Outburst Described As Storm In A Tea-cup Statements by Aldermen Following Letter
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1
The Mayor of Singleton (Ald. G. Hayes) said last night that the outburst which had been made by Ald. C. H. Dunlop at last meeting over the Loan Committee was "a storm in a tea cup."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News Flood Damage From April Rains
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 4
The engineer (Mr. O. W. Wikner), at yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council, gave an estimate of the flood damage in various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freak Storm Causes Damage In Sydney Walls Blown Down By Gale
Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 4
SYDNEY, Monday—on the coldest day since August 23, last, Sydney was struck by a freak storm, accompanied by a 70 miles gale, which unroofed buildings, blew down two walls of a factory, brought down high tension wires and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Causes Derailment
Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 3
BATHURST, Monday. — The main western line was torn for a considerable distance last night as a result of the derailment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Gale Strikes Sydney Streets Blocked by Debris
Singleton Argus · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2
Buildings were unroofed, electric cables blown down, and fires started by a gale reaching a velocity of 72 miles an hour, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Damaged By Floods
Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2
STROUD, Monday — Stroud Shire Council adopted the recommendation of the engineer that the tender of W. T. Avery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Floods Problem
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2
Sir.—Now that the flood has gone and things are drying up, there is talk of assessing the extent of the damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Race Against Flood
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5
Rotarian E. Thorncraft, engineer manager of the Maitland City council’s electricity department, was at Lismore before he came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fencing Wire for Flooded Farm Areas
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2
Dungog branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has been busily engaged in an effort to procure plain and barbed wire for farmers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weather Reports At Flood Time
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4
At a meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of the Primary Producers’ Union the absence of weather reports in flood time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hail in Freak Storm
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 3
Weather peculiarities yesterday afternoon brought an unexpected fall of hail to parts of Oakhampton and Aberglasslyn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engineer’s Report On Flood Damage Roads and Drains In Serious State
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 4
The following report from Maitland City Council engineer (Mr. Brandt) cm flood damage in the Maitland area was submitted by the works committee to last night’s meeting of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.l.p. Urges Mitigation of Floods
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2
At the meeting of the West Maitland branch of the A.L.P. It was decided on the motion of Mr. F. Wall; seconded by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Restoring Broken Flood Embankments Two Suggestions Made On Behalf of Government(From our special representative)
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 5
SYDNEY Thursday—When a deputation of land holders from flooded areas of the Maitland district applied this morning for Government financial assistance in the reconstruction of broken embankments they were offered two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Deaths in America
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 5
NEW YORK. May 31. — The “New York Times” says that as the Susuehanna River floods slowly subside, the incomplete…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Storm Sweeps Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY Thursday—As a tor rential rati[?]onsorm swept Sydney last night tone of rock and earth became diolo[?]ged from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Hampers Track Gallops Prince Excels In Half Mile At Randwick On Steeple Track
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 5
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Heavy overnight rain practice wiped out gallops in Sydney this morning. From most tracks three inches of rain was reported to have fallen up to 6 a.m. Randwick, Moorefield and Ascot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Lucerne Crops Recover
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 6
Though floods did an enormous amount of damage, especially on the Lower Hunter, there were areas of lucerne and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →King Umberto Delays Departure From Italy Monarchists Storm the City Hall
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 1
ROME June 11.— On the score that result of the referendum on the Monarchy is ''indefinite.'' Kind Umberto according to an announcement from the palace has delayed his departure from Italy to Portugal, where Queen Marie has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“We Are Under Heavy Fire” Dramatic Message From Naples Monarchists Attempt To Storm Communist Quarters (A.A.P. Ser.)
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1
LONDON, June 12.—“All hell has broken loose” in Naples as the result of clashes between police and troops and a huge crowd of Monarchist demonstrators, says the American Associated Press correspondent in a dramatic message from the city…
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