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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

11 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Bushell's Lagoon Question of Drainage Flood Gate Proposed Public Meeting at Wilberforce

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

THE possibility of draining Bushell's Lagoon and the erection of a flood gate at Buttsworth's Creek were investigated at a public meeting at Wilberforce on Monday…

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Bushell's Lagoon Proposed Flood Gate Deputation to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 9

A deputation, comprising Messrs T. Buttsworth and P. Bushell, waited on Colo Shire Council at Monday's meeting in reference to a suggestion made at…

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Dodging Floods Road to Wiseman's Ferry Successful Conference

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 11

AN arrangement between the Main Roads Board and Baulkham Hills and Hornsby Shire Councils ensures that motorists travelling…

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Flood Warnings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 1

IN reply to his representations on behalf of the Hawkesbury and Nepean districts Federation of Progress and Kindred Associations, Mr. R. Bruce…

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Woman Who Drove Royal Mail Granville Nonagenarian Memories of Record Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 2

BORN 93 years ago in a cottage on the site now occupied by Mark Foy's Ltd., Mrs. Sarah Gee, of Berry-street, Granville, can still…

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Disastrous Flood Damage in Macdonald Valley River Rises 32 Feet Water Enters St. Albans Hotel

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 3

LAST week's rain (says our St. Albans correspondent) was nine or ten inches in excess of our requirements, the result being a devastating flood about 32 feet high…

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Colo Shire Council Serious Flood Damage Macdonald Valley Suffers Road Repairs Exceed £1,200

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 5

SERIOUS damage occasioned to roads and bridges by the recent flood in the Macdonald River Valley will cause a heavy expenditure on…

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By the Way the Floods of 67

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 10

The recent rains help to recall what we have learnt of the great floods on the Hawkesbury and Nepean during June, 1867, when, so old hands assure us, one could row a boat…

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The Budget Storm (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

Sir,—The community has not yet been able to fathom the depths of Mr. Scullin's budget. The more one examines it the more objectionable it seems to be. There are three…

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Flood Relief Money (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

Sir,—I would be grateful if you would allow me a little space in your next issue to protest against the way in which the Macdonald River flood relief money is being…

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"Who's the Liar?" Anderson's Hill Dispute "Storm in a Tea Cup."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 10

AS Cr. Buckland aptly remarked, there was a "storm in a tea cup" at Colo Shire Council meeting on Monday, when a communication was received from the…

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