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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1968

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Shire Building Drops

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1968 · page 5

Only three new dwellings were included in the list of building applications for the month…

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Shire By-election Blunder (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1968 · page 2

Sir — The by-election held so recently in C Riding of Colo Shire was of no interest to the majority…

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“No Alternative,” Says Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 19

“In the absence of a clear-cut precedent and in view of the weight of expert opinion, I have no alternative than to declare myself in…

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Busy Lines at Shire Office

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 5

Although it is often impossible to contact Colo Shire Council offices by telephone because of busy…

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Big Purchase of Plant by Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 20

Purchases of plant, totalling some $65,000, was approved by the Colo Shire Council at…

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Meals on Wheels Not for Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 14

A suggestion by the Old People’s Welfare Council of N.S.W. that Old People’s Week could be…

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Mayor’s Casting Vote Carries Pool-in-Park Proposal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 1

Windsor Council has been committed to the construction of an $180,000 swimming centre in McQuade Park, Windsor, on the casting vote of the Mayor (Ald V. W. Gillespie)…

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Cr. Disturbed Over Shire Reserves

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1968 · page 15

The most disturbing feature of the auditor’s report submitted to the last meeting of Colo Shire Council was that the reserves were only book…

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“Highlanders” v “Lowlanders” Clash in Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1968 · page 1

The old “highlanders v lowlanders” parochialism again reared its ugly head at last meeting of Colo Shire…

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Pool Site Council Doesn’t Want

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1968 · page 4

Two views, taken from the same spot of the reserve at South Windsor rejected by Windsor Council as a site for a swimming centre. At top can be seen the broad area of land overlooking the…

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Quarrying Proposals Mount in Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1968 · page 20

Four quarrying proposals have been received by Colo Shire Council in less than a month…

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Two Associations Would Split Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1968 · page 18

Two rival ratepayers’ groups would split the people of the shire, the Colo Shire Ratepayers’ Association considers…

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Municipal Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1968 · page 19

Building applications approved by Windsor Council during June were [?] at $134,250. New…

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Shire Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1968 · page 24

Building applications, of a total value of $58,670, for the month, were approved by Colo Shire…

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Sympathy For Mayor’s Dilemma (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1968 · page 2

Sir, — Whatever the shortcomings of the public meeting regarding the pool in the Park, two things…

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Sign Approved by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1968 · page 21

Despite opposition from two councillors, Colo Shire Council has approved of the erection of a road side…

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Mobile Library For Shire?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1968 · page 20

A mobile library service should be supplied by the Colo Shire Council, the Grose Wold…

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Council Should State Policy (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1968 · page 2

Sir,—I note with some regret that the Colo Shire Council has not opposed the open-cut quarrying at…

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Whose Side Is Council On? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1968 · page 2

Sir,— “There is a considerable lack of information, particularly regarding the Farley & Lewers…

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Anti-Quarry Meeting Puts Council on Spot

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1968 · page 1

Nothing less than outright rejection by Colo Shire Council of a quarry proposal at Diamond Hill, Kurrajong, was the mood expressed…

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