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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

217 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 11

To Overcome the Floods a New Bridge for Towrang

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

Mulwaree Shire Council yesterday approved plans for the construction of a bridge over the Wollondilly River at Towrang, at a cost of £4500…

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New England New State Convention Preference Urged For Work In Flood Regions

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 August 1950 · page 1

MOREE: At the New England New State Convention, which began at Moree, a resolution was carried urging that, as a matter of national urgency,, the New South Wales Government be urged to suspend all expenditure on, developmental…

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Lull Before Storm In Korea? Allied Navies Strike Blow At Inchon

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 5

TOKYO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter): American and British warships and carrier planes have struck their most massive blow of the Korean war-a two-day strike at the North Korean port of Inchon, the gateway to Seoul…

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£1500 Grant For Shire's Roads Relief For Flood Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 4

Mulwaree Shire Council yesterday decided to accept £1500 from the Public Works and Local Government Department towards the cost of repairing flood damage…

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Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

New York's State Governor, Mr. Dewey, caused a storm when he referred to Russian "slave…

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From Everywhere Flood Aid

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 4

From an appeal which closed last week, the Agriculture Minister, Mr. Graham, obtained 104 trucks of fodder valued at about…

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Grafton Has Had 27 Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 2

Since 1889 Grafton and the Clarence district have suffered 27 floods—four of them occurred in 1890 and three in…

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Rugby and Flood Relief

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 3

The citizens of Rugby have raised over £57 for the relied of flood victims. The amount would have been…

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£1300 Flood Damage Claim For Government Relief

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 3

It was stated at the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night that damage to the extent of £1300 had been done to streets…

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Thunderstorms

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 2

Thunderstorms on Sunday night and early Monday morning yielded 37 points of rain at Yass. More rain fell last night, 15 points…

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Costly Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 1

A severe storm which lasted only a few minutes in Junee, and in which 75 points of rain were registered, caused…

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Violent Storm at Barrallier

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 8

On Friday night a severe electrical storm occurred. Fuses and carbons were blown from telephones and smashed to…

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Not Nearly Enough Gunning Shire And Grant For Flood Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

At the meeting of the Gunning Shire Council, Cr. T. R. Medway was granted leave of absence. The meeting was presided over by Dr. W. M. Barbour…

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Heavy Rain All Around Nearly Two Inches In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 October 1950 · page 4

Goulburn rivers and creeks broke their banks last night after the biggest rain storm for a few months had occurred in this district. The rainfall recording at…

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Threats of Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Dubbo. Forbes, Wagga, Gundagai and Mungindi age all threatened by floods…

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Heavy Damage In Floods At Forbes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Lachlan River at Forbes has ceased to rise after reaching the record height of 34 feet…

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Crookwell and Flood Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 3

Crookwell Shire Council submitted an application for a grant of £3085, for repair of this year's flood damage, to the Minister…

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Floods in Eugowra Racing Through Main Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Homes and buildings in Eugowra are being undermined by raging flood waters…

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Bedgerebong Isolated by Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: An aeroplane from Forbes this morning dropped food for the isolated township of Bedgerebong…

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Liner In Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Several passengers were slightly injured when a 70-mile an hour gale battered the liner Moncwal in the Tasman…

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