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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 12

Floods, Droughts and Grubs Reduce Q'land Sugar Crop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues:--Due to the accumulated effects of floods, droughts and grubs the estimated sugar crop this year was 542,000 tons, said Mr. E. Muir, secretary of the Canegrowers' Council, to-day…

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Floods in South Drought in North

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 4

There have been good falls of rain on the Southern Tablelands, 81 points being recorded at Crookwell, with 50 points at…

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Floods in Turkey

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 2

ISTANBUL, Wed.-- Three hundred persons are feared dead, 500 injured and thousands rendered homeless by floods, following…

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Grafton Floodboats

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 3

The city overseer (Mr. Pearson) reported to the Grafton City Council last night that an inspection had been made of the…

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Flood Damage Grant. £400 to Harwood Shire

The Clarence River Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

At to-day's meeting of Harwood Shire Council: Mr. C.G. Wingfield, M.L.A. forwarded letter received from the…

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Drought And Flood Damage In Clarence Valley

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

Sir Earle Page, M.H.R., has received the following letter-from the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley):--…

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Flood Vigilance Officer Sought

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Sun.--Raleigh Progress Association has decided to recommend to the Bellingen Shire Council that Mr. G. T…

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Damage By Gales In Victoria

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Gales last night damaged more than 50 houses in various stages of erection at East Brighton…

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Raleigh Flood Officer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Fri.-- Acting on the recommendation of the Raleigh Progress Association, Bellingen Shire Council has…

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Melting Snow Floods River

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Because of melting snow, many rivers are flooded. The Murray at Albury is only one foot below, flood level,…

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Grant Of £660 Offered Grafton City Council Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

"THE total grant I am prepared to offer the council in respect of its complete flood damage Programme, is £660," said the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) in a letter to Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A…

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Some Structures Crudely Restored After Flood Shire Engineer Says

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 7

IN the course of his report at Wednesday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. I. McGuigan said) certain structures inspected by him and Mr. Falconer (of the Public Works Department) had been restored…

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Bellingen Shire Flood Repair Programme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Thurs.--The Department of Public Works forwarded to the Bellingen Shire Council meeting a draft of an…

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Nile in Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

CAIRO, Sun.--The River Nile continues to rise in record floods arid 1200 houses were washed away or damaged during last…

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Flood Relief At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2

"Senator S. K. Amour appears to have forgotten that I approached him personally about the flood conditions at South…

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Council Accepts Flood Repair Offer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night decided to accept an offer from the Minister for Works granting £660 for flood damage, repairs,…

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Rescue Work During Floods Earns Awards

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Civilians and police who figured in outstanding rescue work during the devastating floods at Lismore in…

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Storms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 2

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Survey Proposal On Flood Area

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 4

A SCHEME for a preliminary survey of the area endangered by flood at Grafton and Great Marlow was recommended at a conference between representatives of Grafton City Council and Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday…

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Tropical Cyclone Brought Rain

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- In the past 36 hours drought- breaking rains have fallen over three- quarters of the State. A tropical cyclone centred in the south- west of Queensland brought rain to the northern areas. Other parts of the State have…

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