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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

Speak Your Mind Letters To The Editor The Flood at Jackadgery

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

Sir.—Sunny days with cold nights prevail at Jackadgery since the flood, which was the highest since 1890, when the…

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Local Floodings At Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Thursday.—Local floodings are causing concern at Kemrsey following the fall of over four inches of rain since…

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Flood Damage Shire Slipped Back Twenty Years

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 4

BELLINGEN, Wed.—Reviewing the tragic consequences and material damage following the record Bellingen River flood, the Bellingen shire clerk (Mr. F. A. Phillips) stated that district development had slipped back 15 to 20 years…

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Cyclone Moves Out To Sea

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—The cyclone which threatened the Northern Invert of New South Wales yesterday, has moved, out to sea…

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Full Story Of Grafton Water Brigade Work In Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

AT the monthly general v. meeting of the Graf ton Volunteer Water Brigade this week Mr. T. N. Page…

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Flood Comparisons On Upper Coldstream

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

A correspondent of Upper Coldstream gives some interesting comparative figures on flood levels as they apply on the…

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Federal Assistance Urged In Flooded Coastal Areas

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Fri.—The urgent need for the Federal Government to give aid to farmers on the flooded North Coast area of New South Wales was emphasised hy Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives to-day…

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To Relieve Distress Caused By Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced to-day that a scheme had been approved, and would apply immediately, to relieve distress caused by the recent floods in the North Coast districts…

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Crowd Storms Residence Of Jap Prime Minister

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 3

TOKIO, Sun.—After a mass meeting of 15,000 people at Hibiya Park, Tokio, under the leadership of the Communists with Socialist…

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Speak Your Mind Letters To The Editor Flood Prevention

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

Sir,—Much thought has been directed to schemes for flood prevention on the Clarence, and the rebuilding of levees protecting…

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Flood Messages by Carrier Pigeons

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

A CARRIER Pigeon service to bring flood messages from Copmanhurst was ready to operate when the final warning of another flood on the Clarence was received last week. A scheme for the carriage of…

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Ten Crews In Floodboat Races At Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 5

Most successful floodboat flutter seen at Grafton for 15 years was staged by the Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade on…

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Fifty Years Ago Floods Made Drinking Water Brackish

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 5

The Minister of Mines in Sydney yesterday received a deputation consisting of the Mayor of Grafton (Mr. John See) and…

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South Grafton Council Mayor Pays Tribute To Flood Workers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 3

THE Mayor of South Grafton (Ald. J. C. Lane) submitted a Mayoral minute to last night's meeting of the council on matters arising out of the recent flood, and the steps taken for the alleviation of loss among the residents…

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Wire For Release To Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, told Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives to-day…

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South Grafton Council Levee Bank Suggested As Flood Protection

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

SOUTH Grafton Council, on Monday night, adapted a report suh[?]ed by the Consulting Engineer (Mr. J. W. Campbell), suggesting the construction of a levee bank to protect the area from flood inundation, provided this did not entail approval to…

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Flood Worker's Exemplary Action Rewarded

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

During the flood at South Grafton Mrs. E. N. Kiely, of the Royal Hotel, Ryan street, did her utmost to relieve' the distress of people…

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Flood Damage Inspection

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

The relieving divisional, engineer, Public Works Department, Lismore, Mr. J. A. E. Cameron, arrived at South Grafton…

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Engineer Compares Flood Levels

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 4

IN a report to the South Grafton Municipal Council on Monday the consulting engineer (Mr. J. W. Campbell) gave interesting facts regarding flood level comparisons. In order to keep authentic…

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Flood Prevention On Tweed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 6

Proposals for dealing with the flood menace on the Tweed were discussed at an informal meeting of citizens at the Tweed Shire…

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