Flood Relief
The following grants have been made by the Government to councils in Oxley electorate towards repairing damage done by the floods this year…
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Floods & storms, 1929
311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 16
Further Floods Feared £100,000 for Tasmanian Sufferers Hobart
Further floods are feared unless the heavy rain falling to-day ceases. The flood relief funds throughout Australia have now reached £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in U. S. 39 DEAD, 200 Injured. Vancouver
A message from Atlanta (Georgia), says tornadoes in South Georgia and South Carolina caused the deaths of 39 persons and injury to 200 or more, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Over Tasman Sea. Sydney
The Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, to-day issued the following warning to shipping A severe cyclone has developed over the Tasman Sea with its centre between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale on Coast Vessels Run for Shelter. Sydney
A 45 miles an hour gale swept the coast yesterday and many coasters were forced to return to port, owing to boisterous seas. A number of other vessels put into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Storm Destruction in New Zealand. Auckland
A hurricane, which swept Kaiangaroa, a small nothern settlement of New Zealand, cut a track two chains wide in which everything was demolished. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storms Forty-four Deaths in America. New York
Forty-four are dead as the result of storms on Wednesday and Thursday in seven southern States and in the mid- west. Twenty-three were killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm and Violent Explosion Wireless From New Guinea. Sydney
The following message was received by Amalgamated Wireless from New Guinea to -day : "A Heavy south- east storm,followed by a violent explosion from the…
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In addition to the grant of £300 already made available, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) has decided to make an additional grant of £12[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wild Scene Militant Women Storm Timber Secy' S Office. Sydney
Between 20 and 30 young women, who described themselves as "members of the militant women's group from the Trades Hall," visited the office of Mr. F. Corke,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmanian Floods Facilitating Communication What Postal Department Did. Melbourne
The Director-General of Postal Services, Mr. H. P. Brown, says the Postmaster-General's Department did all it could to facilitate communication between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Inches of Rain Sydney's Week-end Deluge. Sydney
Over six inches of rain fell in Sydney during the week-end, and Mr. Mares expects unsettled weather to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Randwick Course Flooded Tattersall's Races Postponed Sydney
Very heavy rain fell on the Randwick racecourse last night and this morning and the course was a quagmire. Tattersall's Club decided to postpone their race…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Floods North Island Visitation. Auckland
Floods due to torrential rains have been recorded in many districts in the North Island of New Zealand. It is reported that 75 people are held up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Calm Before Storm South African Elections. Capetown
Comparative calm marks the progress of the general election. The Nationalists persist in the doctrine that unless the native vote is abolished natives will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmaman Floods Claim for Commonwealth Consideration. Sydney
The Tasmanian Premier, Mr. McPhee, in an address in Sydney, said the disastrous floods which had desolated his State had inundated 60 per cent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Gales North Coast Boats Delayed. Sydney
Heavy gales along the coast have delayed shipping considerably. The Melinga, from the Clarence River, took 56 hours to come from Yamba Heads to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Like Waterspout Main Bursts at Redfern Streets and House Flooded. Sydney
One home was wrecked, a gaping hole was torn in the middle of the road, and three streets were Hooded badly three feet deep when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind---dust Gale in Sydney Big Windows Smashed. Sydney
Accompanied by clouds of dust, wind attaining a velocity of 52 miles an hour struck Sydney this afternoon and did considerable damage to hoardings and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale on Coast Steamer and Launch Buffeted. Sydney
During a heavy gale the steamer Kairanga dragged anchor and drifted towards the rocks at Wollongong yesterday. Fortunately the wind suddenly lulled and the…
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