Bourke Prepares for Record Flood
BOURKE, Saturday.—Women are working around the clock with men preparing for worst flood in the history of Bourke…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Fish Back in the Esturies Club Activities Resume As Flood Waters Clear Away
This week would appear to mark the change-over for amateur fishermen from the quiet spell since the recent floods in this area to one of activity on the angling front again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hope That Levees Will Hold. Critical Flood Position at Bourke. Bourke
The peak of the flood is expected to reach Bourke in the far west of N.S.W. on Thursday. In the meantime, 300 men are working around the…
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Mr. J. S. Haig, Secretary to the Scone branch of the Primary Producers' Union Flood Fodder Relief Appeal, advises that same will…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Telephone communication with Bourke is impossible to-night because wind-whipped flood water has poured…
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Maitland City Council has not made much progress in its investigation of the possibilities of pumping surplus water from the city, it was stated at the meeting last night. Ald. A. M. Porter referred to…
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The chairman of the Commonwealth-State Flood Relief Committee has announced that it has been decided to fix August 31 as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor Flood Mitigation
Sir,âThere have recently been expressed many opinions concerning the methods for the alleviation of flood suffering in the…
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Due to no fault of the Combined Masonic Ball Committee, the proceeds of the ball held on August 4 in aid of the Mayor of…
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Because contributions to the Maitland Flood Relief Appeal Fund exceed the anticipated amount, it is likely that the committee will adopt a policy for more liberal distribution of assistance than that originally agreed upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Maitland Flood Waters Support For Canal Through Howe’s Lagoon
A public meeting in Maitland Town Hall last night, called to discuss proposals for removing flood waters from the South Maitland area, decided to ask the Department of Public Works to have a channel cut through Howe’s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Stationary After Rise of Five Feet Floodgates Close am Backwaters Rise No Danger of Flood Unless Heavy Rain Falls on Watershed
Within a radius of 30 miles of Maitland approximately an inch of rain has fallen over the Hunter Valley in the past two days, yet it has been sufficient to cause the Hunter river to rise five feet at the Belmore bridge, thus emphasising…
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Messrs. H. E, A. & V. White have donated their heavy-weight prize-winning bullock, "Bluey," to the flood relief fund, to be sold…
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 28.—Pat[?] Bihar, a province of over 500 villages, is under water in the Darbhanga division of North Bihar,…
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A meeting of the district committee of the APP Union will be held at the Pastoral Chambers, Maitland, on Friday at 7.30 p.m…
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A donation of £26/6/ has been received from the Hunter Valley Polo Association towards the Maitland Flood Relief Fund…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Contributions yesterday brought the total of the Lord Mayor’s flood relief appeal to £61,018…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Committee Approves Increased Grants to Flood Victims 830 Claims For Assistance Have Been Received
Monetary grants to alleviate losses suffered in the Maitland floods are to be more liberal than the amount originally agreed upon. This decision was reached yesterday by the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →T.T. Race Meeting To Benefit Flood Relief Fund
The flood relief fund will benefit as a result of a miniature T.T. motor cycle race meeting to be conducted by Maitland Club on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1500 Fishermen Missing After Gale
COLOMBO, Aug. 30.—Nearly 1500 fishermen and 600 canoes are missing since a 42-miles an hour gale swept the west coast…
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