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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 28

Seeking Help to Repair Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

YAMBA--The secretary, Mr. L. Ford told Yamba Urban Area Committee that much damage had been…

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Church Seeks Flood Mitigation

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

Ulmarra Church of England Parochial Council has renewed a request to the Prime Minister and Premier…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

The Fire and Accident Underwriters Association of New South Wales has donated £2000 for the reilef…

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Heavy Rain Welcomed Over Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

Heavy rain which fell at Coifs Harbour at the week-end was very welcome to farmers and banana growers. It…

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Cyclone East Of Cairns

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon. -- A moderate cyclonic depression was reported to-night centred 450 miles…

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Flood Talk To State Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

The President of the Clarence Valley Women's Flood Control Committee, Ald. Mavis McClymont, of…

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Howling, Screaming After Floods

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

There will be satisfaction in many quarters at remarks made by Mr. W. T. Robinson, of Grafton, at a meeting of the P.P.U. Central Council in Sydney, on the 25th…

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Monthly Telegrams Urge Flood Control

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

The Clarence Valley Women's Flood Control Committee will forward telegrams urging flood…

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To Minimise Flood Damage Until Gorge Dam Is Built

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 5

STILL another dread flood has overwhelmed the Clarence district, leaving in its wake a grim harvest of…

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ENEMY No. 1 The Floods 1946 No. 10

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

In view of the almost disdainful reception early representations have received in Sydney for flood…

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Graziers Support Flood Mitigation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 4

The Clarence branch of the Graziers Association will support the Clarence Flood Action Committee on…

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Gorge Makes Flood Control Practical Proposition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

MACLEAN, Tuesday. -- Almost alone of all rivers in New South Wales, floods can be prevented on the Clarence. That is because three-fifths of the catchment concentrates at the Gorge. Making this point at a meeting here of the Clarence…

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Plans For Mass Flood Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 3

At the conclusion of the Clarence Valiey Women's Flood Control Committee meeting at Glenreagh yesterday, the president, Miss Mavis McClymont, was…

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Dairy Officer On Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.--The extent of damage and loss sustained by farmers, particularly on the Clarence…

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Flood Action at Coramba

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

An outcome of the meeting in Coramba of the Clarence Valley Women's Flood Control Committee yesterday was that representations will be made to…

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Cutworms Follow Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

Reports of plague outbreaks of cutworms have been received in recent wee ks by the Entomological…

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Ideal Weather Followed Cyclone and Floods (Senior Dairy Officer's Report)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

Ideal weather has been experienced following the disastrous cyclone and flood as reported last month. Fine card…

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Union Support Sought for Flood Action

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

Support from major trades unions in Sydney will be sought by the Clarence Flood Action Committee…

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Tronic Channels During Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 4

LISMORE, Fri.--A committee of senior engineers of the P.M.G. Department has been formed by the…

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ENEMY No. 1 The Floods 1945 No. 11

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 2

1945 flood on June 12 was a shock to many people. They had not had any. experience of such…

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