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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

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Hunter Flood Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 13

Below we print the report made by Mr. Darley, Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, upon Mr. H. D. Walsh's proposals to deal with Hunter River floods. It will be seen that while…

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Assistance to Floode Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 3

Mr. H. H. Brown, M.P., introduced a deputation to the Colonial Secretary requesting that assistance should be granted by the Government to farmers…

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Flood Mitigation. Public Meeting at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 4

A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at Morpeth yesterday evening for the purpose of organising assistance to make the mass meeting at East Maitland, on the 15th instant, a thorough…

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The Flood Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 2

A mass meeting of the people of the Hunter River district to commend Mr. Walsh's flood mitigation scheme would not be necessary if the government of this country were conducted…

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Letters to the Editor. the Flood Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 2

Sir,—It is gratifying to find that a deep interest exists in reference to flood mitigation and flood damage. And the hope is that something effective will now be done. Again and again we have hud flood…

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Hunter River Flood Prevention Movement. the Mass Meeting at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 3

This afternoon a mass open-air meeting, attended by about five hundred persons, was held in the Banks-street Reserve, East Maitland, under the presidency of Mr. G. T. Chambers, Mayor, for the…

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The Richmond River. the Festive Snake at Flood Time

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

Being at one time a resilient of the "Williams, and in my school days I recollect with what will we boys would join in a hunt after black snakes. I…

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Hunter River Flood Prevention Movement. the Mass Meeting at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a mass open-air meeting, attended by about five hundred persons, was held in the Banks-street Reserve, East Maitland, under the presidency of Mr. G. T. Chambers, mayor, for the…

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The Flood Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

IN connection, with Mr. Walsh's scheme for dealing with Hunter floods consideration should, we venture to suggest, be given to the manner in which the…

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Government Relief for Floodedout Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 5

Mr. H. H. Brown, M.P., introduced a deputation last week to the Colonial Secretary requesting that assistance should be granted by the Government to farmers on the Hunter River who had…

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The Flood Mitigation Movement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 2

ALTHOUGH me resolutions carried at the meet on Friday were not altogether such as we approve, the net result of the meeting is satisfactory. The gathering was marked by…

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The Tides at Newcastle and Hunter Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 2

At the East Maitland mass meeting in connection with the flood problem Mr. R.Scobia handed to our reporter a table which he had procured from Mr. H. D. Walsh, showing the rise of the tides in…

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The Flood Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 2

A LEADING article in the Herald of yesterday passes in review the resolutions carried at the meeting in East Maitland last week. To the tone of that article we do not take much…

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Floods and Newcastle Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 2

At the sitting of the Public Works Committee yesterday, Mr. C. W. Darley was further examined respecting the proposed improvements in Newcastle Harbour. The witness dealt with the question of…

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The Flood Problem

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 4

A LEADING article in the Herald of Wednesday passes in review the resolutions carried at the meeting in East Maitland last week. To the tone of that article we do not take much…

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Hunter River Flood Prevention Movement. the Mass Meeting at East Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 12

On Friday afternoon a mass open-air meeting, attended by about. live hundred person. was held in the Banks-street Reserve East Maitland, under the presidency of Mr. Q T. Chambera, Mayor, for the…

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The Tides at Newcastle and Hunter Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 5

At the East Maitland mans meeting in connection with the flood problem Mr. R. Scobio handed to our reporter a table which he had procured from Mr. H. D. Walsh, showing the rise of the tides in…

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Mitigation of Floods in the Hunter River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 4

The following resolutions will be submitted at a public meeting to be held at the Oddfellows Hall, Singleton, on Wednesday evening next. First resolution:—"That the vast destruction…

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Newcastle Harbour Improvements and Hunter Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 4

Yesterday, Mr. C. W. Darley, Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, was further examined by the Public Works Committee about the proposed improvements in Newcastle Harbour. We give a…

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Mitigation of Floods in the Hunter River. Meeting in Singleton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 2

THE following resolutions will be submitted at the public meeting on the above subject, to he held at the I Mechanics' Institute, this evening:—…

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