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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

807 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 41

Europe Faces White Christmas Winter Storms, Snow Cover Large Areas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 1

LONDON, December 16.—Blizzards, cloudbursts and heavy snow set Europe shivering in a bitter snap of winter weather yesterday. Shipping in the Channel and the Mediterranean laboured through mountainous seas, which swept…

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Priority With Flying Fox In Flood Time

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Sat. — At the meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council in Singleton a letter was received from Singleton…

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Storms Tomorrow Afternoon

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Warm to hot and sultry in most of State, with fresh to strong north-east to northwest winds. Grassfire risk…

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Thunderstorms And Rain

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Further variable rain in southern, central-western and south-eastern districts, very gradually extending…

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Inadequate Storm Water System Pelerin Site Problem

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 7

Objection to the road design on a proposed subdivision of the Pelerin Estate was made by Overseer W. J…

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Sire Council Recedes £4,353 Grant to Repair Flood Damaged Roads It Was Announced To-day That the Upper Hunter Shire Council Would Receive a Grant of £4,353

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 1

This money has been made available to make repairs to roads damaged by flood rains experienced during the year. Representations to the Minister for Works and…

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Floods and High Prices Cause Drop In Number of Stock Sold

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 3

Stack sold at Maitland City Council's yards at Campbell’s Hill this year totalled 136,116, compared with 74,121 in 1949 and 163,673 in 1948. The drop of 88,000, stated the…

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