Planting of Crops Delayed by Flood Agronomists Report
"Further heavy rain was recorded throughout the district towards the end of July, and it was most unwelcome," said Mr. G. T…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Flood Scenes On The Screen
Mrs.Malcolm Hepburn, formerly Miss Dorothy Carroll, of Maitland, is at present enjoying a holiday abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter To The Editor Flood Relief
Sir,—On reading the list of the organisations and people who had been thanked in your valuable paper, of Tuesday, I was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Flood Relief Ward's River Effort
Heeding urgent appeals for help for victims of the recent Hunter Valley flood, the townspeople of Ward's River responded quicKly and generously to…
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Distribution of mattresses to flood victims was almost completed, Ald. J. V. Kennedy told last night’s meeting of the…
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Maitland Flood Relief Committee last night decided to pay out another £18,000 from the Major’s Appeal Fund to flood distressed. It was emphasised [?] the money would not be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Flood in Hunter Occurred 129 Years Ago River Channel Changes Responsible for More Frequent Inundations in Past
Earliest flood in the Hunter about which there is any definite information occurred in 1818, two years before the district was discovered. It left behind it obvious traces of its severity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Lose Condition In Flood Areas
Cattle generally were in good condition, but in flooded areas they had lost condition, the Maitland stock Inspector (Mr. E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage In Lower Hunter Shire
In a special report to the meeting Lower Hunter Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) said that the heavy rains of this week,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Vote by Druids’ Lodge
At the meeting of Salisbury Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids, the secretary (Mr. W. Osborn) reported that he had…
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Sir,—The letter from “Onlooker” in Monday night’s paper interested me. May 1 add a few words more in praise of the splendid work done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Early Flooding of Scone When Figtree and Parson's Gullies Overflowed
Through the medium of the metropolitan and other papers, details of the unusually heavy rains and floods which again visited us last Saturday night and Sunday have already been pretty fully supplied, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Flood in the Hunter Occurred 129 Years Ago. River Channel Changes Responsible for More Frequent Inundations in the Past
Earliest flood in the Hunter about which there is any definite information occurred in 1818, two years before the district was discovered. It left behind it obvious traces of its severity, such…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Highest Praise for Flood Assistance
To-day’s meeting of Maitland Ministers’ Fraternal received a letter of appreciation from the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. F. O. Fahey) for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Printers Helped Flood Sufferers
PIEUA officers, Messrs. A. J. Cowan (president) and J.. F. Wilson (secretary), fait nuight and to-day distributed £612;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the "Argus," weekending August 6th, 1899). Hunter Flood Mitigation
In the assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Gillies said he wished to have a word with the Minister for Works. It was now…
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Thomas Bros.' punt is still on the bottom at Bungwahl, and it is expected that no attempt will be made to lift her until the flooded lakes have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Lose Condition in Flood Areas
Cattle generally were in good condition, but in flooded areas they had lost condition, the Maitland stock inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) said on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2/- Subscription For Flood boats In Woodville Area
WOODVILLE, Monday.—A public meeting at Woodville School of Arte decided that en annual subscription of 2/ be solicited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pa[?] Horse Service Post Flood Innovation
For nearly two month 290 dairy farmers and orchardists who are isolated in the Upper MacDonald Valley, have…
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