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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

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Flood Warning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 1

Commenting on protests against alleged releases of water from the Warragamba Dam without due warnings to…

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Another Flood Hits District Further Devastation on Lowlands Fourth Successive June Inundation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 1

JUST as the district was beginning to recover from the staggering sequence of floods which wrought havoc in 1949 and 1950…

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Flood Losses Conference

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

THE Flood Relief Committee will be at Windsor tomorrow (Thursday) to confer with Windsor…

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Flood Reminiscences Richmond Court (Mr. M. J. McCauley, S.M.) No Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 6

Maurice James Horan did not appear to answer a charge of negligent driving, and after it had been…

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Flood Toll

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

Simple story, told with manly candour, by a dairyman at the flood relief meeting'. "My herd has…

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Immediate Help Vital To Flood-stricken Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

VITAL need for Immediate help to those district farmers badly Unit toy the succession of floods to recent years, to enable them to carry on…

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Post-Flood Drainage Is Growing Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 4

Slow getaway of backed-up waters after each flood in this district is a serious and growing problem, it was emphasised at the farmers'…

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Mayor Proud of Flood Boat Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 2

The councils concerned "broke new ground in local government administration in this State" in instituting a flood boat service, the Mayor…

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Police Work, In Flood Appreciated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 6

Keen appreciation of help given by local police during the recent flood was expressed at the farmers' "flood relief" meeting at Windsor on…

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Flood Area: No Phones!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 6

The farmers "flood relief" meeting at Windsor on June 26 was astounded to hear from Mr. S.M…

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Council Lax In Flood Control Effort, Farmers Told

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

Windsor Council possessed all powers required to carry out measures' for mitigation of flood losses—and effective drainage of land…

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Flood REpairs Grant Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 3

Windsor Council at its July meeting decided to ask the Department of Public Works for an extra grant…

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Big Meeting Hands Flood Problem To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 1

A resolution that Windsor Council be asked to take "immediate action" towards local flood control and drainage, including a survey of the…

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Farmers Want Flood Loss Compensation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 8

Compensation from Social Services taxation fends for Hood losses, as a form of calamity insurance which will not foe undertaken toy insurance…

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Flood Relief

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 10

Members of the State Flood Relief Committee will be visiting the district on Thursday morning, and…

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"Token" Flood Relief Grants Too Small

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 9

Such "token" food relief grants as had already been received by district farmers were hopelessly inadequate to keep them in production…

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Why Flood-Time 'Bus Runs Abandoned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 8

Chief reason why certain 'bus services ceased during the recent flood was that the children normally using the services were not attending…

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Grant Wanted For Flood Mitigation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 3

A request to the Windsor Council and Colo Shire Council for at joint approach, to the Premier for funds to carry out flood mitigation work in…

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Fund for Flood Mitigation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 9

AT a preliminary meeting of the Flood Control Committee it was decided to opera a "fighting fund…

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Opposition Leader On Flood Aftermath

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 1

"The plain fact is that many farmers will be forced to walk off unless they can be sere of getting' Government financial assistance to tide them…

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