Holidaymakers in the Flooded West
Floods in the Nyngan area spoilt a hunting holiday for four district residents—Messrs Len Smith, and B. Duley, both…
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Floods Threaten Two Western Towns in N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Monday.—Walgettt (population 1100) and Eubalong (population 240), 230 miles apart in Western New South…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A man and his daughter were drowned and three boys suffered from immersion when their…
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PORTLAND (OREGON) Tuesday (A.A.P.). —Floods which on Sunday drove over 2000 people from their homes in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A freak storm spread destruction over a quarter-mile-wide strip through the main business section of…
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In a wild afternoon during which the bat in most cases dominated the ball, Keira's all-rounder Harold Stapleton recorded a century, the second of the 1950-1 Illawarra Cricket season. Keith Worthington, Woonona's star…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — A terrific storm tonight battered Wilcannia, a town of 1000 residents, 120 miles north-east of Broken…
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A thunder storm accompanied by torrential rain and heavy hail struck isolated sections of the Coast on Friday afternoon. Fifty points of rain fell in…
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The State Government will make available £5915 to repair roads affected by the flood weather earlier in the year…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Weather Bureau today warned of renewed flooding in Western rivers between the…
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Grants received towards the restoration of flood damage have been quite inadequate and the council's public works activities for 1951 will need to be heavily curtailed. This is stated in the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Heavy overnight rain restricted fast gallops on the tracks this morning. Jockey J. Thompson rode…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Residents of towns along the Lachlan, Darling, Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers are…
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LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.) —Europe first fierce gales of the winter surged in from Atlantic yesterday, leaving at least…
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SYDNEY, Wednsday.—Record-breaking floodwaters are sleeping down the Macquarie and Castlereagh River threatening residents with greater destruction than during the disastrous…
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Although flood waters have receded at Gilgandra, Dubbo and Wellington, towns lower down the Macquarie River are still in danger. At Narromine, the river has…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.— Commonwealth and New South Wales State Governments had arranged to provide between…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An elderly farmer is believed drowned and thousands of acres of wheat destroyed following widespread rain and flooding in north-western N.S.W. this…
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Greater Wollongong City Council has been granted £5,915 towards the total estimated cost of £11,830…
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NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).—The death-roll in the disastrous storm which swept through the United States over the week-end today rose to 200. Many persons, including scores of…
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