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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

194 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 10

Feed For Stock In Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Acting Premier, Mr. Baddeley, announced to-night that the New South Wales Government had asked the…

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Pictures of Recent Flood on the Clarence River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

SCENE FROM MEMORIAL PARK, GRAFTON.--The flood waters reached a height of 19 feet 2 inches above normal at this spot. Many residents anxiously watch the waters rising on the official recording board on the post in the centre foreground…

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Flood Troubles of Farmers on Lower River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

MACLEAN, Tues.--Members of the Flood Relief Committee, Messrs. C. J. Bellemore and W. L. Alford, to-day met a representative gathering of citizens and…

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Maclean Hospital Staff Praised For Work In Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

At a meeting of the board of the Lower Clarence Hospital the House Committee reported that the staff at the hospital…

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Chatsworth Survey Of Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 5

Now that the flood waters have gone down much work and worry confront the people in the way of cleaning up, repairs…

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Talkies Garden Theatre.--"storm Over Lisbon."

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 6

Vera Ralston, Eric Von Stroheim. Richard Arlen and Otto Kruger are the principals of "Storm Over Lisbon." an exciting tale of adventure and intrigue,…

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In the Storm's Trail Damage to Electricity Works Engineer's Report to Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

The electrical engineer, Mr. W. P. McSkimniing. in a report to Wednesday's Shire meeting, gave a survey of the damage sustained to the hydro…

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Flood Work Appreciated Maclean Acknowledges Courageous Service

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 4

At a meeting of Maclean Municipal Council the following minute by the Mayor (Ald. Conroy) was adopted:-- "The damage to telephone communications was considerable, and make contacts during the flood period very difficult, and in…

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Flood Protection Wall For Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

At a meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council Ald. A. E. Cameron said council should consider the advisability of…

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Relief for Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Ten thousand loaves of bread, hundreds of tins of meat, milk, and margarine, in addition to hundreds of…

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Financial Relief To Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A sum of k £35,000 for financial relief to North Coast flood victims has been approved by the Acting…

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Horse Lost Life In Flood Trying To Save Its Mates

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

An aged draught horse owned by the Lower Clarence Golf Club, which had been running in a large paddock adjacent to…

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Floodgates Damaged At Sportsman's Creek

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

The flood waters in Sportsman's Creek having receded considerably in the last few days, a survey of damage to the…

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North Coast Sketches Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 2

How often have I tried to describe something of the tranquil beauty of our lovely Northern Rivers, shimmering in the high noon of summer, or gleaming like silver beneath the quiet stars at night!…

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Stock Losses From Flood On Lower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

Losses of livestock on the Lower Clarence are greater than was anticipated. Messrs. Butcher Bros., of Lawrence,…

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Flood Relief For Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Farmers who suffered loss in the recent disastrous North Coast floods and who desired assistance under the…

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Letters to the Editor Flooded Maize

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

Sir,--I noticed in Thursday's paper that farmers were busy getting their maize off that had been under flood water for feed…

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Flood Prevention Wanted On American Lines

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 3

At the meeting at Grafton on Saturday, Ald. A. G. Bailey, Mayor of Ulmarra, moved that this representative meeting views with alarm the great national loss which has been occasioned by the recent flood in the Clarence River, which has caused irreparable soil erosion, damage to valuable farming lands, and extensive losses of…

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Flood News Wanted In Clarence Area

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 6

A motion to ask through Federal and State members of Parliament that a suitable transmitting service be…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 2

At the meeting of South Grafton Municipal Council last night it was announced by the Mayor (Alderman J. C. Lane) that forms…

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