Claims for Flood Relief
About 2800 Claims for relief from the State Flood Relief Committee have already been lodged at Maitland…
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Floods & storms, 1955
350 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 18
"The Flood Position "As It Looks To Me"" (To the Editor)
Sir.—I read with disgust in the "Chronicle" of 5th inst. the arcicie "Town and Farm Resiting Plan." Well…
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Muswellbrook Apex Club is sponsoring a symposium at the Town Hall at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 11th May…
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Speaking to his report to the Merriwa Shire Council meeting on Monday of last week, the Engineer (Mr. D. W. Rqbertson) referred to the assistance given by the Conservation…
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The executive council of the Grand united Order of Oddffellows has forwarded to lodges contribution for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Killed 1 Duck While on Flood Patrol Duties Crew Did Not Know If Power Lines Were Alive
Police had no official information that high tension power lines in South Maitland were alive or a police officer said to-day. He was giving evidence before Maitland Deputy…
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Maitland City Council last night decided to approach the Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill) to seek the establishment of a Newcastle flood emergency committee…
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At a meeting of Gloucester Shire Council a letter was received from Mr. A. Howarth M.L.A. (Maitland), thanking…
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A witness told Mart-land district coroner a graphic story of how a man was drowned on February 25 while helping to remove furniture from a home threatened by flood…
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In the Federal House during the week, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M. H. R. for Paterson pointed out…
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Sir.—The Committee of the above organisation have requested me to write to you, expressing their sincere gratitude for your generous…
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Maitland District Flood Relief Committee has distributed £147,576, the secretary (Mr. H. L. McGee) told committee members last night. Receipts totalled £465,399 and there was a…
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SINGLETON: Many people were prepared to live in primitive conditions on flood-free ground rather than stay…
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Maitland deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) to-day returned a finding of accidental drowning at the inquest…
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ANTWERP: A small cargo ship which docked here from Eire in the winter gales last December with a load of Irish horses for human consumption, has raised a storm in Belgium…
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In the Federal House during the week, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.P. for Paterson, pointed out that in the recent disastrous floods in N.S.W. business houses throughout the affected areas…
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GLOUCESTER: The Gloucester Dairy Co. disbursed to suppliers £76,857 for March. This was £14,000 below March…
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The following statement appeared in yesterday’s “Mercury”. “Considering that the…
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SINGLETON: Flood damage to council buildings, main and Shire roads In Patrick Plains Shire has been estimated at…
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