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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1959

162 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 9

Shire Growth Plan Needed, Official Warns

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 February 1959 · page 10

Unless the Colo Shire Council adopted clear and specific plans for control of shire development, undesirable situations would…

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Kurtz Estate Report To Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 8

MATTERS were at last definitely moving with regard to disposal of the Kurtz Estate, the Colo…

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EDITORIAL Step For Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 1

ALTHOUGH there have been progressive suggestions at times that Colo Shire Council should its meetings at night, for reasons best known to those concerned this has never been…

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New Authority In Colo Shire Invoked

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 5

FIRST request for the Prospect County Council to exercise its newlygranted authority in the…

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Transfer Of County Council Headquarters Agreed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 6

Transfer of the Hawkesbury River County Council administrative headquarters from Wilberforce to Castle Hill was…

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Inner Milk Zone Group In Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1959 · page 1

A DECISION to approach neighbouring branches of the M.Z.D.C to form an…

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Shire Council Suspends Engineer Prior To Dismissal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 1

In a dramatic surprise move at the Colo Shire Council's March meeting on Monday, the engineer was invited to resign, and was then suspended, with the object of dismissal…

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Owners' Price "Ridiculous" Says Alderman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 9

THE price asked by two owners for land adjoining Bandon Road, Vineyard, was "damned…

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Poor Attendance At Meeting Of Shire Ratepayers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 3

A meeting of the Colo Shire Ratepayers' Association at Freeman's Reach on February 27 was again poorly attended, only 18…

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Council Grants Oil Company Subdivision Permit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 4

Windsor Council at its February meeting granted the Shell Company's application to subdivide the Anschau property in…

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Council Wants Action On Pool Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 3

WINDSOR Council would only wait a limited time before proceeding to acquire the…

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Council Nominates Site For Next Scouts Jamboree

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 5

A suitable site in the municipality for the 1960 Scouts Jamboree, to include more than 10,000 visiting Boy Scouts, has…

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Noise in Residential Areas Discussed by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 10

Annoyance caused by such occupations as panel beating and tank making in residential areas was the subject of a prolonged…

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C.W.A Nepean Group Council Meets At Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1959 · page 13

A pleasing privilege was allotted to the Kurrajong C.W.A. branch, by the Nepean Group Council meeting being held in…

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"Victory Ours," Comments Mayor On Court Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1959 · page 4

"Gentlemen, the victory is ours." commented the Mayor (Ald. V. W. Gillespie) when the March meeting of Windsor…

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Extra Grant For Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1959 · page 7

A supplementary grant of 20 per cent, had been made from the Commonwealth Aid (Roads) fund…

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Shire Survey by Drilling Declined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1959 · page 13

AN offer by a firm of specialists to conduct a drilling survey of potential shale pits in the…

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Civil Defence Measures In Colo Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1959 · page 6

A FURTHER report by the Civil Defence Controller for Colo Shire (Cr. N. A. Powell) was…

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Lights Matter For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1959 · page 2

A connection point nearby for supply of light and power to the pavilion at McMahon Park,…

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Council Will Lend Boats To Church Event

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1959 · page 13

A REQUEST for the loan of boats to present an historical pageant at a church observance at…

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