Golf Played in a Gale. "Diggers'" Cup Games
The wind blew at ga e force during Sunday afternoon, when the Muswellbrook Golf Club held its annual A.I.F. ("Diggers") Cup outing. The weather…
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Floods & storms, 1942
139 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 7
Flood Warning
A warning that floods ar expected between the Clarence and Manning River's was issued last night. The rain has been widespread, and some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News Stalingrad Holds Repeated Nazi Attacks Beaten Off. Enemy Bayonetted From Houses. Fighting in Snow-storms Near Black Sea. Allied Offensive Expected in Desert. U.S. Admits Loss of Three Heavy Cruisers. in Naval Battle Off Solomons in Early August. Roosevelt's Confidence. "Allies Will Win This War." London
Enemy planes in a raid yesterday against a south English coast town, bombed a home for crippled, children. A three-year-old boy was killed and…
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Not for 11 or 12 years has there been an overflow from the river until now. The heavy rains over the Hunter, Williams and Paterson Valleys have swollen the…
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Jim, aixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fuller, of Alison Public School, went rabbitting on Tuesday afternoon down to the river. The…
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The rain that has fallen throughout this district is welcomed toy men on the land and the public generally, it conies at the best time of the year…
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Since yesterday morning there has been little rain on the lower Hunter, although conditions are still threatening. Reports…
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RAYMOND TERRACE Sat.— During the flood in the Hunter and Williams Rivers, water entered the back yards of houses…
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SYDNEY Sat.—It is estimates that more than £50,000 worth of damage to crops in New South Wales USB done by the recent…
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The Hunter River which reached a height of 29 feet at Wes Maitland yesterday remained at that level for some time it…
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WASHINGTON Oct 18.—Swirling flood waters of the Potomac, and other rivers menaced sections of the capital, and caused…
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The Commonwealth No. 2 Colliery in the western district cannot be worked because it is flooded with water from the recent rains. The colliery is…
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Mr. C. H. Teague, of "Kelvin," Moonan Brook, writes: In your report in "The Advocate" of the recent big flood in Moonan…
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LITHGOW Friday.— Pumping operations which followed flooding of section of Commonwealth No. 2 colliery recently have ceased…
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The recent flood has left a big deposit of mud about nine inches deep in some cases. This will improve the fertility of the land in time, but…
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Following a report by the engineer, Mr. W, B. Lindsay, on [?] damage within Tarro Shire, [?]ouncil, at its meeting today,…
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Action in respect to flooded trenches at Cessnock was a matter for the approval of the Public Works Department and not the N.E.S., the N.E.S…
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ADELAIDE Monday— Flood-waters washed away part of the Broken Hill railway line near Mingary, submerged miles of…
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CALCUTTA Nov. 3.—It was [?]cially revealed to-day that [?]000 people were killed at Mid[?] and Pargauas when a…
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It was officially revealed yesterday that 11,000 people were killed at Midnapore and Parganas when a 24-hour cyclone…
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