Flood Workers Thanked by Grafton Council. Tribute From the Mayor
Referring to the recent flood visitation the Mayor of Grafton at the meeting of the City Council last night said he had intended to prepare a special…
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Floods & storms, 1928
386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 20
Grafton Council Street Lighting Suggested Improvements Offensive Flood Effects
The adjourned meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), and Aldermen W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clarence Hydro-electricity Harnessing River For Power Combating Danger of Floods Drought Losses Prevented Federal Treasurer's Statement Canberra
"The calamity of floods an the Clarence, causing the loss of £750,000 in addition to precious human lives," said Dr. Earle Page, calls attention to the great national value of a full investigation into the development of hydro- eleetric possibilities of the river for which the residents have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Photographs
The Grafton Water Brigade would be pleased to received any photographs of the flood in Grafton. It is the intention of the Brigade to have a number framed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Queensland Rains Flooded Rivers Elsewhere Falling. Brisbane
Torrential rain has been falling in North Queensland, Home Hill registered no less than 12 inches for the 24 hours. Several other centres on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aftermath Cleaning Up Ulmarra Farmers Start Again. the Need for Flood Boats. Ulmarra
To-day will be probably the last day on which the men who have looked after the Ulmarra farmers during the flood will be required to take out the flood boats, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of Flood Boat Struck Fence Post Harwood Crew's Experience. Harwood
During the time that the flood, was at its highest No. 2 flood boat was taken charge of by a crew from Lower Harwood who saw to the needs of the residents on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CYCLONE Moving Down Coast Flood Raws Predicted Weather Man!s Warning. Sydney, Sunday Night
THE ACTING STATE METEOROLOGIST TO-NIGHT FORECASTS FURTHER. HEAVY RAIN ON THE NORTH COAST OF NEW SOUTH…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Brewing Austria and Italy. London
A storm is blowing up between Austria and Italy. There was a fierce controversy culminating in a debate in the Austrian Chamber of Deputies when a Tyrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nyngan Flood Three Days on Stump Two Men Live on Flour and Water. Nyngan
It is now believed that all danger is past. The flood waters are stationary and even more rain is not expected to make the position any worse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General the Flood at Harwood
Mr. C. J. Baker, of Harwood, asks us to correct the report from Harwood in regard to the height of the Hood in his premises there. The report stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paspalum Seed Lost in Flood
Messrs. Julius and Budd, Murwillumbah, paspadurn dealers, will be heavy losers as a result of last week's flood. They had a large quantity of paspalum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads Policy and Flood Damage
The widespread damage to roads and bridges that has been caused throughout the State by the recent heavy rains and floods emphasises how fortunate it is that the advent of the present Government brought about a change in the roads policy of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electricity Supply Preparing Flood Damage
In accordance with the announced intention of the Clarence River County Council there was a general interruption of the electricity supply yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →River Steamer Service Appreciated During Flood Time
Many appreciative references are being made to the manner in which Mr. C. Pullen maintained his river steamer service between Grafton and the Lower River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridges and Floods. (To the Editor.)
Sir,--In reading the recent issues of your informative paper in which you give such full and complete details of the havoc wrought by the recent floods, I fail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Floods? Weather In! March In[?] Jones' Forecast
The great sunspot group Zeta is now passing over the sun's limb, and the intricate group lota is close behind it. This means, writes Mr. Inigo Jones in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Entrance Effects of Flood Shoaling of the Bar
The chairman of the Port of Clarence Advisory Board (Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A.) got into touch with the acting pilot at Yamba yesterday owing to some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Floods Lower River Roads Water Receding From Farms. Maclean
The main road from Harwood to Cowper is in good tra flit-able order and the only portion of the road under water is a small length on the Cowper side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Most Disastrous Ever Experienced. Flood Damage at Care's Creek. Carr's Creek
The flood here did more damage than any ever experienced. The district previously never looked better. Never it never looked worse…
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