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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

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£400 DAMAGE Scout Hall Suffers in Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Scout Hall in Ford Street was badly damaged in the Saturday afternoon storm. It is estimated that about £400 damage was…

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Storms Damage Electrical System

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

Severe storms last month bad caused damage to Maitland City Council’s electrical reticulation system, the engineer-manager…

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Flood Experience

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

Mr. A. A. McDonald, of Dusodie, travelled to Sydney last Monday week when the heavy rains were "on." At Ourimbah water was about 2ft. 6ins,…

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Won't Work In Flooded Office

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

Some Lismore telephonists say they will not remain at their posts in flood-time in future unless they are paid overtime for…

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Storm Over High Cost Of Living

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President, Mr A. S. McAlpine, on living…

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Storm Over Living Costs. Labour's Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head. (From a Political Correspondent in Canberra)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 4

Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAlpine, on living costs, balanced economy and the…

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May Have Started Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Mr. McAlpine may have started a first-class storm within the Party, which believes implicitly iu the vote-drawing power of the ery of "full…

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Storm Over High Living Costs Labour's Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by tho A.L.P. Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAlpine, on living costs, balanced…

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Rain with Storms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Cloudy, warm to hot and sultry throughout, with widely scattered rain and scattered thunderstorms…

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Storm Over High Living Costs Labour's Lay Leader Hits Nail on the Head

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 6

Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAlpine, on living costs, balanced economy and the need for gerater…

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Canberra Notes Storm Over High Living Costs Labor's Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAIpine, on living costs, balanced economy and the need for greater production will certainly provoke the "widespread criticism" he anticipated from the Labor ranks…

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Some Storms and Squalls

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Warm to not and sultry, with scattered thunder and squalls over the north-eastern half. Elsewhere…

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Ravaged by Storm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

OSLO, Jan. 31.—The 24-hour storm, still raging in the Bergen area. was reported last night to have torn ships from their…

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Storms in the West

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

N.S.W. FORECAST: Isolated thunderstorms and squalls in the southern and central Inland areas, extending to the tablelands. Fine…

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Monday's Storm Caused Damage in Ravensworth, Camberwell, Jerry's Plains Areas Bull Killed by Lightning-cows Knocked Down

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

The severe storm which swept into Singleton on Monday afternoon had spent most of its force before it reached the residential area. Heavy damage to crops, hay, and ploughed ground was…

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Storms in the North

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

N.S.W. FORECAST: Isolated thunderstorms, chiefly in the north-eastern corner of the State, over the tablelands and adjacent…

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Cooler with Storms

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Rain and thunderstorms in the central, northern and eastern districts, with warm to hot and sultry…

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Cyclone Rocks Cooktown

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.—A 75 m.p.h. cyclone, accompanied by torrential rain, struck Coktown to-day, causing thousands of pounds…

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Damage by Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—Reports received from Coktown indicate that no one was seriously injured in yesterday’s storm and that…

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Heavy Storm Sweeps Maitland District

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

The 100 yards of railway line cashed cut beyond Kolingo junction, near Cessnock, in last night’s torrential storm would be repaired by mid-day, the superintendent of the South Maitland Railways (Mr. J. M. Proctor) said this…

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