Flood Relief
A further amount of £54/ 16/- for flood relief within the shire was forwarded to the December meeting of…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Flood Damage Subsidy Windsor Council Advised
AN offer of Government subsidy up to £550 towards repairing flood damage to roads in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scouts Could Help Messages During Floods
NOW that there is a new surge of Scouting enthusiasm in the district, the way is open for visual…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Boats
An assurance that during the work of installing stronger bottoms in the two motor flood boats the work had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Rises 30 Feet During Anxious Week Roads Blocked: Many Farms Inundated Flood Takes Heavy Toll of Vegetable Crops
KEPT in suspense for days while the river twice rose over 30 feet at Windsor Bridge (only two feet below general flood level) during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Flood Problem Member To Call Conference Has Approached Government
"THIS looks like a critical year for floods along the Hawkesbury," said Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.H.R., on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Third Flood Caused Fresh Anxiety River Rose to 28 FEET Three In Eight Days Sets New Record
FURTHER flooding caused by another rise in the river to 28 feet early on Friday morning, following the two rises to 30 ft. 2 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growing District Menace Breaking-away of River Frontages Sharp Lesson Of Floods
FURTHER extensive collapses of the river banks since the floods at the beginning of this month, following similar damage after the June flood of last year, have forcibly drawn attention to what is rapidly becoming a major danger, which, if…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M.P's Flood Conference Windsor Council to Co-operate
WINDSOR. Council has led to co-operate with [?] Wheeler, M.P., in scheme to hold in this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood v. Tide
Expert advice on the old argument as to whether tides affect the height of floods at Windsor has been sought by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Markers
At its May meeting the Colo Shire Council adopted a suggestion by Cr. Deane to ask the D.M.R. to place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio is Only Possibility Communication in Big Floods
DURING floods such as that in June of last year, radio would be the only practicable means of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steady Rain Unwelcome Farmers Have Anxious Time Minor Flooding Blocks Roads
STEADY rain which has registered more than six inches at Windsor in the past week has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District Again Flooded River Rise One Foot Short of General Devastation Week-End Isolation Of All District Centres
AS the result of a week of continuous rain, day and night, from Saturday evening, June 10, to Saturday morning, June 17, registering at Windsor (which usually has the district's lowest figures)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preventing Floods Federal Help Urged Mk. Wheeler Appeals to Parliament
IN the House of Representatives last week Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.P., again urged Federal action on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boat Capsizes Narrow Escape in Flood Waters
TWO young men had an unenviable experience when a boat was swept against a tree and overturned in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ware Floods! Records Show They May Continue
EACH time the Hawkesbury River floods, local residents spend much time discussing past floods and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dramatic Sortie Heroic Teapot Men Hollywood Episode in Windsor Flood
BIG, able-bodied men, each with a teapot in one hand and a cup in the other, have been dashing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Still Flood Danger Tension Not Abated Roads Blocked and Weather Uncertain
ANOTHER flood to 24 ft. and one to 24 ft. 9 in. during the week, with the river still high and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irresponsible Flood Reports Caused Needless Anxiety
NOT the least unpleasant feature of the last few weeks, for district residents, were the alarmist…
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