Recruiting Storm
London, June 2.—Political storms are likely over an Australian plan to recruit 4,500 men in England for the Australian…
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Floods & storms, 1950
386 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 20
Coastal Floods Are Predicted
Sydney.—The Weather Bureau has issued flood warnings for the Hunter, Nepean and Shoalhaven rivers, which rose sharply during the night. The Hunter broke its banks at…
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Sydney.—Residents of the 200-miles section of the Lachlan River, between Forbes and Hillston, in the south-west are threatened with a flooding nearly as bad as the record floods of two months ago…
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Sydney.—A fireball struck the Masonic Temple, Hurstville, last night, ripped a 10-feet hole in the roof and hurled bricks and mortar 25 yards away. It then flashed 50 yards down…
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Sydney. June 11.—Forbes' population of 9.000 received a reprieve today from a flooding worse than in April when 2,000 were made homeless. The Lachian River…
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Sydney.—The danger of serious flooding has passed from Parkes, but towns farther down the Lachlan River are still threatened…
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Sydney.—Floods in several areas of the State during the past week have already caused damage estimated at more than two million pounds. Heavier losses are expected before the floods…
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Sydney, June 13.—Heavy rain on the central and south coast of New South Wales has caused widespread flooding and damage estimated at more than…
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HEAVY RAIN has flooded low-lying areas along the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers at Richmond and Windsor, NSW. TOP—Water swirling over the Hawkesbury River's Windsor bridge, which was completely under water when these pictures…
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Adelaide.—Drovers now bringing a mob of cattle down the Birdsville track for the Adelaide market will try to beat Cooper's Creek floodwaters to a crossing point…
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Sydney.—Damage by rain and floods has been widespread, and one man is known to have been drowned. An elderly man was swept from…
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Sydney.—Record rains which have flooded half of the State have disorganised all transport and have forced people from their homes, with staggering property damage, and have caused the death of…
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Sydney.—Floods in the Clarence district and more rain as far south as Sydney, may result from a big cyclonic storm located early today about 50-100 miles off Clarence Heads…
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Sydney.—More flooding of part of South Maitland and Maitland, in northern N.S.W., is expected today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Ward Causes Storm In Canberra Mrs. Menzies Attacked Over Use Of Car
Canberra, June 21. — Uproar and a series of heated interjections greeted Mr. Ward (Lab., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives yesterday when he questioned the Government on the use of o motor car by the "wife of a Member of…
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SOME enterprising citizens were at work last night. When the Cross River Ganc behind the Southern Cross Hotel)…
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Sydney, June 25:—R.A.A.F. Dakota planes and army ducks are being rushed to the assistance of more than 10,000 people rendered homeless in northern N.S.W. by the worst floods on record. Grafton (population 12,000) and Kempsey…
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Sydney.—Hundreds of terrified residents prepared to flee from their homes at Maitland today, as part of the Jenkins Dam began to collapse, letting loose a huge body of water from the Hunter River…
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Canberra. June 28.—Federal Cabinet may investigate the possibility of relief for the flood devastated areas of New South Wales tomorrow. The worst…
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Sydney.—Although the floodwaters at Kempsey and Grafton are receding slowly it is expected to be many days before residents will be able to return to their flooded homes…
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