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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1966

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Mayor Guest at Prefects’ Luncheon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 16

The Mayor of Winsor (Ald V. W. Gillespie) was at his brilliant best last week as guest…

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Shire to Try For Water Release

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1966 · page 1

In an effort to have some water released from Warragamba Dam, Colo Shire Council has…

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Councillor Wary on Shire Garbage Collection

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1966 · page 20

Residents in outlying areas of Colo Shirt should not have to Contribute towards a weekly garbage collection scheme in the villages, Cr…

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Council’s Dilemma Determining Flood-free Land

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1966 · page 1

The involved question of how to determine whether or not land is “flood-free” has been troubling Colo Shire Council. On the surface, the…

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Shire Plan Payment Held up

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1966 · page 17

Colo Shire Council has refused to pay an account of $900 to Rankine and Hill, the company…

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Council Accused Of Procrastination

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1966 · page 20

Continued procrastination by Colo Shire Council could lead to the establishment of a…

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Mayor Questions Alderman’s Motives

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 May 1966 · page 12

“Why are we being passed now to invite one out of the nine machinery firms which were excluded from a demonstration,” the Mayor…

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Encouragement to Industry Council Prepared to Buy Land, Erect Buildings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 May 1966 · page 1

Windsor Council is prepared to raise a loan of $40,000 for the acquisition of land and the erection of factories, which could be leased lo industrial firms. Council accepted the…

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Mayor Presented Magnificent Case

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1966 · page 1

The case presented by the Mayor (Aid Gillespie) on behalf of Windsor Council was the…

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Offer Caused Argument in Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1966 · page 8

A generous offer from a Junior Farmers Club to assist with park improvements caused a division of opinion in Windsor Council over…

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Colo Shire Lifts Lid on Industrial Investment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 June 1966 · page 1

Pressure from this paper has resulted in the Colo Shire Council revealing details of the advances it has offered to industrialists to set up factories at North Richmond…

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Council Will Give $4,000 Towards Bilpin Hall

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 June 1966 · page 14

Colo Shire Council will give $4,000 over a two-year period to assist the Bilpin District Hall Committee to erect a public hall at that…

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“Miserable Chiselling” by County Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 June 1966 · page 14

“It is nothing less than a piece of miserable chiselling by Prospect County Council to ask residents to meet the cost of clearing for an…

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New Buildings in Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1966 · page 13

The Colo Shire Council, its last meeting, approved applications for new buildings of a total…

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Council Condoning “Junk Heap:” Deputation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1966 · page 13

Colo Shire Council was condoning a “junk heap” industry by allowing a light engineering workshop to be built at Grose Wold, a…

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Governor Invited to Open Council Cahmbers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1966 · page 1

The State Governor, Sir Roden Cutler, will be invited to open the new council chambers at Windsor No date has been set…

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Council Has Doubts On Storage Shed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1966 · page 16

Windsor Council will have its development committee investigate an application to erect…

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Cattle May Save Money For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1966 · page 19

Cattle might soon be doings the work of motor mowers in keeping down the grass on Freeman’s…

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Viewpoints Of Readers “BILPlN Shire Council” (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1966 · page 2

Sir,—“To him that hath shall be given. To him that hath not, even that which he bath shall be…

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Shire Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1966 · page 14

Building application of a total value of $76,400, were approved by the Colo Shire Council at its last…

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