New Hope for Farmer Flood Victims
Persistent representations by Mr. Arthur Haworth M.L.A., on behalf of owners of farms, who lost heavily through floods, has reached a stage where a new note of hope is held for relief…
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Floods & storms, 1950
807 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 41
Flood Threat To Winnipeg Increasing
WINNIPEG, May 20.1[?]ranspartition was made ready yesterday to evacuate the population of metropolitan Winnipeg should…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deaths and Floods Follow Storm Central England’s Worst For Some Years
LONDON, May 22.—One of the wont storms in years central and south-east England yesterday, causing death, widespread damage and floods. In the little Buckinghamshire village of Linslade, motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South-east England Hit by Storm
One of the worst storms in years hit central and southeast England yesterday causing deaths, widespread damage and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood-damaged Roads. Interim Grant Approved
Mr. D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Public Works and Local Government:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Winnipeg Surveys the Flood Havoc
WINNIPEG, May 23.—The flood-swollen Red River is now falling at the rate of one and a half inches daily but although Hood control authorities think that the peak of Winnipeg’s danger has passed, they warn against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: A Gre[?]t Soldier Passes Government To Pay Only Half Flood Damage Repairs
Departmental policy is that flood grants shell net exceed 50 per cent of the estimated cost, and for this reason it is not possible to accede to the request of Maitland City Council for a grant to cover the full cost of restoration,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Levels To Help Home Builders
SINGLETON, Friday.—Cr. A. C. Marshall again said at a meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council that [?]ood levels in the shire and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Council Brevities Future House Builders May Be Given Flood Level Advice
Advice on flood levels at various points throughout the town and surrounding districts may be available to house buiders in the future. Cr. Marshall asked—and the Council agreed—that Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage in Flooded Citrus Orchards
The damage caused to citrus trees on the Pitt Town flats by Phytophthora citrophthora, sines the floods of last March, exceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Departmental Flood Grants
In an article in Friday’s issue regarding departmental policy in relation to flood grants, the Minister for Works and Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Relief For Flood-Stricken Winnipeg
A stratocruiser carrying nine tons of relief supplies from Britain for the Winnipeg flood victims has landed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Flood Town To Flood Town Singleton Resident Hears News of Canadian Home's Plight
Mrs. K. J. Nelson, formerly of Canada, who is now residing at 4 William Street, has received letters from her mother telling of the recent floodings at Winnipeg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods and Soil Erosion Can be Overcome Conservation Department Points the Way
Floods and soil erosion in the Hunter Valley are on the way out if public co-operation can be secured by the Department of Conservation. The Minister of Conservation (Mr George Weir) has appealed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Praises Voluntary Effort Roster of Workers to Repair the Flood Banks
There was a fine spirit of co-operation shown at the recent public meeting called to discuss repair of river embankments by voluntary labour, Maitland City Council was told last night. The council is anxious to nave the work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Maitland Flood Relief Committee To Approach City Council
Members of South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee at their meeting expressed concern that so little had been done to lessen flood clanger since the floods of June last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolwarra Sets Example Voluntary Work In Building Flood Banks
Work by members of the Bolwarra Embankment Committee in building the flood banks was evidence of the value of co-operation among people prepared to work together voluntarily, it was stated at the annual meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preliminary Flood Warning
N.S.W. FORECAST : Heavy rain on the tablelands and coast, particularly on the central and lower northern sections. A preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Plant To Help With Broken Flood Banks
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided this morning to inform East Maitland Embankment Repair Organisation that it did not have plant available to loan for the purpose of repairing broken flood banks of the Hunter River, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Randwick Soaked by Heavy Rain
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Randwick racecourse Las been soaked by more than two inches of rain during the past 48 hours, and no grass Back…
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