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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

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

Flood Boats Tenders Again To Be Called Decision by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 8

AT the suggestion of the Colo Shire Council, Richmond Council at its last meeting decided to call tenders again for…

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Fresh Discussion On Flood Boats Councils Not Agreeing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 3

RICHMOND Council, which is conducting all negotiations on behalf of the three councils concerned, and admits it knows…

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Bomb Scow Idea Council Flood Boats Department's Suggestion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 3

A SUGGESTION by the Department of Local Government that bomb scows be used as flood boats in this district was…

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Hot Spot During Electrical Storms Vineyard-oakville Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 8

AN ironstone belt, which attracted lightning, ran through the Vineyard-Oakville area and was responsible for many…

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Want Floodlights For Oval Footballers' Request to Richmond Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 3

A REQUEST by the Richmond Football Club for better lighting of the Oval to permit of night training was referred by the…

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Floodlighting Oval

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 10

The electricity committee reported to the last Richmond Council meeting that it had been decided to obtain advice regarding- finance for…

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Floodboats Tender

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 2

Richmond Council at its last meeting received a tender from a city builder for the construction of floodboats for the Richmond,…

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Generous Response Red Cross "Flood" Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 5

PUBLIC sympathy is fully behind the appeal being conducted by the Red Cross Society for flood victims in England,…

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May Get Flood Beats In Near Future Council Makes Progress

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 3

PROGRESS has at last been made by Richmond Council, acting for the three councils concerned, towards securing the…

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Floodlighting Oval Richmond Council Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 May 1947 · page 3

PROVISION of two floodlights at the Oval, and improvement of existing pavilion lights, was decided at the last Richmond…

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More Delay Flood Boats Project Departments Responsible on This Occasion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

EXASPERATION was expressed at the last Richmond Council meeting when it was learned that the flood boats project was…

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Flood Boats Council Asks Further Information

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 10

THE last meeting of the Richmond Council decided to ask the Maritime Services Board in what respects it was considered…

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Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 7

The Richmond Council was agreeably surprised to receive official advice at its last meeting that the Maritime Services…

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More Flood Boats Trouble Contractor Not Notified

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 3

ANOTHER hitch in the long series connected with flood boat discussions has occurred, the Richmond Council learning at…

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Flood Boats Ordered At increased Price

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 1

HOPING that it had at last reached finality in the matter, Richmond Council at its last meeting again placed an order…

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Heavy Rain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 December 1947 · page 5

Registrations totalling from 7 to 10 inches since December 8 have given the district a thorough…

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