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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

194 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 10

Government Assistance For Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

Sir Earle Page, Federal member for Cowper, received the following letter from Mr. J. J. Cahill, State Minister for Public Works…

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Story of Floods Three Immersions During Year 1893 Clarence Historical Society Series No. 188

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 2

Floods were in the towns of Grafton and South Grafton three times in the year 1893. On Friday. February 10, the wind…

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Story of Floods "Hideous Waste" Comment In 1893 Clarence Historical Society Series, No. 189

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1945 · page 2

The Great Marlow embankment at Leonard's Gap was finished on Friday, June 9, 1893. It cost £1600. Mr. Johnson, the…

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Application For Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government wrote to Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L,A., with regard to M'aclean Municipal…

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Heavy Rain Will Materially Benefit Crops And Pastures

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 November 1945 · page 3

Farmers and graziers in the Clarence River Valley arid adjacent districts are jubilant at the breaking of the droughty conditions…

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Storm Damage In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Sunday.--Extensive damage was done to property in outer Sydney suburbs by a heavy thunderstorm accompanied by…

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Storm Damage Repairs Started

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--Dozens of people in Pendle Hill district, where thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused yesterday…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council Flood Damage Claim Renewed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 4

The Copmanhurst Shire Council at yesterday's meeting decided to renew the application for flood damage relief on the Rappville-Alice road, and to ask for financial assistance, already promised, for repair of flood damage generally…

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"Pernicious Flood Of Low Grade Reading Matter''

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Suggesting an embargo on "the pernicious flood of low grade reading matter which is threatening to engulf the…

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Story of Floods Concluding Article Clarence Historical Society Series No. 191

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 2

In the year 1929 Grafton Council made an embankment from Dobie street down to The end of the city, thereby blocking the…

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Heat Followed by Storm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 2

Exceptionally hot and oppressive conditions ruled over "Grafton and the Clarence Valley yesterday…

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Water Brigade's Decision On Flood Reports

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade' last night carried a resolution providing that any reports on…

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Names for New Floodboats

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 December 1945 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade decided on the motion of Mr. R. Mitchell that three new…

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Heat Followed by Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 2

Following particularly oppressive conditions on Thursday and yesterday morning, storm clouds worked up from the…

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