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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1960

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

Private Firm May Care For Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1960 · page 2

A TIMELY offer by a private firm to care for the two flood rescue boats jointly owned by…

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Flood Boats Inspection

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1960 · page 14

At the February meeting of Windsor Council the works committee recommended that the…

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Flood Boats Unfit For Use, Council Informed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1960 · page 1

Somewhat taken aback by an expert's report that the two motor flood boats were not fit for use in an emergency, Windsor…

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Flood Area House Site Permissible

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1960 · page 15

COLO. Shire Council has no power to forbid a £7000 home being built below flood…

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Flood Boats Questions Asked By Former President

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 3

In a letter to Colo Shire Council the former President expressed concern at the reported condition of the two motor flood…

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Shire Subdivision Plans For Flood Areas Rejected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1960 · page 4

Two further plans for subdivisions in areas subject to flooding were unanimously rejected by Colo Shire Council at…

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Sackville Subdivision Agricultural Engineer Astounded At Colo Shire Action Disputes Flood Theory

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 August 1960 · page 7

Windsor agricultural engineer, Mr. A. E. Cordner, has expressed astonishment at an alteration required by the Colo…

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Flood Gauges Missing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 September 1960 · page 2

THE flood gauge[?] at Rickaby Creek, ont the Blacktown Richmond Road, have disappeared…

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Plan to Check Flooding of Farms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 6

A PLAN suggested by the Shire Engineer, Mr, A, Cook, to check flooding of an area on…

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Storms Cover Wide Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1960 · page 1

FIERCE storms, accompanied by rain, wind and hail, have caused extensive…

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NOVEMBER 26 Wood Chopping Under Floodlights At Windsor Oval

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 November 1960 · page 11

The big attraction of the evening programme for the opening day (November 26) of Festival Week will be the wood chopping championships to be…

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First Days Of District’s Celebrations Success, Despite Storms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 November 1960 · page 1

Officially opened by the Premier of N.S.W., the Hon. R. J. Heffron, in brilliant sunshine on Saturday, the Macquarie Five Towns Sesqui-Centenary Celebration is off to a successful start,…

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Festival Marching Contest Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1960 · page 18

THE marching contest organised by the Richmond Windsor Girls Marching Association as part of the Macquarie Festival celebrations was abandoned on Sunday at Richmond Oval after heavy rain had…

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