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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 17

Fertilisers Cheaper Than Floods

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

Farmers between Maitland and Morpeth believed [?]nishment of the soil by fertiliers was more economic than by floods, the…

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Hunter Floodings

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 5

At the recent meeting of the Hunter Valley Trust, Mr. Main (Director of Public Works said that arrangements were made in January for a…

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Heavy Raisn Raise Flood Danger

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

Flooding danger could develop in Maitland and other parts of the Hunter Valley if heavy falls continue upstream. Singleton has recorded 103…

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Shire Flood Damage Grant of £13,650

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 2

Wallarobba Shire Council has been informed by Hon. J. J. Cahill, Minister for Local Government (per Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A.) that he has…

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Flood Damage Works Department Well Help Wallarobba Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

The Department of Main Roads on Tuesday advised Wallarobba Shire Council at Dungog that it is prepared to assist Council in flood damage…

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Big Golf Fields in Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 4

Rain did not stop play at the Singleton Golf Club over the weekend. A field of more than 60 players contested a special 27-holes event on Saturday…

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Farmers Again Heavy Flood Losers Main Damage Caused By Paterson River

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

Maitland district farmers have again been heavy losers as the result of flooding caused by rains of last week. Damage occurred on Saturday and yesterday, when the swol[?]en Paterson River broke its banks and inundated farmers in the…

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Phoenix Park Area Flooded

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

Flood waters from the Paterson River covered between 400 and 500 acres of farm land at Phoenix Park, near Morpeth,…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 19th JUNE, 1951. OVER £12,000 Flood Grant for Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

Mr. R. B. Nott, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Local Government:—"I refer again to your personal…

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Flood Grant For Wallarobba Shire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cabill) for adviced Wallarobba Share Council through Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., that he is prepared to make available to the council a grant of £18,650, representing…

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Flooded Roads Stop Morpeth League Game

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 5

Flood waters which made roads impossible on Sunday, and prevented Morpeth players [?] in the Hinson area from getting to…

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Grant of £31,770. Flood Damage in Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) has informed Mr. J. W. Crook,…

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Maitland Farmers Heavy Flood Losers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

Farmers in the Maitland district have again been heavy losers as the result of flooding caused Toy rains last week…

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Grant for Flood Damage

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council The Government had before it [?] from that Ministers for Works and [?] Government to…

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Storm Warnings To Shipping

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Storm warnings have been issued to N.S.W. shipping, because of a cyclonic depression east of Jervis Bay…

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Another Small Flood

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 5

Another small flood occurred during the last week-end and is must disastrous to farmers on Phoenix Park, Narrowgut, Swan Reach, Woodville…

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Conference On Location Of Floodboat

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 2

Maitland City Council representatives will come with Lower Hunter shire Council before [?] is reached on housing of…

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Cyclone Moving Out to Sea

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The cyclone which brought ram to the eastern half of the State is gradually…

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Mob Storms Oil Company’s Office

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 4

LONDON: Rioting broke out in the Persian capital of Teheran yesterday, and a yelling mob of several thousands…

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