Flood Committee Election Support
A meeting of the south Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee decided to give support to three candidates at the forthcoming…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Droughts in 1958 AND 1983 And Floods In February Next Says Inigo
Unusually severe and prolonged droughts would occur between 1958 and 1960 and between 1983 and 1990…
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SYDNEY, Sat. — Thousands of people In N.S.W. and Queensland fled their homes last night to escape rising floodwaters…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A sharp drop In river level during the night saved Warren from serious flooding…
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NEW YORK November 28.—Many thousands of men and machines laboured yesterday to cut through the snow blockade and repair damage caused by storms in the north-eastern quarter of the country…
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New floods threaten towns on the Barwon and Darling Rivers, as the Queensland floods move south into New South Wales…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Floodwaters are receding in many central NSW towns. At Wee Was 50 families, who…
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BRISBANE, Wed.— Nine men were rescued this morning after spending two nights in trees and on earth mounds surrounded by…
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A subject of great topical interest, the reclamation of flood devastated lands, will be dealt with at the C.W.A Hall…
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Despite list week's flood conditions, fruit and vegetables were in plentiful supply at Maitland produce sates to-day…
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Morpeth Golf Club hat had to give up its fight against floods and other adverse conditions. The club’s operations will…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Floods still threaten Nyngan. Last night 50 men worked valiantly to prevent the waters entering the…
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Floods poured through Nyngan on Wednesday morning when levees collapsed. There was four feet of water in more than 400…
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CANBERRA, Sat—The Postmaster-General (Mr. H. L. Anthony) said that work was under way to give the northern rivers…
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The Member for Lyne, Mr. E. J. Eggins, put the following question to the Postmaster-General, Mr. H. L. Anthony, in the Federal…
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The three newly-elected aldermen who were sponsored by the South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee were at a meeting of…
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Alderman John Harvey is to be Mayer of Maitland for the ensuing year; he was elected unopposed to the position at a special meeting of the council last night. Deputy-Mayor is Alderman M. J. Clyde. The mayoral allowance…
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LONDON: Londoners living in western and north-western suburbs get more severe thunder, storms than those living centrally…
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LONDON, Dec. 16.—At least 29 seamen are believed to have been drowned in amerce gale in the Bay of Biscay yesterday, and…
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From Mr R. B. Nott, M.L.A., comes the following official letter from the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J…
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