Thousands of Sheep Drowned. S.W. Floods. Sydney, Tuesday
Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned by floodwaters in south-west N.S.W. The full extent of the damage will not be…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Heavy Sheep Losses In Flood
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned by floodwaters in south-western New…
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It was estimated that in a dust storm the dust lost from an acre of land would include 1561b. of phosphates, 53801b. of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: Flood Control Police Inquiry Into Corruption Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier, Mr. McGirr, stated to-day that allegations of corruption against “a member of the…
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THE report made to Maitland Council on Tuesday evening by the engineer (Mr. J. Brand) conserving the Condition of Cummins’ Dam and levee banks generally is a matter of very great interest to all Lower…
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No danger existed of Japan again flooding the world markets with cheap goods, 14 Japanese Diet members said…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Several smell north-west towns have been Isolated by floods, and further flooding is expected…
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BRISBANE, Wed. — Nearly a hundred people are standing by their homes with boats near Walker’s Point, Maryborough,…
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A meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day delegated the president (Cr. T. McCarthy) and Cr. L. F. Monkey to attend a conference at Maitland Town Hail on Thursday, March 23, to discuss the implementation of the…
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LISMORE, Wed.—The heavy rain on the far Northern Rivers area eased off last night, though streams cover many roads and…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.—In the House of Representatives Mr. S. Keon (Lab., Vic.) asked whether the Government could stop…
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The over-all plan for the Hunter Valley which the Government has adopted, included special kood mitigation, to be created by the…
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Fifty-seven years ago—almost to the day—Singleton was flooded by the worst flood on record for the Hunter Valley. The flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rector Tells of Flood Hardships :Emergency Services Held For Six Months In Rectory of St Paul’s
For six months in 1949 the parishioners attended service in an emergency chapel in the double front-room of the rectory of St. Paul’s Church of England, the rector (Rev. Carlos Stretch) said in his pastoral report, read at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference on Flood Matters Government Engineers Meet Aldermen Today
To-day engineers from the Public Works Department are in Maitland conferring with representatives of Maitland City Council and Lower Hunter Shire on flood mitigation matters…
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Deputy principal engineer of Harbours and Rivers, a branch of the Public Works Department, Mr. A. R. Ford, told a conference in Maitland to-day that the contentious new Wallis Creek floodgates would definitely work, when…
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CHICAGO, March 9. — Great clouds of dust obscured the skies over seven States as fierce winds tore at parched plains…
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The Teachers’ Federation flood relief fund for teachers and ex-teachers. who suffered losses in June year, has now closed…
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BRISBANE, Thurs—Two drownings were reported in floods in North Queensland yesterday. Train services- are dislocated…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales is likely to escape the cyclone which battered parts of the Central Queensland coast…
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