Flood Mitigation and Water Conservation
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday nighty, presided over by Mr. F. Edstein, General Richardson, addressed the Chamber on the need for flood…
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Floods & storms, 1944
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Flood Problem On Hunter
Mr. D. Richardson addressed the Raymond Terrace Chamber Commerce on the need for some form of water conservation…
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MELBOURNE Saturday.— The Swedish paper, “Afton Tidningen” of the 8th February, quotes the Dutch paper, “Haagsche…
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 13— The worst floods in South Africa for the last 10 years, are sweeping across the Transvaal Veldt…
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The violent electrical a which struck Newcastle [?] yesterday afternoon was at panied displays of…
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SYDNEY Saturday. — .Particularly heavy rain in the metropolitan area this morning resulted to falls of up to four inches in…
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CESSNOCK Sat.—The committee raising funds to assist Millfield people who suffered loss when their homes were damaged…
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The Millfield Cyclone Relief Committee appealed to the various mine lodges, through the Miners' Federation, asking for assistance for the victims of the…
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To aid the victims of the Millfield cyclone, Messrs. Low Bros., proprietors of the Paxton Theatre, have offered to run a benefit night on Thursday, 2nd…
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The Kalingo Branch of the Communist Party took up a collection on behalf of the Kalingo Miners' Lodge for the victims of the recent storm in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peeps Into the Past Singleton 15 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated February 22, 25, and 27, 1929) Flood Message
Mr G. Almond, of Doyle's Creek, threw a bottle into the Hunter River on 9th February, stating in a message that it had been cast upon…
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The Millfield Cyclone Relief Committee would like to correct a statement made by some people concerning their activities. It has been stated that only…
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Mr. E. O. K. Green, chief engineer of the Department of Public Works, conferred with the regional committee of the…
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The provision of a lock below the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace would prove of inestimable value to farmers, Mr. P…
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The Rusians have stormed their way across the River Bug, leaving the Germans no choice but to continue their costly retreat to the Rumanian…
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A tropical storm struck Sydney and suburbs this morning, causing considerable damage. Many houses were flooded…
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SYDNEY Monday—A tropical storm struck Sydney and suburbs this morning, causing considerable damage. Many houses…
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LONDON March 22.—Preparations to flood the Chanue and North Sea coasts are among ant invasion measures announced by…
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NAPLES March 23—A tremendous cloud of smoke, which ascended two to three miles accompanied a new outbreak of Java from Vesuvius this afternoon, but the fear of. farther danger from about ten streams of lava moving…
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The Germans are ready to flood vast areas of the North Sea coast in the event of invasion, according to Berlin radio…
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