Flood Damage in Shire
Lower Hunter Shire Council’s engineer (Mr. W. R. Lipdsay) submitted to to-day’s meeting an estimate of £20,778…
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Floods & storms, 1952
387 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 20
Damage Estimated at £67,578 in August Flood Rains Report To Kearsley Shire
Damage caused to minor roads and bridges during flood rains in August this year was estimated…
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Damage caused to minor roads and bridges during flood rains in August this year was estimated at £67,578…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Control Is Rarely Permanent Levees Protect Only Against Overflow (Staff Reporter)
Experience in the United States has shown that permanent and complete flood control con rarely be cchieved due to physical and economic factors Levee banks have been constructed along most…
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SINGLETON: The-Single ton Municipal Council last sight decided to accept an offer of 50 per cent, of the…
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CRAFTON: Roman Catholic Church buildings at Cowper 18 miles from Crafton were wrecked in a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(Minister's £955 Offer Towards Local Flood Damage
An offer by the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) to make available a grant of £955 towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader Words But Little Money This Was the Bombshell: Government to Give Only £2532 to Maitland for Flood Relief Council Assessed Damage at £39,500 Mayor’s Strong Criticism of Officialdom
The New South Wales Government is prepared to give only £2532 towards flood restoration in the Maitland City area, although Council has assessed damage at £39,500. This dramatic announcement was made at last night’s meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Flood Mitigation
Sir,—Our valley was recently devastated by floods. The amount of devastation reached proportions which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Kills More People Than Floods, Quakes
Lightning kills and injures hundreds of people each year. Throughout the world it takes more lives,…
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JOHANNESBURG: Fifteen people were killed by lightning when a cyclone battered South African centres over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap Government Under Heavy Fire Storm Follows Surrender Of Two Soldiers
TOKYO: The Japanese Liberal Government was under heavy Opposition fire to-day for surrendering jurisdiction of a British and an Australian soldier held on theft charges…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Have Left Mosquito Danger Close Watch On Fevers
Hunter Valley residents have been assured by the Health Department that a constant war is being waged on disease-carrying mosquitoes in flooded areas, but householders are advised to maintain a ceaseless vigil on…
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DARWIN: A series of cyclones struck Thursday Island, off Cape York Peninsula. late last sight, causing…
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The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Reshow) has approved a further grant of £2100 to Maitland City Council towards the cost of repairing damage caused in the recent floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orders Flood In For British Arms
LONDON: Britain’s armements export drive has already produced enough foreign orders to ensure that her arms industries are keeps in full production for the next three years, according to an authoritative…
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A "Write to Me" campaign launched by the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has resulted in a…
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An informal meeting of Shire, Councillors, held on Friday, considered a letter of advice from the…
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In a report to last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council on estimated flood damage and expenditure incurred by council to date, town clerk (Mr. S. J. Dunkley) said the offer made by the embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council Confident of Clearing Up Doubtful Points Claim That Commonwealth Should Play Role In Flood Damage
The Mayor (Aid. M. J. Clyde) said of last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council that he would use every endeavour to get the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Renshaw) to visit Maitland early in the new year to look into matters relating to flood restoration work…
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