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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 28

Church Aid For Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 3

Seventh Day Adventist Churches in the north New South Wales conference took up a special collection…

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Want Talks On Flood Control

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 3

Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce has moved for a conference, at Grafton, attended by Federal and State Ministerial representatives to…

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Another £40,000 For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY. Wed.--The Commonwealth Government will make available an additional £40,000 for flood…

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Flood Relief Distributed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 4

South Grafton Flood Relief Committee yesterday distributed about £1000 to people in its area…

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1000 Cows On Flood Reserve At Gillett's Ridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 6

Mrs. H. Corbin's forthright talk on the position at Gillett's Ridge during the flood is concluded to-day. The address was given at the Grafton meeting at…

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ENEMY No.1 The Floods 1950 NO. 3

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

Following is an extract from an "Examiner" editorial appearing on Wednesday, June 21, 1950. That was…

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£250 For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

The Chairman of the Clarence District Branch of the Graziers' Association, Mr. F. Maxwell, has been…

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Flood Relief Procedure On Lower River

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

MACLEAN, Thurs.--The Maclean and Harwood Shire Flood Relief Committee pointed out to-day that it…

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ABC News Editor On Flood Service (Letter to the Editor)

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

Sir,--From reports of the meetings of various public bodies published in your paper, it is apparent that a…

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ENEMY No. 1 The Floods 1950 No. 4

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 2

Under the title, "Let's Get Cracking," an "Examiner'' editorial on July 15, 1950, about three weeks…

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Shires' Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 6

The South Grafton Flood Relief Committee will deal with claims from all residents of the Orara…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 3

Flood victims who are seeking aid from the State Department of Welfare are required to submit their…

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To Alleviate Flooded Areas

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 4

Two measures for relief for the flooded Clarence area were sponsored at the District Council…

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Flood Behaviour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 3

"I think it is only when one is suffering, in trouble, or disabled as I am, that one realises how warm is…

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Gall to Church People Take Lead Against Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 3

"The devastation and desolation consequent on yet another disastrous flood in the length and the breadth of the diocese is a definite call to Church people to take a lead in doing what is…

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Will Inspect Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Federal Minister for Health (Sir Earle Page) will visit flood devastated areas of…

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Flood Relief Available for Ex-servicemen

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

Details of flood relief assistance available to ex-servicemen have been forwarded to the secretaries of all…

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Dredging Little Value In Flood Mitigation

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

Captain A. S. MacDonald, pilot at Yamba, told a meeting of delegates to the Clarence Flood Action Committee that dredging of rivers had little value as…

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Keeping Full Contact During Floods

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 5

Means of maintaining contact with the rest of the State and other parts of the Clarence Valley…

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Flood Water in Racecourse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 7

The totalisator building and public bar structure at the Grafton racecourse are unlikely to be available for…

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