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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

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Flood Damage at Singleton. £3000 or Over

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 1

At a special meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council the engineer (Mr. O. Wiluier) presented an exhaustive report concerning. damage…

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Stanhope. Farmers Suffer Through Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 2

The losses sustained by farmers throughout the district through the recent floods were conaiderable. In many places sand several feet…

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Flood Relief. Successful Benefit, Concert. Winn's Joy Spreaders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 6

There was a large attendance in the West Maitland Town Hall last evening, when the members of When and Company's Joy Spreaders'…

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Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 4

A full meeting of the Maitland flood relief committee will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday night, at 7.30…

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Cost of Repairs. Flood-damaged. Roads. ... CESSNOCK, Frday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 4

The engineer to Kearaley Saire Mr. Shine reporter to the council last night that, his estimate of the cast of repairs to Hood-damaged roads…

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The C.W.A. and Flood Relief

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the Scone and district branch of the Country Women's Association was held on Friday last. Present: Mesdames J. Davies (President),…

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"The Cockfighter" Its Part in Hunter River Floods Mr G. B. White's Survey

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 10

Wollombi Brook, more familiarly known especially in flood time, as "The Cockfighter," plays a very large part in Hunter River floods at…

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Flood Damage £11,400 Washaways in Kearsley Shire. Governments Miserly £5Oo Grant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 5

Damage estimated to total £11,407 was done to the roads in the Kearsley Shire area by the recent floods The main roads were affected to the…

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Cessnock Flood Invention a Vital Matter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 8

Four floods in three years, and the last for 37 years! Such is Cessnock's record of floods. Perhaps no worse than other centres, but perhaps worse…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 8

Sir,—As a native or the Maitland district, born 1860, when one of the grant floods, took place, I make no apology for writing you this letter…

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Flood Relief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 6

The Mayor of West Maitland (Alderman R. L. Ponder), presided at a meeting in the Town Hall last evening to arrive at a decision in regard…

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Assisting Flood Affected Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 6

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Thorby, Minister for Agriculture, regarding the position of settlers…

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Flood Relief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 4

A meeting of the citizens of the Paterson district will be held in the School of Arts, Paterson, on Friday next, July 18, at 8 p.m., to consider…

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Flood Relief. General Committee Meets. Work Nearing End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 6

At a meeting of the (Flood Relief Committee, held at the Town Hall on Saturday evening, a sub-committee was appointed…

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Flooded Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 4

The flood waters are receding slowly from the farms at Fishery Creek, Louth Park, Dagworth, and Lochond, and there is still a considerable area…

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Clarence Town's Flood Relief Effort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 4

In response to an appeal for flood relief a committee at Clarence Town arranged to send financial assistance by holding a euchre party and dance…

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Flood Messages

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 2

On June 19, during the recent floods, four bottles were thrown into the Hunter River, near Deninan, with message enclosed. A reply from the finder of…

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Aid for Farmers. in Flood Affected Areas. Gloucester Electorate Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 3

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., visited Raymond Terrace, Miller's Forest, Morpeth, Swan Reach, Nelson's Plains, and Eagleton at the…

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Letters to the Editor. Flood Relief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 3

Sir,—A committee has been formed, composed of the residents of Telarah, Rutherford and Homeville, the object of which is the…

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Oakhampton Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 4

Mr. E. A. J. Noble, secretary of the Oakhampton Road and Embankment Committee has received the following communication from Mr…

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