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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

715 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 36

Flood Relief At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

MACLEAN.--Lower Clarence Flood Relief Committee has practically completed its work. A sum of £1000 has been…

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Flood Appeal Fund

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A special Australian Rules carnival will be held at Auburn next Sunday in aid of the Lord Mayor's flood…

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Sympathy Messages To Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 4

Messages of sympathy to ail who suffered loss and hardship in the recent floods were received yesterday, from many branches and groups of the C.W.A., by the North Coast Group Council meeting…

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Meeting Suggests Flood Emergency Measures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN. -- A large gathering of North Bellingen citizens in dealing with lessons learned from the last flood,…

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Flood Tragedies Declined To Leave And Was Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 6

On two occasions on the night of June 24, a Grafton Water Brigade crew had tried to get William Thomas Holmes to leave his flooded home in Kent street, but he had declined. Holmes was later…

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Relief for Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Wed.--At a meeting of the Woolgoolga branch of the Country Women's Association the president, Mrs…

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Removal of Towns in Flood Basins to Be Debated

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

The Australian Broadcasting Commission has arranged teams for the "Nation's Forum of the Air." which will be…

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Flood Information Police Station Control Centre

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

A flood control information centre had been established at Grafton Police Station, and would operate in any future major flood, said Inspector W. O.McEwan yesterday…

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Flood Havoc Avoidable Loss and Misery

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

An offer by Mrs. C. E. Storrs, wife of the Bishop of Grafton, to assist in any way the efforts of women of the district to accelerate the harnessing of the Clarence…

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S. Grafton Red Cross Appreciation Of Flood Work

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

Appreciation of the work of members who staffed the Red Cross Centre at South Grafton during the flood,…

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Third Flood In Four Months

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--For the third time in four months, Forbes (population 7000), is cut into three islands by swiftly flowing floodwaters from the Lachlan River…

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Flood Relief At Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--At a meeting of the Bellingen Flood Relief Committee, a further £1883 was disbursed to flood sufferers in…

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Council Shelves Scheme New Shire Chambers— Flood Damage Repairs Must Come First

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

On a majority vote, Dorrigo Shire Council decided at last meeting that the time was not opportune to proceed with…

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Flood Relief

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

A telegram published in this issue from our State Member Mr. Davis Hughes, shows that the governments are at least aware of the…

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£20,000 Required by Shire Flood Damage— to Restore Roads and Bridges

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

Dorrigo Shire Council decided at last meeting to amend the previous estimates of the costs of repairing flood damage in…

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Interim Flood Grants

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 8

(Mr. Davis Hughes, M.L.A. has sent us the folLowing telegram: "Following' interim grants local governing bodies New England area agreed to…

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Fertiliser for Flood Victims

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 9

Coffs Harbour District Flood Relief Committee has received advice from the Fertiliser section of the Central Flood Relief…

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Street Stall For Flood Relief

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

The Women's Auxiliary of Coffs Harbour Show Society conducted a street stall on Tuesday in aid of Coffs Harbour Flood…

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Flood Victims' Fund

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Residents of Norfolk Island had raised £50 for flood victims, an official of the Lord Mayor's Fund said…

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Transfer Of Flood Centre Causes Concern

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

The Grafton and South Grafton Councils and the police will be asked by the Chamber of Commerce to confer on the centre of operations in case of future floods…

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