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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

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Devastating Floods. Heavy Loss of Life in Japan. Tokio, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 5

Further devastating floods on Sunday are reported from Korea, in which over 120 were drowned. Numbers are missing, including 50 priests…

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Flood Relief Help for the Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 2

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

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Latest Cables. Wool Sales—no Sign Op Airman Hooke—floods in Japan London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day there was a- large selection of super, good style spinners' sorts, but Yorkshire was buying nothing. Other sorts were in small…

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

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 3

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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Grants for Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

The Under-Secretary, Department of Local Government, has written to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., as follows, with regard to his…

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Flood Relief Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

A meeting of ladies interested in sweet-making and supper arrangements in connection with the Morpeth Flood Relief Concert will be…

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Flood Message

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 5

During the recent flood, four bottles were thrown into the Hunter River, near Denman, with messages enclosed, on June 19. A reply from…

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Repairing Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 8

The Municipal Council made application for £1000 towards cost of repairing damage done by the flood, and a reply was received from the…

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Flood Relief at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 6

The Mayor of East Maitland (Alderman A. J. Baker) intimated by advertisement elsewhere in this issue that the subscription list at the East…

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Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 6

Mr. C. R. Garnham presided over a meeting of the Maitland district flood relief committee in the Town Hall last evening. It was reported…

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Flood Prevention. Co-operation of Chamber of Commerce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 5

Mr. W. F O'Heara M.L.A,, this morning interviewed the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. J. Allsopp regarding the support of…

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Flood Message

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 4

A bottle was found lying near Wallis. Crook entrance, and when opened, the following message was found inside, "This message was…

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Scheme to Obviate Floods In Low-lying Areas of Cessnock. PROPOSED £17,4)00 CHANNEL Deputation to Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

SOME IDEA of the hardships experienced by the people in the Heart of Cessnock in tinea of flood was given by a deputation which last…

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Unemployment. the Council Censured. Repairing Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 2

A motion of censure against the West Maitland Council, for its delay in approaching the Economic Council for a share of…

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Meeting at Morpeth Flood Prevention and Relief for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 8

The Mayor of Morpeth, Alderman Cuteliffe, presided ever a very large meeting of the people of Morpeth and surrounding districts held at the…

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Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 4

The Maitland Flood Relief Committee met last evening, and considered a large number of applications from farmers in the Hunter district,…

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Flood Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 4

A very enjoyable evening was spent, at the ambulance, station on Thursday last, when the ladies and men's ambulance classes promoted a…

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More Maitland Flood Trouble

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 5

ON THE TOP OF ITS FLOOD DAMAGE, Maitland has found another worry—one of the piers supporting the Belmore Bridge has been…

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Heavy Rain No Play Against Durham. Fairfax Improves. LONDON, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 5

Tho Australians were to have commenced a match against Durham at Sunderland to-day, but heavy and continuous rain made play…

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The Fourth Test. Week-end Deluge at Manchester. London, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 5

Manchester has been living up to its reputation for wetness. It had a week-end deluge and there have been frequent showers since, so there…

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