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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Maclean Mems. Maclean's Flood Bill

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

The following estimate of flood damage has been submitted by the Maclean Town Clerk in reply to the request made for same by the Roads…

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Grafton's Flood Boats. Proposal to Increase Number. Discussion by City Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 1

The matter of flood boats was introduced at the meeting of the council on Tuesday by Ald. Page, who stated that there were only three boats in the Water…

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Serious Flood Effects Extraordinary Phenomena. Landslides and Subsidences

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 4

The heavy rains are responsible for a peculiar phenomenon on Mr. John Montgomery's property at Ironpot Creek, above Kyogle. Portion of the…

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Millions Lost Super-floods in U.s.a. 2000 Drowned in Ten Years

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

The recent floods in these northern districts are made to look like a drop in the ocean compared with the floods which every now and again devastate…

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Inspecting Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. Osborne, of the Public Works Department, Lismore, was in Maclean on Monday making an inspection of the damage done in the municipal area by the…

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Harwood Shire Flood Losses

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 4

The engineer of the Harwood Shire has prepared a detailed estimate of the cost of repairing the damage done to roads, bridges, and ferries by the July flood. The…

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Flood Relief Another Definite Statement. Tenant Farmers Not Excluded. Loans on Business Lines. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Mr. M. P. Dunlop, general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, this afternoon referred to a Murwillumbah message, stating that at a meeting of…

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Letter to the Editor. Flood Relief Through Rural Bank

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 2

Sir,--Frequent visits to the North Coast district, extending over a period or years, have been the means of making many friends among both town and country…

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Flood Relief Through Rural Bank. (To the Editor of the "Daily Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

Sir.--Frequent visits to the North Coast district extending over a period of years has been the means of making many friends among both town and…

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A Coming Storm. New Revolution Predicted. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 5

There is consternation in the German press, winch regards Erzberger's murder as the portent or a coming storm, and the first sign of seething unrest beneath the…

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Flood Relief. Advances by Rural Bank

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 3

The city press reports a meeting of the Flood Relief Committee at Murwillumbah on 18th inst., in which it is stated that the local manager of the Rurtal Bank is…

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Industrial. Iron Workers Dismissed. a Flood of Imports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 4

Two hundred men will be dispensed with at the Lithgow iron works and 40 from Hoskins' enterprises on the western line. The reason given for this retrenchment is…

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Letters to the Editor. Grafton Council and the Late Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 2

Sir,--It has been whispered that the city fathers at Grafton contemplate borrowing a large sum of money for the purpose of building extensive emba[?]…

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Flood Prevention. and River Bank Erosion. Chamber of Commerce And. Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 4

The secretary, Grafton Chamber of Commerce, recently wrote enclosing the following resolution (which was carried at the last meeting of that body) to the City…

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Amusements. Storm Ushers in "Girl Who Sees Around Corners."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

One of the most vivid and realistic storms ever seen on a screen is said to have been produced in "Unseen Forces," which was directed by Sidney Franklin…

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QUEENSLAND Increased Mineral Output. Floods in the Central West. the Year's Crime Record. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

The Mines' Department annual report shows the value of last year's mineral output was £3,462,214, which was an increase of £990,177 as compared with the previous…

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Terrific Cyclone Japanese Liner's Rough Experience. Decks Swept by Mountainous Seas. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 3

The Japanese mail steamer Aki Maru arrived to-day. When between Nagasaki and Hongkong she was struck by a cyclone, the wind blowing with terrific force…

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Darling in Flood. 1,800,000 Acres Submerged. Between Bourke and Menindie. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 5

The River Darling continues to rise, and a Wilcannia message states that over 1,800,000 acres are submerged on the river frontage from Bourke to Menindie…

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Floods in Queensland. Much Damage Done. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 3

Heavy. floods are reported in parts of Queensland, much damage having been done…

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The Approaching Storm. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 3

Sir Peter Ryland, speaking at the Unemployed Conference at Warrington, said the unemployment storm was now muttering, but would thunder…

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