Ready Response to Local Flood Appeal
The appeal launched at Coffs Harbour on Saturday for funds to aid victims of the floods on the Far North Coast yielded £132/ This was considered very satisfactory by the…
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Floods & storms, 1954
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Allocations to Aid Flood Victims
The Federal and State Governments had made initial allocations of £40,000 each for the alleviation of flood victims in N.S.W., said Mr. G. Jolly, an executive member of the State Flood Relief Committee, addressing meetings at Grafton and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Floods had caused a loss of about £1,000,000 to Lismore business people, the Minister for Social Services (Mr. Landa) said today…
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The tragedy of the many floods which had swept the Clarence was that they had all been unnecessary, said the Mayor Ald. J. I. Moorhead), in a special flood…
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The Graf ton Red Cross building yesterday was the scene of a different kind of flood--a flood…
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The Mayor of South Grafton (Ald. W. E. Crisp) last night made a move to have the Gorge scheme…
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Flooding of the Clarence River district last week still affected Court of Petty Sessions…
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PALMER'S CHANNEL. -- At one property in the Palmer's Channel area seven inches of rain were…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Fears of further flooding in the North Coast areas were expressed to-day. A cyclone off the Queensland coast…
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Ald. W. E. Crisp, Mayor of South Grafton, has received £1500 from the "Herald" Flood Relief Fund to the credit of the South Grafton fund, and another…
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THERE is exorable logic in the spontaneous coming together of women on the Clarence to fight for the harnessing of the Clarence River…
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There have been floods since Clarence ever ran, And they're a challenge to the mind of man To find some way of resolute control To keep our lovely district safe and whole…
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SYDNEY, Tues. -- The South Australian Government has given £10,000 towards the relief of flood victims in New South Wales…
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Some idea of the extent of the flooding in Lismore is gained from this picture of North Lismore homes. The photograph was taken from the "Northern Star" building a t 7.30 a.m. on Sunday morning…
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A spontaneous reaction of the women of Grafton and South Grafton against the delay in the implementation of a scheme of flood control on the Clarence culminated in an emergency meeting of women of both towns at South Grafton yesterday…
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Local Government has opened a fund for the relief of victims of the disaster on the North Coast, and an…
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MACLEAN, Tues.--Flood damage on Harwood, Chatsworth, Goodwood and Warregah Islands amounts…
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"Mine is a weak voice crying in, the wilderness for flood prevention, but the 'Daily Examiner' has…
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LAWRENCE. -- During the height of the flood a coil of wire was needed to repair damage to fences…
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CORAMBA. -- Mr. V. Jerrett a farmer of Coramba had a nasty experience during the recent flood…
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