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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1957

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Council Gives Staff Party

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 1

Inaugurated the previous year at the suggestion of the engineer, the party given by Colo Shire…

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Shire Rate Rises To 10d. This Year

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 1

At a special meeting of Colo Shire Council on December 18 it was decided to adopt estimates based on a general rate of…

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Committees of Council Appointed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 12

ELECTION of committees by Windsor Council at its December meeting was of special…

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Council May Clash With Bush Fire Body

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 1

Critical comment at a Colo Shire Council meeting, and a tart letter to the N.S.W Bush Fire Committee advising it, in…

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Council Stand On Cost Of River Bank Repair

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 1

Main proportion of the cost of repairs to the river bank on the Freeman’s Reach Road was the responsibility of the…

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Colo Shire Council Reduces New Rate By Penny

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 January 1957 · page 1

After having decided on, and advertised, a general rate of tenpence for 1957, Colo Shire Council at a meeting on…

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Council Will Donate Books

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 January 1957 · page 3

Receiving a circular from the Local Government Association specially commending a book, "Land of…

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Shire Dairy Supervision By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 1

ALL dairies in the shire excepting those supplying the Milk Board, and all milk vendors in…

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Shire Council Thanks Bush Fire Brigades

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 8

Letters of appreciation to captains of bush fire brigades in the shire, and also to the R.A.A.F. Station, for fine work…

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Mayor Thanks Volunteer Fire Fighters

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 5

APPRECIATION of the council of work being done by volunteer fire fighters in the…

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Shire President Gives Luncheon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 8

FOLLOWING his usual hospitable custom, the President of Colo Shire Council entertained guests…

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Council Adopts Penny Rate Rise For Municipality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 1

After being assured that the estimates were based on actual costs for last year, and the recommended rate was geared to…

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Chest X-Rays In Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 4

Chest x-ray examinations in the recent anti-T.B. campaign in Colo Shire totalled:— Wilberforce 468,…

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Calamities Were Feature Of Colo Shire Year

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 3

Floods, drought and bush fires were mentioned in a summary of Colo Shire Council's activities in 1956, tendered by the…

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Club Desires Part of Shire Park Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 5

A Windsor precedent has been quoted in a request to Colo Shire Council for its consent for use of portion of a shire…

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Council Opposes Loss of Public Reserve

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 9

An application for conversion of a special lease of a public reserve area near Webb's Creek into a conditional purchase…

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Council Makes A Condition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 4

Windsor Council at its January meeting adopted a recommendation by the works committee that the…

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Two Resign From Show Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 4

TWO resignations of councillors were a feature of the January meeting of the show council…

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Ebenezer Protest On New Shire Rating

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 10

Bearing 30 signatures, a protest from Ebenezer residents regarding the increased rating this year was received by…

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Council Will Acquire Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 13

A recommendation by the electricity committee that the council reaffirm its earlier decision to acquire…

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