Severe Storm In Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Monday—One of the worst storms remembered in Adelaide was experienced yesterday. Damage is estimated at hundreds…
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Floods & storms, 1948
306 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16
Gale Assists Horses In Morning Trials Mine Host Gallops Smartly Into Head Wind At Moorefield
SYDNEY, Thursday. — A strong south-westerly ga[?] assisted horses in the straight at most tracks during this morning’s trials. At Randwick, Wellington, ridden by jockey Neville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Mitigation And Water Conservation Minister Calling More Hunter Conferences
The New South Wales Government proposes to under take an extensive programme of works within the Hunter valley with the object of mitigation the severe flood which, in the past, have caused such considerable damage to private…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camouflaged Dictatorship" says Shire President Flood Mitigation Commutes Report Criticised
Commenting upon the action of the Flood Mitigation Committee, when it submitted a report to the Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) covering an expenditure of £8,500,000, Cr. A. C. Marshall, president of Patrick Plains Shire Council,…
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LONDON, April 24.—An hour after leaving Shannon the Pan-American Constellation plane, in which Mr. de Valera left for…
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (AAP-Reuter).—Two British Soldiers were killed and an officer injured on Friday when a tree,…
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NSW Forecast: Light to moderate rain over most of the eastern half of NSW, with some heavy falls on the slopes and…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—A cyclone which is moving from the near Rockhampton is creating heavy flooding in the Mary…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Flood warnings on the central and south, coast districts, where torrential two rain has fallen In the past…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Heavy damage was done to farmlands waken the Richmond and Tweed rivers broke their bahka’ at the…
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N.S.W. Forecast. More moderate to heavy rain in the south. eastern and central areas, contracting; south-eastwards, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Mitigation in Hunter Valley Liaison Committee to Be Formed
At last week's big conference in Scone, the Commissioner (Mr. F. H. Brewster) dealt with his suggestion that a Trust might be constituted to control the flood mitigation works in a general way. His…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Three men, including a doctor, who had been trapped in flood waters between Beulah and Tranjara,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thanked for Flood Boat
Maitland City Council has been thanked by the Police Commissioner for making its flood boat available for the search in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Uproots Large Tree
At the tail-end of the gale which swept the Manning and adjacent districts in the early hours of Monday morning, the large gum tree in the…
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It would be a wrong action on the part of the Government if the lower Hunter were called upon to pay rates before the dams…
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NSW Forecast: Rain fairly general in the central and south-eastern districts, and scattered in the remainder, Scattered…
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It was planned to cut canals to shorten the Hunter River at Maitland as part of the scheme to overcome flooding in the Lower Hunter, the Commissioner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tears Follow Storm In French Tennis
PARIS, May 23. — Tears flowed In the women’s section of the French tennis championships yesterday when the 26-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Flood Waters Give Newcastle a Harbour?
Should the powers that are trying to rid the Hunter River of Hood water —that will cause untold damage unless something is done—decide to open…
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