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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 28

South Grafton Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 5

South Grafton Flood Relief Committee's disbursements to victims of the February flood in the South…

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New Flood Rescue Craft Launched

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

Floods which devastated low-lying areas of New South Wales in recent years revealed several weaknesses of the Army-type Ducks used in rescue and…

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Committee Approved Flood Relief Claims For £188,384

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 8

Claims totalling £188,384 have been approved by the North Coast Flood Relief Committee, said Mr. G. McGillivray, a…

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Floods Caused Much Damage In Hobart

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

HOBART, Monday. -- Receding flood wafers in Hobart to-day, revealed a trail of damage. The continuous heavy rain during the week-end caused damage in all suburbs…

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Flood Mitigation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

Grafton City Council last night decided to ask the Premier what steps had been taken to accede to council's…

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Flood Work On Richmond River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- A deputation will ask the minister for public works (Mr. Renshaw), on Wednesday, for funds to carry out flood mitigation work on…

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Deputations On flood Schemes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Two deputations from Northern Rivers shires waited on the Minister for Local Government and Public Works (Mr. Renshaw) to-day…

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Praise For Work During Floods

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 4

The New South Wales Police Department has expressed its admiration of the work done by the people of the Clarence district during the floods earlier this year…

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All Flood Claims Dealt With

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 2

Officers of the Department of Agriculture in all areas on the Far North Coast Agricultural Region…

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Final Inspection Of Flood Damage

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

Offers of the Department of Agriculture in all areas on the Far North Coal Agricultural Reason affected by the…

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Tweed Shire Flood Grant

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH.--A further grant of £16,885. Will be made to Tweed Shire Council by the Department…

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Flood Committee Seeks Dredge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 5

The Clarence Flood Action Committee will advise the Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, in…

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Country Party Call for Flood Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Flood control on the Northern Rivers will be debated, at the three-day annual…

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Flood Prevention On Clarence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 3

Data, gathered by the New South Wales Water and Conservation Commission, and other Government departments, over a period of 50 years, was presented to a Grafton meeting last night by Sir Earle Page…

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Flood Damage Grants

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

At yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council the president, Cr. H. H. McLeod, reported the…

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Inspection Of Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

An inspection of flood damage in the Copmanhurst Shire was made from May 27 to May 31 by Mr. Mills,…

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Flood Damage Assessment Criticised

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR.--Dorrigo Shire Council is critical of the method adopted by the Department…

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Flood Committee

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 4

BELLINGEN.--Recent weather disturbance brought flood control to Bellingen Shire Council's mind, and it…

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Council is Critical of Flood Damage Assessment

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council was very critical of the methods adopted by the Department of Public Works for assessment of flood damage. Council received £7630 after the February floods which…

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False Pretences On Flood Relief At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 6

A YOUNG married South Grafton man who imposed on the South Grafton Flood Relief Committee this…

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