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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1969

112 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 5 of 6

Shire Turns Down $2000 Gift

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 September 1969 · page 1

Colo Shire will let its Captain Cook Bicentenary gift (estimated to be $2000) lapse because it does not want to spend any of its own money…

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Minister Asked to Inquire Into Shire Affairs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 September 1969 · page 1

The serious step of requesting an inquiry into the affairs of the Colo Shire Council by the Minister for Local Government has been taken by…

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Council’s Second Thoughts on Bicentenary Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 September 1969 · page 14

Colo Shire councillors have reversed their decision not to apply for the Captain Cook Bicentenary gift, estimated to be worth $2,000…

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Small Debts Verdicts For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1969 · page 6

Windsor Council was successful in obtaining verdicts for outstanding rates and charges in several…

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Ratepayers’ support shire council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1969 · page 1

Disassociating itself from what it describes as an “unwarranted and scurrilous attack on Colo Shire Council by the North Richmond Citizen’s Association, the Colo Shire Ratepayers’…

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Nth. Richmond Park Zoned “Industrial” by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1969 · page 1

Salient feature of extensive replanning of the North Richmond village area, proposed by the Colo Shire Council, is the re-zoning of the North…

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Support to Council by New Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 October 1969 · page 12

Wholehearted support of Windsor Council’s policy on extractive industries in the Hawkesbury…

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Tired of Timid Council Leadership ( To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 October 1969 · page 2

Sir, — It was a dreadful experience to sit in the public gallery at the last Colo Shire Council…

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Ex-aldermen Receive Certificates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1969 · page 6

Two ex-aldermen of Windsor Council, Messrs H. J. Budd and C. F. Main, were presented with certificates of service to local government…

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Shire Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1969 · page 16

Building applications for the month, of a total value of $88,815, were approved by Colo Shire Council at…

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Pool Too Costly for Shire (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1969 · page 2

Sir,—Being a constant reader of the Gazette over the years I would be grateful if you would…

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Serious Blow to Council Finances

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1969 · page 1

News of the exclusion of Windsor Municipality from participation in Commonwealth Aid Roads grants stunned aldermen at the last…

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Interest Keen at Council Land Auction

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1969 · page 12

In spite of withdrawals of some of the better-class properties at the last moment, an…

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High School Council "Library-laboratory Complex" Ready for 1971

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1969 · page 4

The new "library-laboratory complex" planned for the Richmond High School is expected to be ready for use at the beginning of the 1971…

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Municipal Library has Many New Magazines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1969 · page 17

TOO few readers realise that magazines are a most essential part of any person’s reading. Because of the…

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Colo Shire Adopts Policy on Extractive Industries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1969 · page 20

A policy for the control of extractive industries operating in the bed the Hawkesbury River has been adopted by Colo Shire Council…

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Shire Building Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 November 1969 · page 4

Building applications of a total value of $138,000, were approved by Colo Shire Council at its last…

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Council Secretive on K. & G. Works

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 November 1969 · page 1

So secretive has Colo Shire Council become in its deliberations on everyday matters, that even kerbing guttering works are now…

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High School Council New 5th Formers to Get Flying Start

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 November 1969 · page 5

High school students going from Form IV to Form V this year must attend from November 24 until the end of the school year…

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Shire Supports School Medical Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1969 · page 15

Fifteen schools in Colo Shire have been visited by the doctor and attendant nurse under the council's…

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