Floods and the Depth of the River (To the Editor)
Sir.—Your correspondent Mr. Matthewson does not quite appreciate the elementary process of the formation of river valleys. A river runs down from the mountains and…
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Floods & storms, 1948
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Sheep Dying in Hundreds After Severe Dust Storm
Sheep are dying in hundreds in the far north west of the state after severe dust storms. Some graziers are sending their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Mitigation Opposed "Thousands of Acres Will Be Thrown Out of Production." Dairy Farmers' Protest
Mr. A. J. Taylor, secretary of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, told delegates at the quarterly meeting held at Muswellbrook yesterday, that the Government should concentrate on water conservation schemes,…
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MILLER’S FOREST: When Mr. A. Smith, delegate to the conference on Flood Mitigation at Maitland recently, tendered…
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Maitland Post Office registered 21 points for a short storm which burst over Maitland at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Maximum and…
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Twelve thousand aeres of river flat in the Warkworth area, would be thrown out of production if the water conservation scheme now contemplated is carried out. Mr. A. J. Taylor, secretary of the Upper Hunter District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Killed and One Hundred Injured Disastrous Cyclone In India
BOMBAY, Nov. 23.—At least seven people have been killed and 100 injured in the worst cyclone ever recorded in Western India. Twenty-five thousand others, mostly poor persons, whose huts were blown away, are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Hail Storm Hits Cessnock Hundreds of Windows Broken; Fowls Killed
In a severe 15-minute hailstorm at Cessnock yesterday afternoon, hundreds of windows were broken, vegetable flower gardens battered, fruit trees stripped and poultry killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worst Hail Storm in History of the District. Home Gardeners Suffered Worst
Home gardeners were the main sufferers in yesterday's hail storm, which was regarded by old hands as the worst ever to be experienced in the district Hail in some cases as big as bantam's eggs, fell for 15…
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BOMBAY, Nov. 24.—Bombay is slowly recovering from the cyclone which It Is feared cost 63 lives during the 24 hours It…
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Bombay is slowly recovering from the cyclone, which it is feared cost 63 lives during the 24 hours it rased…
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Kearsley Shire Council has advised Lower Hunter Shire Council that the present caretaker of Dalwood foldboat had notified…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sympathy Messages Flood Cable Lines
Cable lines into London from the British Commonwealth and many other parts of the world carried record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter River Flood Control Deputation
A deputation from the Lower and Central Hunter River Flood Mitigation Committees waited on the Minister for Conservation…
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Cr. T. McCarthy told Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday that the Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) would visit Hunter River…
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NSW Forecast: Showers and some thunderstorms in the northeast and showers fairly generally on the central coast and…
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Following a thunderstorm about 8.30 this morning, steady rain fell for a great part of the day, the registration at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →12,000 Acres of River Flat Threatened "Water Before Flood Mitigation"
Twelve thousand acres of river flat in the Warkworth area would be thrown out of production if the water conservation scheme now…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Mr. A. C. Marshall, with Mr. D’Arcy Rose, MLA, represented Central Hunter when the Lower Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opposed to Recommendations Cr. A. C. Marshall on Flood Mitigation
President of the Central Hunter Flood Mitigation Committee (Cr. A. C. Marshall) said yesterday he strongly…
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