Chamber Of Commerce Discusses Flood Problems
Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 5
LENGTHY discussions on the affect of the flood on commerce and industry in the Clarence River took place at the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Town Hall, Grafton, on Wednesday night…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3
LISMORE, Fri.—Four racking cases of clothes arrived a Lismore to-day from Townsville. They were sent by Townsville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move By Farmers To Help Those In Flood Trouble
Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 2
A suggestion for a good neighbour policy has been suggested in the Nana Glen district to help stockowners on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flower Show Abandoned Due To Flood Effect
Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3
Because of the serious effect of the flood on local gardens, the Grafton and South Grafton Horticultural Society decided last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owners Seek Property Lost In Flood
Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3
Police Inspector W. O. McEwan stated yesterday that he had had several inquiries regarding property lost during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coastal River Dams To Control Floods
Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri.—The Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union to-day decided to ask the Federal and State Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Life That Wins Why Floods?
Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 4
An average reader will quickly answer the query of this heading. He will say that the weather cycles must bring recurrent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beauty Contest Causes Storm
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1
NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.). --A storm has arisen in Wheeling, West Virginia, over a bathing beauty contest, as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Losses Would Have Built Dam Says Sir Earle Page
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 3
LISMORE, Sunday --Losses by floods on the Northern Rivers in the past 10 years would have built a dam twice over, Sir Earle Page said at the quarterly conference of the Northern Rivers Chambers of Commerce at Kyogle last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Information
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2
Sir.--Please allow me space for myself, and on behalf of the residents of the Clarence Valley, to tender our grateful thanks to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Mud Left On Many Roads
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2
MACLEAN.--The Engineer (Mr. G. Minns) reported to Harwood Shire Council at its meeting that flood mud had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cut Off During Recent Flood
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2
TULLYMORGAN. -- The position which had arisen during the recent flood was discussed at the meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Committee Meets
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Rood Relief Committee met to-day to consider claims from people who suffered losses in the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor (Correspondence Should be Restricted to 250 Words.) Lower River Floods Bad Drainage
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 2
Sir,--"Why doesn't some one do something about all these terrible floods?" These were the pathetic words of grief stricken…
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Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 4
THAT council considered the early construction of the Clarence River Gorge scheme very desirable from the flood mitigation point of view was one of three resolutions concerning the recent flood passed by Monday night's meeting of the South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage on Main Roads
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5
Complete figures of the damage done to main roads and bridges wee not yet available, said the Divisional Engineer, Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Services Recognised
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 4
Letters of thanks for services rendered during the flood period are to be sent from the Grafton Ratepayers and Citizens'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How To Beat A Flood--With Rubber Tubin [?]
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 2
In the hour of danger, the homing instinct is uppermost in all animals, even [?] being [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Industry Hit By Flood Afterma[?]
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 2
PALMER'S CHANNEL.--though stock losses in the [?] were light dairy herds [?] considerably. It will be…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 2
ALL country dwellers have a deep regard for the splendid work of the Red Cross. They appreciate the humane activity of the society both in war and in times of peace. But seldom has the organisation shown the warmth of its heart in better…
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