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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 28

Forms Available For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 6

To expedite the handling of application forms for flood relief from the £30,000 made available on a £ for £ basis by the Commonwealth and State Governments,…

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Money Sought For Flood Prevention

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

Grafton Base Hospital Board last night decided to ask the Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden) to make a special grant available for flood mitigation on the…

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Flood Grant For South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, through Mr. C. G. Wingfield, has advised a grant of £2448…

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Canal As Flood Prevention Plan

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

A grazier who spent 45 years on the Upper Clarence has developed a scheme which he believes will remove Grafton's flood menace…

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South Cwa Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 5

South Grafton C.W.A. branch has received flood relief totalling £125 from the North Coast Group…

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Serious Floods Sweep Through India And Tibet

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday.--Tibetan monks carrying sacred images and temple treasures fled from…

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Flood Grant Of £10,557

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 6

Copmanhurst Shire Council has been granted £10,557 for flood damage, restoration works estimated…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

The combined flood relief committee for the South Grafton, Nymboida and Orara Councils has…

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Assurance of Interest in Flood Control

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

MR. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., in a letter yesterday assured the Clarence Valley Women's Flood Control…

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Floods in China

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.--Planes are dropping materials to Chinese soldiers and civilians fighting floods…

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Great Marlow Flood Work Responsibility

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

THE Minister for Public Works, Mr. Renshaw, has advised Mr. D Tarrant, chairman of the Great…

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Show Among Best, Despite Droughts, Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR, Thursday. -- After one of the most disastrous droughts in the history of the North Coast, followed by floods, much credit must be…

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Flood Warning Radio Network

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

MAITLAND, Mon.--The State's first' flood warning radio, network began operating to-day in the Hunter Valley [?] The scheme was officially…

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Drowned in Flood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

CAIRO, Mon.--Thirteen Egyptians drowned last night when their sailing boat. capsized in swirling…

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Flood Grants For Shires

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 2

Copmanhurst Shire Council has been advised of an additional flood grant of £2175…

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Extensive Work On Shire Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 4

SHIRE Engineer of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, Mr. C. L. White, reported to yesterday's…

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ARMY d.U.K.W.'s for Rescue Work in Flood Areas

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 3

The Army has completed plans to enable it to assist in flood reescue work in the Northern Rivers area quickly…

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Army Plans For Flood Rescue Work

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 4

The Army has completed plans to enable it to assist in flood rescue work in the Northern Rivers area…

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Tasmanian Floods

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

BURNIE, Sun.--Flood water spilling from the swollen Mersey River in north western Tasmania at…

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M.L.A.'S Flood Control Letter Termed 'Childish'

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 2

A LETTER from Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., on Clarence River flood control wan described as childish by…

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