Claims For Flood Compensation
MACLEAN, Thurs.—At a meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council on Tuesday night a letter was received from the Rural…
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Floods & storms, 1946
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Bulldozers For Flood Relief
CANBERRA, Thurs.—Some bulldozers and earth-moving plant had been made available for flood relief, but if this was…
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The Town Clerk of South Grafton (Mr. C. J. Beresford) stated yesterday that householders in the South Grafton…
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MACLEAN, Fri.—The Harwood Shire Engineer (Mr. D. W. Robertson) at a meeting of the Harwood Shire Council on…
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Last January the Long Range Weather Forecasting Trust drew, attention to the successful forecast which had been made by Mr…
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MACLEAN, Friday.—The Mayor (Ald. E. J. Conrey) at a meet of the Maclean Municipal Council on Tuesday, said although last month's flood first appeared to reach record Leight, floodwaters did not reach the level of last year's inundation…
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At Woodford Dale Public Hall a large crowd of farmers discussed ways and means of bringing about a system which would…
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FLOOD damage to the Nymboida Shire was discussed at length at Friday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council. The engineer said it was not yet possible to carry out a full inspection or to arrive at any estimated cost of damage incurred…
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BELLINGEN, Sun.—Bellingen Shire Council has considered the provision of more adequate flood emergency measures following the…
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The full effects of flood damage at Lower Southgate are now Becoming clear. Generally, the most pessimistic forecasts will be…
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ULMARRA, Fri.—"During the recent flood the river rose 13ft. above the level of the flood of 1945 at the public wharf and threatened to inundate the town. Only by taking prompt action to fill sandbags and place them as required was this prevented,…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—The Government has not only promised to make finance available to those adversely affected by the floods on the Far North Coast in June last, but had made it possible for both grants and advances at specially low rates of interest to be…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A warning of the danger of floods on the smaller rivers in the Lower Hunter and Myall areas was (issued to-day by the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman). The warning followed two…
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Losses from the flood in the Upper Copmanhurst area were very heavy. Record maize crops were almost ready to harvest…
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AT the meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday, the Shire Engineer (Mr. McGuigan) submitted a comprehensive report on the flood damage incurred in the shire as far as inspections have been completed. It was estimated that the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Newcastle was completely isolated from Sydney to-day when heavy rain swamped the Pacific Highway in sections between Gosford and Wyong. Newcastle shops were flooded…
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Partly as a result of the flood, a vast number of applications for attention to roads and bridges in all parts of the shire came before…
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The president of the Shires Association (Cr. T. G. Carter) announced that the association was pressing the claims of the…
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SYDNEY, Man.—Floods in the Hunter, Newcastle and coalfields districts, have ruined thousands of pounds worth of crops, washed away miles of fencing and deposited feet of mud oyer fertile pastures…
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CANBERRA, Tues.—Electric lights failed and the basemen of the school was slightly flooded during a severe electrical storm…
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