Flood Survey Arranged
The Minister for Public Works has arranged for a survey and investigation to be undertaken…
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Floods & storms, 1953
20 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
Transport Fee On Floodboats
Windsor Council has the legal right to charge a fee to transport persons in the motor flood boat during times of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Repair Progress in McDONALD
FURTHER progress in repair work on flood-damaged roads in the McDonald Valley was reported on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mire Council Opens Flood Appeal
IN association with the Lord Mayor's Fund, Colo Shire Council, at its meeting on Monday opened a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Victims Remembered
A pleasant evening was spent at Kurrajong North on March 7, when a euchre party was held to raise money for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Survey Progressing
The Flood Mitigation Committee reports that the officer detailed by the Department of Public Works to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Roads, Bridges in Colo, McDonald Badly Damaged By Flood
Apart from "local" flooding which stopped traffic temporarily on the unseal roads, the Windsor-Richmond area escaped extensive damage following last week's heavy rain, but flood damage to roads and bridges in the Colo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Flood Work In St. Albans Area
A SUGGESTION by the engineer, in his last report to the Colo Shire Council, for additional flood repair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Problems Mentioned At Conference
PROBLEMS of mitigating effects of "nuisance" floods were mentioned at a Windsor conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Marker Levels Given
In his report to the April meeting of the Windsor Council, the electrical engineer (Mr. K. Mortley) stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain Failed To Spoil Fete
DESPITE torrential rain and bleak weather on May 7, the Kurrajong C.W.A. members braved the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Flood Service Asked
At its June meeting the Windsor Chamber of Commerce decided to ask the Department of Main Roads to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Grateful For Help in Flood Problems
Appreciating the ready help given many people In recent flood problems, Colo Shire Council decided at its June meeting to thank all persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Damage Still Isolates 20 Families
In the Upper McDonald area, 20 families still had no motor transport because of flood damage to roads, it was stated by a deputation which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arranging For Flood Signs
At the July meeting of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce a letter was received from the Parramatta and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Flood Boat For Use At Colo Heights
REFUSING a Colo Heights request for a flood boat, the Colo Shire Council at its August meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Editorial Steady in the Storm
ONCE again we have the spectacle of certain city papers lashing themselves into a frenzy over the cost of milk to the consumer. Assuming the mantle of champions of the oppressed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Boat. At Ferry Asked
A request that Colo Shire Council consider providing a powered flood boat at Wiseman's Ferry, for use in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sudden Storm Mars Civic Ceremony
Sudden breaking of a violent thunderstorm caused the foundation stone of the combined Municipal Library and Ladies' Rest Room…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm Speeds Ceremony
One of the speediest official ceremonies took place at Windsor on November 26, when the Mayor, Ald. Gillespie (left) unveiled the foundation stone in the new Windsor Public Library just as a heavy storm broke Mr. F.J…
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