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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1957

194 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 10

Alderman On Road Hazard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 5

During "question time" at the May meeting of the Windsor Council Ald. Backhouse asked whether…

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Council Seeks Road Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 4

Application for a further grant of £6000 from the Commonwealth Aid Roads fund, to be allocated in…

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New Lease Of Council Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 9

Four tenders for the lease of "the sewerages farm" at Mulgrave, owned Windsor Council (and…

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Council Will Go To Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 9

Recommendations by the finance committee that legal proceedings be taken against certain owners for…

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Some Council Doubts On Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 5

AN application for permission to conduct a mixed business was treated with' some reserve by…

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Council Offer To Rent Billiard Room

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 8

AN offer by Windsor Council to rent the former billiard room of the Richmond School of Arts…

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Complaints Did Not Worry Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 4

Further complaints regarding the proposal to build the engineer's residence outside the shire did not cause the Colo…

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Shire Council Favours New County Plan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 1

From comment at its May meeting on learning of the proposal to include Colo Shire in a scheme for county control of…

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Residents Invited To Join Shire Council Deputation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 9

An invitation to aggrieved residents to join a deputation to the Minister on the "speedboat nuisance" question was decided…

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"Nothing Can Stop Tennis" Mayor Considers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 2

"Nothing can stop tennisday or night—in this district," said the Mayor of Windsor at the annual presentation in…

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New Road Plant Pays For Itself Council Explains

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 9

New road plant being purchased by Colo Shire Council would pay for itself in hire rates charged against jobs, it…

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Mayor Gives Casting Vote

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 1

One of those unusual situations, for Windsor Council, where voting is exactly divided and the…

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Colo Shire Drought Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 2

“I refer again to your personal representations requesting that the Colo Shire be declared drought-stricken…

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“Hands-Off” Decision By Windsor Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 1

Agreeing not to consider amalgamation with any other, body, Windsor Council at its June meeting decided to…

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Richmond Library To Be In Council Chambers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 1

Windsor Council has unanimously decided that the meeting room of the Richmond Council Chambers be used for…

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Two Shire Problems (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1957 · page 4

Sir,—As a ratepayer to the Colo Shire Council, 1 am naturally interested in its affairs, which I follow…

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Council To Clerk and Two Delegates To Broken Hill

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1957 · page 1

A proposal by the finance committee that the expense of the two delegates and the clerk be paid to attend a conference…

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Mayor Thanks Committees

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 1

After the reading of the last of an unusual number of committee reports at the June meeting of Windsor…

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Shire Tender Accepted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 11

Only one tender for driving of mooring piles at D.M.R. ferries in the shire was received by Colo Shire…

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Inspector's Request To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 12

APPOINTMENT of an additional inspector, or at least a clerk, to help him in his increasing…

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