Suggest Study Of Flood Control
CANBERRA, Tues. -- An expert team of scientists and engineers to study flood control in danger areas was proposed in the House…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Flood Damage Insurance Scheme Proposed
CANBERRA, wed.--A voluntary insurance scheme similar to the war-time War Damage Insurance scheme to safeguard…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--The 300 residents of Darlington Point, 40 miles west of Narrandera, fled from their homes to-night as the Murrumbidgee River broke its banks…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--Floodwaters are creeping towards the main street of Dubbo to-night. Water is three feet deep on the outskirts of the town. WIDESPREAD flooding is…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Floodwaters in New South Wales country districts have now claimed four lives caused an estimated damage of £1,500,000, and flooded thousands…
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SIDNEY, Mon.--A grant of £40,000 to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and State Governments was recommended by…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Thousands of residents in inland centres of New South Wales are standing by for immediate evacuation as record floods, continue to surge forward…
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BRISBANE, Tues.--A flight, which will give many stations their first newspapers and mail for more than five weeks, is…
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SYDNEY, Tues.-- Floadwaters in western and central New South Wales continued their invasion to-day driving hundreds more families from their homes. NEW centres have been…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--While this Rood danger in some districts appears to be passed other districts are feverishly preparing for farther floodings. AT Dubbo (population…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--It is expected that there will be a severe shortage of vegetables, particularly cauliflowers and potatoes, as a result of the widespread floods in market gardening districts of New South…
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Following heavy rain at Grafton and some Upper Clarence centres yesterday, conditions cleared last night with prospects of fine weather to-day. TRAFFIC was delayed by…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- Heavy rains which have fallen in Gippsland have increased the flood danger. At Orbost, the Snowy…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Police to-night warned 4000 residents of the Camden district, near Sydney, to stand by for immediate evacuation from their homes…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--The "battle of Warren" against [?]astious floodwaters was won to-day, Men, women and children, sheltering behind the town's hand-built levee, rested to-day for the first…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Plans to help flood victims are being studied by the Federal Representative on the Flood Relief Council (Mr. Bate,…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Danger of further flooding in most parts of the State has passed, but there is a new threat to towns on the Murrumbidgee River…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--In recently flooded districts throughout New South Wales to- day thousands of residents began the Herculean task of clearing up…
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BELLINGEN.--Conditions were very bad in the two games played between Bellingen and Bowraville on Sunday .on the Bowraville ground…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--The population of the small town of Euabalong, 44 miles from Condobolin, were to-day building a…
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