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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
53 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
The s.s. Mataura, G. E. Bird, R.N.R, commander, arrived in Wellington at one p.m. on the 26th March. She left Panama on the morning of the 27th February, at 8.30 a.m., with the European mails and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday evening a deputation from the West Maitland Borough Council, consisting of the Mayor, Aldermen Rourke, Creer, Olliffe, Eckford, Mullen, and Wolstenholme, waited upon the Borough Council of East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our newspaper exchanges, North and West, contain accounts of the great snow storm on the 1st and 2nd March. It seems to have raged most severely in the vicinity of Chicago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The plan for flood-gates at Wallis' Greek, adopted by the West Maitland Borough Council at the weekly meeting on Friday last, is a modification or reduction of two of the former designs submitted to the Council, and while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Borough Council's of East and West Maitland, and of the committee appointed some time since of the purpose, was held to take into consideration the reduced plans of the flood-gates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In our last number we reported the proceedings of a meeting between the East and West Maitland Borough Counoils, and other gentlemen interested, held at the West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting, convenced by the Mayor of Morpeth, upon requisition, was held at the Court-home in that borough yesterday afternoon to take into consideration the preposals to erect flood gates at Wallis Greek end the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—I find in this morning's Mercury a letter from a correspondent, who, I suppose in order to mislead, hails from Narrowgut, and speciously signs himself "Fair Play." This letter has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Self-preservation is the first law of nature; but at the same time, while securing ourselves from any calamity, we should also consult the safety of our neighbour. I think flood-gates are absolutely necessary at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Will you allow me to make a few remarks about these flood-gates: In the first place, I am in favour of their being erected as soon as possible; but I think it would be advisable to reconsider the site for same. I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT was, in our view, a mistake for residents of West Maitland, Louth Park, and other places liable to inundation from Wallis' Creek, to take any course that might be construed as an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The adjourned public meeting of the inhabitants of the district of Morpeth, convened upon requisition to the Mayor of the borough, was held in the Court-house, Morpeth, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A largely attended and influential public meeting of inhabitants of the police district of Maitland was held on Tuesday evening in the ball of the West Maitland School of Arts. The Warden of the district, S. Scholey, Esq,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—In your report, headed "Flood-gates at Wallis[?] Creek," of a public meeting, held in Maitland a few days ago, I read with much interest a speech of Mr. P. Green's, in which he submitted a proposal for carrying off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the courtesy of Mr. Burns we are enabled to publish, at an early period after its completion, Mr. Moriarty's report on floods in the Hunter. It is a lengthy and able report, but at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are indebted to Mr. Burns for a copy of Mr. Moriarty's Report on Floods in the Hunter. REPORT ON THE FLOODS IN THE HUNTER. THE ENGINEER-IN CHIEF FOR HARBOURS AND RIVER…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Having in the foregoing pages given a brief history of the different floods which have devastated the lower portion of the valley of the Hunter, as far as the facts can be collected from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT will be seen from the report that Mr. Moriarty rejects the view adopted by some— that one great cause of the floods in the Hunter is the ponding up of the waters at Newcastle by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—A perusal of your resume in the Mercury of 16th instant of Mr. Moriarty's report on floods in the Hunter, and a cursory glance over that portion of the report which appears in the same issue, induce me to commit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I would wish most respectfully, through the medium of your columns, to call the attention of the Mayor of this municipality to the necessity of calling a public meeting to consider the desirability of moving in…
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