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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1960

231 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 12

Shire Radio Sets Problem Mentioned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 5

A PROBLEM presented by the unsatisfactory performance of radio transceivers…

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Officials Refuse To Be Drawn On Shire Question

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 9

No clear indication of the views of departmental officers on the alternative scheme to provide an access road for…

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Yarramundi Access Problems Put Before Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 4

General disabilities of access suffered by Yarramundi were the subject of a petition to the January meeting of…

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Church Drainage Problem Had Further Council Airing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 13

After a further discussion on road drainage fronting St. Matthew's Church of England, Windsor, the Mayor remarked…

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Rector Gives Church Side of Dispute With Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 8

As comment on reports of Windsor Council discussions on the vexed question of the new kerbing and guttering…

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“Smash-And Grab” Idea To Enlarge Municipality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1960 · page 2

Described by the Mayor as a “smash-and-grab” move, a motion by an alderman, embodying addition of parts of…

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Colo Shire Council Questions Officers’ Salaries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 15

A decision to secure legal advice concerning agreements entered into by the previous council regarding the salaries of the…

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Car Purchase By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 10

In relation to its decision to purchase a car for transport of committees and use of staff…

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Chamber Asks Council For Improvements

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 19

AN extensive programme of improvements to footpaths and gutters in…

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Council Told Plenty of Rare Wattle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 19

TOLD that there was plenty of a rare species of wattle on adjoining land, Colo Shire…

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Education Council Fate Still Hang In Balance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 1

Mainly through reluctance to end an organisation which has given much assistance to district schools in recent years, the…

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County council Second Largest Of Type In State

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 19

Now the second largest electricity-supply authority in N.S.W., the Prospect County Council already supplies 95,000…

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Webb’s Creek Bridge Offer Accepted by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 13

An offer by the Department of Main Roads to pay for a £7000 bridge over Webb’s Creek on condition that Colo…

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New System of C.a.r. Grants to Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 1

Instead of an annual grant followed by supplementary ones each year, Colo Shire Council will have a fixed…

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Mayor Gets Second Opinion In Church Drainage Dispute

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 1

At a special meeting of Windsor Council on February 23, Called by him, the Mayor announced that he had arranged for…

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Church Granted Footpath Strip By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 2

Permanent use of four feet of the footpath on the Cornwallis-Road frontage of St. Mathew’s Church of England,…

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Night Meetings Idea Turned Down by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 9

After its third discussion on the subject the Colo Shire Council decided against the suggestion for the holding of night…

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Council Will Resume Estate To Get Clean Title

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1960 · page 10

A decision to resume the whole of the Kurt Estate at Bilpin in order to get clear title to ail the land involved was reached by…

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Department's Question On Shire Budget

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 2

A PERTINENT question on one aspect of the 1960 estimates adopted by Colo…

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Unauthorised Buildings in Colo Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 10

A WARNING that persons erecting any building in Colo Shire without a permit from…

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