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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 12
BELLINGEN, Thursday.—The Bellingen Shire Council, at a meeting to-day, was forced to count the costs of the recent flood damage in tens of thousands of pounds. Six weeks have passed since the flood, but a large area of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The letter from the Copmanhurst Shire Council, inviting the Grafton City Council to send representatives to the conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ULMARRA, Friday.—The Town Clerk of Ulmarra (Mr. R. O. Drew) said the Mayor and he had met members of the Flood Relief Committee as they passed through to Maclean. The secretary of the committee had told them that any claims for damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOUTH Grafton Council was advised by the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill), last night, through Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., that the department was prepared to offer the council £300 for the repair of flood damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REPORTING to the South Grafton Council on Monday night, Ald. J. Flaherty, a member of the Works Committee, said he was astounded at the amount of flood damage at the saleyards, It would require considerable expenditure to put the yards in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.—At 2.30 p.m. yesterday a cyclonic storm, accompanied by vivid lightning and hail, passed over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Harbor craft were swept from their moorings, property was damaged and a number of people, including fishermen, whose boats were almost engulfed by angry seas, had amazing escapes when a 72 mile an hour gale lashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BELLINGEN, Sunday.— The Raleigh branch of the Primary Producers' Union at a meeting discussed the serious losses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY Mon.—Main source of autumn-grown potatoes in New South Wales was the Grafton district, but this year's crop,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After an address to the Clarence District Council of the P.P.U. yesterday on harnessing the Clarence River for power…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Ulmarra last night, Sir Earle Page said that the importance of the full development of the Clarence lay in flood control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOUTH Grafton Municipal Council, on Monday night, decided to accept the offer of the Government for a grant of £300 towards work to cost £730, for the repair of damage done by the 1946 flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State Government will consider whether a scheme similar to the Tennessee Valley project can be adopted for flood prevention in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Fri.—As the Susquehanna River floods slowly subside the incomplete death roll totals 22 throughout three States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Clarence Regional Development Committee at Grafton on Saturday decided that the Premier be asked to expedite the appointment of an expert committee to consider and recommend measures to control the Clarence waters, as recommended by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier, Mr. McKell, who is expected to visit Grafton to discuss water conservation and irrigation in this district,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →KEMPSEY.—A large and representative gathering attended a public meeting in the Memorial Hall, Kempsey, to discuss flood prevention on the Lower Macleay, where the position is causing grave concern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MOREE, Wed.—"Though the foreign foes of Australia have changed many times in the 150 years of our development, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Fri.—The British freighter. Bahristan, homeward bound with wool, sheepskins and lead concentrates, left Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Heavy rain, augmented by snow on the Southern Alps, is causing fears of flooding in East Gippsland…
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