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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 28

Where Were You Saturday Night? An Episode Of The Flood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 5

NOW that's an ordinary enough question under ordinary enough circumstances but who would say…

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Flood-made Aquarium

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4

LAWRENCE.--Much interest is being taken in a small swamp at the back of the township. It is a…

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Sympathy to Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN.--After the tribute to fallen comrades had been observed at the annual meeting of Maclean…

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£35,000 Distributed To Flood-Stricken 550 North Coast Claims Received

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The State Government had received 550 claims for financial assistance from householders in the North Coast flooddamaged areas, the Minister for Social Services,…

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South Grafton Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

South Grafton Flood Relief Committee met again yesterday and disbursed about £4300 of…

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ENEMY No.1 The Floods 1950 No. 5

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

The following extracts are from an [?]ditorial which appeared in the "Examiner" on the morning of June 16,…

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Floodwaters Carried Note

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

CHATSWORTH.--During the flood Raymond Everson, of Chatsworth, wrote a note stating his…

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Flood Mystery

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 4

Mr. Rus King, of Wharf street, South Grafton, is confronted by a puzzling problem…

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Council Engineer Reports On Flood Position

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 4

Mr. G. E. Walker, City Engineer, told Grafton City Council meeting that although flood water two to three feet had flowed over the Ulster Lodge…

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Another £1500 For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

AId. W. E. Crisp, chairman of the South Grafton Flood Relief Committee, said last night that the…

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ENEMY No. 1 The Floods 1950 No. 6

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

Following is a summary of some features of the 1948 flood. It is not a good one, as the damage caused on…

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Statement Issued On Flood Warning System

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

The following statement was issued orally by Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather (chairman), and Mr. B. Pratt…

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Early Estimate Of £12,000 Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 6

A preliminary estimate of £12,000 was given at yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council as the cost of damage by the flood in the shire area…

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Floors Above Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 6

All future building applications submitted to the Copmanhurst Shire Council will be…

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Women's Flood Control Executive

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

The first executive meeting of the Clarence Valley Women's Flood Control Committee at which steps were taken to implement motions agreed to at the mass meeting of women in…

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C.W.A. Supported Flood Relief Appeal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 4

The president of the Coast Group of the Country Women's Associotion (Mrs.W O.McEwan, expressed plesure…

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Wants New System of Government Flood Relief

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

The North Coast Group of the Country Women's Association wants a new system for of Government Flood Relief funds…

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C.W.A Council's Suppoprt for Flood Mitigation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

Branch delegates to the Country Women's Association North Coast Group Council meeting, at Coffs Harbour on Tuesday, expressed whole-hearted support for proposals made by…

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Flood Relief Loan Monk for Share and Tenant Farmers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 9

An important announcement of special interest of banana and small crop growers hit by the recent cyclone and flood has come to hand this week concerning further financial assistance for rehabilitation purposes…

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Flood Damage And Flood Reports

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

AGAIN it is this newspaper's duty to make clear to the people of the Clarence that the removal of soil by heavy raids and floods, and the…

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