Bendigo Flood Death
MELBOURNE, Monday.âVictoriaâs flood death-roll rose to two, when police found the body of a 14-months-old girl in Bullock…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Warren Floods Subsiding
SYDNEY, Monday. — After strenuous days and nights the residents of Warden breathed freely as the waters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council To Apply For Another Flood Grant President Says Roads Are Causing Grave Alarm
Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day instructed the engineer (Mr. Lindsay) to prepare estimates of damage housed by recent flooding of the Hunter River, after which council will make an application for a flood grant from the…
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SYDNEY, Wed. —The only N.S.W. town’ still in danger from flooding Is Hay, on the Murrumbidgee. As additional water…
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Floodwaters have subsided over most of the State, but at Hay, where the Murrumbidgee is still high, banks are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers Aid Flood Victims
Singleton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has sent a donation of £25 to the State branch for distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straying Stock After Floods
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to be particularly alert to the possibility of straying stock in areas affected by floods. Because many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oxford Boat Race Crew Trains on Flood Waters
The Oxford University Boat Race crew who competed against Cambridge University Boat Club in the annual Boat Race on the River Thames, on April 1. They are shown here training on the flood waters of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Imported Fencing Materials. For Flood Relief. Minister to Seek Waiver of Customs Duty and Payment of Subsidy
The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday (April 12) that an approach…
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Official release by the Commonwealth Weather Bureau of rainfall recordings for March indicates how NSW has been saturated in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deputation on Flood Problems
Councillor S. L. Parish was yesterday delegated by Port Stephens Shire Council to represent council on a deputation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvement of Flood Gates City Council Objects To Meeting Whole Cost
Although Maitland City Council agree with the proposals of the Local Government Department for the improvement of Waills Creek floodgates, the council strongly resents being asked to meet the cost of the work as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Dairyman’s Flood Relief (From Our Special Representative)
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council has been able to secure for a Maitland dairyman some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Radio Flood Warnings Action Being Taken Says Minister
Flood warnings by radio are under consideration states the Minister for Conservation, Mr. G. Weir…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EDITORIAL The Forest and the Flood
THE conservation authorities, in their plans to minimise flood damage in the Hunter Valley and to store some of the water which now escapes to the sea after heavy rains, do well to place emphasis on the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leaders: The Forest And The Flood America Will Guarantee Peace
LAKE SUCCESS, April 25— Wanes Austin, head of the American delegation to the United Nations, declared here that the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suggestion to Cut Down Repairs to Flood Road
The President (Cr. T. McCarthy) to-day submitted [?] suggestion to Lower Hunted Shire Council which, he claimed, might…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Helped During the Floods
Mr. H. K. Richards, NRMA general secretary, pays a tribute to the willing co-operation given to the association country police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Repairs. Urgent Release of Materials Urged
The Country Party Member for Lawson, Mr. L. J. Failes, said in an interview with the "Chronicle" that he would seek high priority for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters To The Editor Decreasing Floods
Sir,—In putting forward some ideas to decrease the heights of floods, I would suggest that the building of dams on the…
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