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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1963

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Council Agency At Richmond Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 4

Richmond ratepayers are being inconvenienced because no facilities for the paying of municipal rates exist in the town, a resident claims…

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Priorities on Ferries Council Will Continue Fight

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1963 · page 14

Colo Shire Council will continue the fight to give priority to mail contracts and carriers…

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Shire Free Library Scheme Suggested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1963 · page 12

Colo Shire Council is to investigate the possibility of establishing a free library service in its area, Judging from a debate…

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Colo Shire Subdivisions Refusal Gives Some Hope

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1963 · page 14

A strange situation has developed in the Colo Shire where a straight-out refusal by…

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Mayor Speaks on Land Resumptions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1963 · page 1

“I” m one to deal with this question as a human matter”, said the Mayor (Ald. V. W. Gillespie) at the last Windsor Council meeting when speaking on…

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Council to Go Ahead with “Tannery” Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1963 · page 13

Despite the fact that the executrix of the estate of the late Mrs. B. Anschau is not the owner the “old tannery building” Windsor Council still intends…

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Tribute To Former Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1963 · page 16

A sincere tribute to the late Mr. William J. Ross was paid by the Mayor (Ald. Gillespie), aldermen…

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Council To Order Shed Removed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1963 · page 4

Colo Shire Council will order an unauthorised building to be removed from a block of…

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Council Won’t Hear Anti-Fluoridation Speakers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1963 · page 1

Following its recent decision to ask the Water Board to introduce fluoride into the Windsor water supply, the municipal council has refused to hear…

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Aldermen Clash In “Nuisance” Debate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1963 · page 6

During a debate on a “noise nuisance” matter at the last Windsor Council meeting there were several heated clashes between aldermen, on one…

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Sign On Alderman’s Property

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1963 · page 19

An inspection had revealed that an unauthorised sign on an alderman’s property had been…

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Mayor Should Have Been Invited

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1963 · page 25

A Windsor Council alderman has claimed that the R.A.A.F. authorities were remiss in…

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Council Concerned At Officers’ Absence “Astounding Figures”, Says Councillor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1963 · page 11

When concern was expressed at the last Colo Shire Council meeting at the continued absence of two of its senior officers on sick leave, a councillor said he had gone through the records and found figures that were “astounding…

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St. Albans Road Beyond Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1963 · page 15

Colo Shire Council feels that the reconstruction and bitumen sealing of Main Road 181 from Webb’s Creek Ferry to St. Albans is beyond its…

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Alderman Asks Officer’s Age

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1963 · page 20

Among a list of questions with notice put to the Mayor (Ald. Gillespie) by Ald. Main at…

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Garage Noise Council Can’t Go Any Future

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1963 · page 14

In another long debate over an alleged noise [?] from a Windsor car firm, the, Windsor Council decided that the direction it had already issued was as far as it could go to solve the problem…

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“Council Attack Unfair” Says Shire Clerk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1963 · page 2

An attack made upon him in an open council meeting, while he was absent on sick leave, was unfair, the Colo Shire Council Clerk ( Mr. Howard…

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Council To Join Water Rate Protest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1963 · page 15

Windsor Council will attend a conference, organised to present a case to the Premier against the…

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Editoria[?] an Alderman’s Responsibility

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 May 1963 · page 1

THE attitude of four Windsor Council aldermen in supporting a proposal to hold a referendum on whether or not a pool should be built at Windsor or Richmond is tantamount…

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Council Will Entertain Artists

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 May 1963 · page 19

Overseas [?] will visit Windsor as guests of the municipal council following the…

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