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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 7
On Wednesday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of West Maitland was held "for the purpose of devising means to prevent the inundation of this town." About one hundred and thirty persons (including the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The committee appointed at the public meeting held on Wednesday evening last to prepare resolutions for submission to the adjourned meeting, relative to the necessity of devising some means for the prevention of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening an adjourned publie meeting, to devise means for the prevention of floods in the town and district of West Maitland, was held in the School of Arts. The resolutions submitted to the meeting were those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held at the Police Office, Seone, on Monday, the 4th instant for the purpose of organising a committee to collect contributions in aid of the fnnds far the relief of the distress arising out of the late floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the Flood Relief Committee was held on Thursday afternoon, Mr. G. Vindin in the chair. The expenditure up to that time was calculated, and amounted to £775 14s. 9d., the whole of which sum had been voted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Wednesday evening, to devise means for relieving the distress occasioned by the recent disastrous flood, and for the purpose of electing a sub-oommittoe to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the Flood Relief Committee was held in the School of Arts, to consider a series of resolutions, of which the Rev. Mr. Thackeray had given notice. About twelve members were present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—In one of your leaders on Saturday last you say—"The statement made by Mr. Robertson, at the Relief Meeting, to the effect that in by-gone times wheat was sown at Singleton in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the Morpeth Flood Relief Committee was held at the Morpeth Court-house on Thursday, at noon. The members present were the Rev. Messrs. Walsh and Henderson, Messrs. W. M. Christian, T. Moffitt, O. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, at noon, a meeting of the Maitland bench of magistrates was held at the Court-house, West Maitland, in compliance with a circular written by the Clerk of Petty Sessions (Mr. Smithers), to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The present year will, to the residents of the fertile districts through which the Hunter passes, for a long time be made memorable by the frequency of the floods which it has been the era of. In last Saturday's issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JULY 18.—ANOTHER FLOOD.—Henceforth keep constantly In type "Another Disastrous Flood"; for, itseems that many weeks cannot pass without a flood to report. We have had another flood in Gunnedah, and, although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Henderson, Messrs 0. E Middleton, Whytlaw, R Wisdom, D. Sim, J. Newman, J. Pearse, and J. Portus, waited upon the Maitland Flood Relief Committee, as a deputation appointed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letters, received by the secretary of the Morpeth Flood Relief Committee, have been handed to us for publication:— "Empire Office, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon a meeting of persons interested in the question of flood-gates for Wallis' Creek was hold at the offices of Mr. Mullen (Mayor of West Maitland). The gentlemen present were the Rev. W. Purves, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE gentlemen who met togother on Friday, and guaranteed the payment of such expenses as may he involved in ascertaining the practicability and cost of erecting flood gates at Wallis'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter has been forwarded to the secretary of the Central Flood Relief Committee, Sydney, in reply to a communication published in a late issue of the Mercury:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The late floods In the Yarra Yarra, which caused so much loss and inconvenionce to the people of Melbourne, have led them to apply to the Government for prompt measures of relief. It appears that the subject has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday last we announced that the river was in high fresh; since then it has risen to flood level, and for the fifth or sixth time this year a great portion of the valley of the Hunter is inundated. The rain, which set…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At noon on Thursday an emergency meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held at the School of Arts, to consider what steps should be taken to prevent casualties by the then anticipated flood…
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