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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 16

Winter Milk Production Floods Have Changed Outlook

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 2

"A fortnight ago, the prospects for winter milk production in the Maitland district were never brighter. That has all been changed and the…

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Flood Damage At Seaham

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 4

SEAHAM: With the exception of a few low-lying areas which are still covered, flood waters have receded from farms in the…

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Central Coast Flood Relief

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 4

Hon. W. J. McKell, K.C., M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales states; The provisions of the State Government's Flood Relief Scheme which is now…

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Barbed Wire For Flood Damage Repairs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the release of a limited quantity of galvanised barbed wire the Commonwealth Disposals…

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Flood Boats Too Heavy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 4

Claiming that the present flood boats were too heavy and required too much manpower to operate them, Miller’s Forest…

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Flood Danger To Road Travellers (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 8

Sir,-No provision appears to be made for the protection of motorists and drivers of other vehicles When floods occu[?] in the South Maitland district, and no…

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Assistance for Flood Victims

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 4

The provisions of the State Flood Relief Scheme, which is now operating for the assistance of house holders and farmers, whose…

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Shire Surveys Flood Havoc £10,000 to Replace Roads and Bridges

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 4

A special meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers on Tuesday last to consider the damage to shire roads and…

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Central Coast Flood Relief Government's Prompt and Generous Provision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

The provisions of the Slate Government's Flood Relief Scheme which is now operating for the assistance of householders and farmers whose…

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Flood Damage Relief Premier Interviewed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

A deputation waited on the Premier, Mr. W. J. McKell, at Raymond Terrace on Friday, regarding flood damage relief and the release of…

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Flood Effects At Raymond Terrace

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 5

RAYMOND TERRACE: A feature of the recent floods was the amount of silt deposited from the Williams flood waters…

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Flood Damage to Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 4

At the Council meeting on May 3, the Engineer reported that during the past fortnight considerable damage has been done to the roads, bridges and culverts…

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Fish Scarce Floods the Cause

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 3

Following the rains, during Easter week, there was a fish famine in Tea Gardens. Several fishermen told us that they ate eggs on Good Friday…

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Miller’s Forest Recovering From Flood Disaster

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 4

MILLER’S FOREST. —Delightful weather has been experienced at Miller’s Forest during the past three weeks…

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Barbed Wire For Flood Relief

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2

On April 26 last, during the visit of the Premier (Mr. McKell), Mr. A. J. O’Brien, secretary or the Raymond Terrace…

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Minimising Flood Damage Heavy Losses

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2

“Floods in this district are just as much the concern of the town people as the farmers, but to the majority they are just…

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Women Storm Bakery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 1

A mob of 500 women stormed the local bakery at Ascoli (Italy) and carried off over 300 lbs. of bread before the police Intervened. The…

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Italian Women Storm Bakery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 1

ROME, May 15.—A mob of 500 women stormed the local bakery in the town of Ascoli and carried off over…

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Damage To Flood Embankment

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 3

With a view to getting financial assistance to restore flood embankments in the Dunmore, Raworth, Dagworth and Louth…

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Prevention of Floods

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 4

Maitland branch of the Australian Communist Party in a letter to Lower Hunter Shire Council, suggested that a survey…

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