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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Interim Payment To Help Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.-- Raleigh Co-Operative Dairy Society, which recently disposed of its factory to Cow and Gate…

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Repercussions of Floods And Rains

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.--Coff's Harbour district is just beginning to feel the full repercussions of the floods and the continued wet weather, apart from the direct damage done by the cyclone…

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Expect Increase In Flood Danger

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--General rain in the western and north-western parts of the State is expected to increase the flood danger. THE N.S.W. Weather Bureau…

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Flood Dangers Follow Rains

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Heavy rain has renewed the flood danger on the coastal and northern New South Wales coast, while a huge inland sea is forming in the north-west…

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Flood Rains Isolate Oil Towns

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Friday. -- Flood rains have again isolated the Glen Davis oil town, cut off Wolgan Valley and the town…

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Re-Enter Flood Halo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 6

It's sad to learn the flood has sped A halo from a thinker's head. And I crave pardon if my verse Has made affairs in Grafton worse…

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Macleay Flood Meeting Brought Results

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 5

The announcement made by the Minister for Conservation that an aerial reconnaissance of the Macleay Valley would be…

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Flood Relief Sought From Canteens Fund

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 2

Several Grafton district exservicemen who suffered losses in the June flood have applied for relief from the Services…

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How Gorge Would Control Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 3

The storage capacity of the reservoir created by the Gorge Dam would hold three average floods. The volume of water running down the river in these…

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Flood Damage to Forests

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.-- Latest reports sydicate that flood damage to forest and forestry installations…

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Motor-powered Floodboat

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Sun. -- Speaking at a meeting of the Bellingen Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. Doepel said the recent…

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The People v. The Floods

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

IN a series of disastrous floods, the destructive powers of the Clarence River have been put to the test with illuminating results. The constructive power of the Clarence people will have its test at the public meeting summoned for August 21…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Sir.--At a time when the whole community has so generously come to the aid of flood victims, Mr. Henry's letter…

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Letters To The Editor Flood Information

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Sir.--I read with some interest the discussion at the Chamber of Commerce meeting as reported in the "Daily…

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More Flooding Occurs Another Setback Disruption To Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 3

Another severe setback to the recovery of the Clarence River district from the disastrous June flood was given by a further flooding at the wee-end…

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Bellingen Claim Answer To Floods --Dredge River

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--Bellingen Chamber oi Commerce will apply to the Navigation Department to have all shoals of sand and silt within three miles or so of the Bellinger River month, dredged and…

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Further £2500 For Flood Relief

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

Advice has been received of a further allocation of £2500 to Dorrigo Shire for flood relief. The Shire Relief Committee is to…

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Floods Continue In North-West

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Floods show no signs of abating in north-western New South Wales where a million sheep are starving and scores of marooned families are in a desperate plight…

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Aid Grant For Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Over £30,000 to and in the rehabilitation of districts devastated by the recent floods was granted to-day. THE Management…

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Flood Threat at Glenreagh

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 2

GLENREAGH, Mon.--Once again Glenreagh had a threat of flood with the heavy rains that fell on Friday and…

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