Letters to the Editor. Flood Mitigation
Sir,—I am sorry if I hurt Mr. Cavalier's feelings by what he considers a personal reference, but when he claimed to know the mind of Providence in regard to the object…
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Floods & storms, 1913
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Flood Mitigation
The serious danger that threatens Singleton and district from inundation by floods has aroused the people to the fact that some steps must be taken to grapple with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rough Weather. Hawkesbury Flooded
The Hawkesbury River at Richmond was 30 feet high on Saturday, being 3ft. deep on the main road to Kurrajong. It was still rising steadily…
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Mr. French, an officer of the public Works Department who came to Maitland when the recent flood was at its height and secured interesting records as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage. Question of Promulgating a Scheme to Prevent Floods. the Engineer's Report
Major Nicholson has succeeded in getting a copy of the Director-General's report on the flood damage at Maitland, prepared at the instance of the Minister of Works. Following is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Objection to Embankments. Big Meeting at Morpeth. Strong Protest Entered. Comprehensive Flood Mitigation Desired
In response to a requisition, a public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Morpeth (Alderman Edwards), was held in the School of Arts last evening, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Relief Committee. Adjourned Meeting
The adjourned meeting of the general committee of the flood relief movement in Maitland was held at the Mayor's room, Town Hall, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Souvenir
We have received from Mr. H. A. Porter a souvenir published by him of the recent flood, including a brief description and a dozen views, mostly photographed by the publisher,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Fund. Meeting at Kurri Kurri
A meeting of residents of Kurri was held at Messrs. Shephard, Foster, & Co.'s rooms on Tuesday evening, to consider the question of taking steps to raise funds towards the relief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief
At the monthly meeting of the Hospital committee, held on Monday last, the Mayor (Alderman Head) met the committee to discuss matters in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Flood Mitigation
Sir,—I have road the usual flood-begon crop of correspondence on the subject, in your columns with, I must confess, little profit. Since your corerspondents make a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusements. Flood Relief [?]
There was an excellent attendance at the Town Hall last evening when Mr. L. Prime produced one of his highly popular picture programmes as a method of assisting in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Weather in Germany. Storms and Heat. (By Cable.) London
Excessive heat throughout Germany has been followed by violent storms, cloudbursts, and hurricanes. Many houses have been, destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. Flood Mitigation
Sir.—Since the recent flood at West Maitland your widely read paper has contained numerous suggestions for the mitigation of floods in future, and reports of various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Financing Flood Mitigation Schemes
The letter appearing in another column from "Nor-Wester" on the subject of the financing of flood mitigation schemes for the Hunter is deserving of special notice,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Singleton Letter. Flood Mitigation
A public meeting was held in the Council-chambers on Wednesday night for the purpose of considering the advisability of establishing a complete system of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Damage—Cessnock Shire. Engineer's Report. Cessnock
The Cessnock Shire engineer, Mr. G. Lindeman, submitted a detailed report of flood damage to council last week. The report is as follows:—Serious loss…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Damage. Question of Promulgating a Scheme for Preventing Floods. the Engineer's Report
Major Nicholson has succeeded in getting a copy of the Director-General's report on the flood damage at Maitland, prepared at the instance of the Minister of Works. Following is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Relief Committee. Adjourned Meeting
The adjourned meeting of the general committee of the flood relief movement in Maitland was held at the Mayor's room. Town Hall, on Wednesday. The Mayor (Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Floods in America
A few weeks ago our cable messages informed us of huge floods in America, involving great loss of life and immense destruction of property. A few facts and…
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