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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1966

121 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 6 of 7

Alderman’s Suggestion Frustrated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1966 · page 4

“This is a typical example of the frustration which besets councils,” said Ald. Shanley at the…

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Gratuity For Shire Engineer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1966 · page 5

A gratuity of $200 will be paid to Mr A. L. Cook when his resignation as Colo Shire…

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“No Justice In This Council”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1966 · page 14

“There is no justice in this council !” an attractive, dark-haired woman shouted during the last meeting of the Colo Shire Council…

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Building Applications in Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1966 · page 19

The estimated value of building applications approved at the last meeting of the Cola Shire Council…

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Council Auctions Vehicles

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1966 · page 9

Twenty-one second-hand vehicles belonging to the Prospect Country Council were sold by public…

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High School Council Appeal For Persons To Take up Teaching

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1966 · page 1

An appeal for persons capable of teaching subjects in a secondary school has been issued by the Department of Education…

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Funds For Shire Street Lighting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1966 · page 3

Funds for street lighting improvements within Colo Shire have been voted by Prospect Country Council…

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Improvements Planned for Shire Parks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1966 · page 3

Improvements to cost $532 are to be carried out in parks and reserves in the Colo Shire before Christmas. This was reported by…

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Ladies’ Night in Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1966 · page 19

It was ladies’ night at the last meeting of the Windsor Council, when members of the…

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Council is wary of Breakaway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1966 · page 23

Colo Shire councillors are wary about overgrazing the Freeman’s Reach Breakaway and…

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Mayor Warns on Floodgate Interference

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 November 1966 · page 1

No public authority could tolerate interference with its work, and any further interference with flood mitigation works would be regarded…

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Shire Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 November 1966 · page 22

Applications for new buildings of a total value of 596,050 were approved by Colo Shire Council at…

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Aldermen Walk Out on Committee Elections

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 1

Two Windsor Council aldermen walked out of a special meeting on Monday night to elect committees for the ensuring year…

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No Shire On Hospital Tiles

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 2

A proposal to renew floor tiles in the casualty department of the District Hospital stirred…

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Shire Has No Objection to Sand Lease

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 16

Colo Shire Council has raised no objection to the granting of a sand lease in the Hawkesbury…

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Citrus Council in Serious Financial Plight

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 2

The representative body of the citrus industry in N.S.W.—the N.S.W Citrus Council—was in a serious financial plight, it was stated at a…

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Council to Make Submissions to Flood Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 1

Windsor Council will make submissions to the inter - departmental committee which is now inquiring into flood mitigation problems in the…

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Editorial Council Retreat

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

RATEPAYERS of Colo Shire in general, and those in the Wilberforce water reticulation are in particular, will view with some trepidation the council’s latest retreat in the face of…

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Colo Shire Bluffed (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1966 · page 2

Sir,—After procrastinating for five years, Colo Shire Council finally decided a couple of months…

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Overall Rise In Colo Shire Rating

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 December 1966 · page 1

Although the general rate has dropped from 2.8c to 2c, a big jump in valuations will result in an overall increase next year in Colo Shire…

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