual miscellaneous list of matters for consideration of the Windsor Council at its June meeting…

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Council Refuses Care of Gift Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 4

Offered a donation towards the cost of two small flood boats for the exclusive use of the police, Windsor Council decided…

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Council Resolutions Cover Pasty And Future

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1956 · page 1

Couched in measured phrases appropriate to the occasion, two resolutions adopted at the “jubilee meeting” of Baulkham…

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£200 Donation For Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 July 1956 · page 1

Received with due appreciation by the June meeting of the Colo Shire Council was a letter from the…

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Council Could Not Meet Half Flood Costs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 July 1956 · page 1

He had “no idea” how Colo Shire Council could meet half estimated cost of repairing flood damage in the shire, if the…

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Chamber At Odds With Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 1

Kurrajong and District Chamber of Commerce strongly resented an implication it considered was conveyed in a reply…

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Eight Radio Transceivers For Colo Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 7

A “base station” radio transceiver and seven mobile transceivers, for operation from various parts of the shire, have…

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Contractor Puts Case To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 1

MORE details as to his reasons for wishing to terminate his contract were given by the sanitary…

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Deputation To Council On Ferry Delays

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 2

Long delays in operation of the Wiseman’s Ferry punt were the subject of a deputation to the Colo Shire Council at its…

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Discourteous Of Council, He Thinks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 12

WINDSOR Council was guilty of some discourtesy in not consulting Colo Shire Council…

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