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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1956

99 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 5 of 5

Proceeds Of Gymkhana To Flood Relief

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 3

THE successful Gymkhana and Sports Day held at Willow Park Training School,…

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Extra £900 Given From Flood Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 12

A FURTHER £900 from the Windsor Council’s Flood Distress Fund was allocated on July 23,…

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Fine Work In Flood By Red Cross Branch

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 10

A SUMMARY of the fine work done by Windsor Red Cross branch and some of its members was…

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Central Colo Flood Gauges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 5

In a letter to the July meeting of the Colo Shire Council, J. C. Coffman, Central Colo, suggested…

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Wants Flood Report Centre At Central Colo

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 9

An argument for appointment of Central Colo as a flood report centre found considerable favour with Colo Shire…

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D.M.R. Help In Flood Transport

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 7

WHERE the D.M.R. carries out road maintenance on both sides of a flooded section, it…

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Flood-Period Warnings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 11

Five road signs, at a cost of £7/10/- each, are to be purchased by Windsor Council and entrusted…

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Committee Is Keen to Help Flood Plan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 8

Its keenness to see work on the flood mitigation plan begun was demonstrated in a very practical way by the Flood…

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Commonwealth Offer £1000 For Flood Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 4

Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.P., has advised the Hawkesbury Flood Mitigation Committee, that the…

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Flood Boats Bill Jarred Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 1

Colo Shire Council rather regretted, at its September meeting, having asked Windsor Council for prompt accounts for…

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Survey Starts For Flood Mitigation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 October 1956 · page 1

THE engineer had Commenced survey work for the flood mitigation scheme in the Cornwallis…

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Lifted Milk Production Despite Floods

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 October 1956 · page 2

District dairymen were congratulated on lifting their milk production in spite of floods, at the Annual Meeting of the…

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Question On Workers And Flood Boat

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 November 1956 · page 12

Whether a flood boat might be used to transport workers on their way to and from their…

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Flood Losses Emphasised By Member

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 8

TWO-THIRDS of the produce passing through the Sydney markets came from the Hawkesbury…

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Sudden Gale Caused Two Deaths

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 1

When a scaffolding on which they were working collapsed under sudden wind pressure at the Air Station on Friday, two…

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Question Of Children In Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 6

FURTHER information on provisions regarding school children crossing the river in…

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Mayor Critical Of Flood Committee

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 1

In comment involving the Flood Mitigation Committee, the Mayor at the October meeting of Windsor Council…

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First Survey Completed In Flood Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 November 1956 · page 9

FIELD surveys in connection with the first section of the flood mitigation scheme had been…

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Flood Committee President Replies To Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 November 1956 · page 2

On behalf of the Flood Mitigation Committee the president has forwarded to this paper a reply on the comment by the…

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