£58 Collected for Flood Victims
A snap decision by Wollongong Apex Club to hold a street collection in Crown St., on Saturday raised £58 for the…
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Flood Victims Appeal
The appeal launched by the Mayor of Greater Wollongong for the Flood Victims already exceeds £300. The Mayor said at the week…
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Roads in the Shoalhaven Shire are in a deplorable state. Flood damage is estimated at £20,000 and, although Council is working around the clock to make roads trafficable, it cannot fully…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A flood of applications from shire councils to the Government for financial assistance in the repair of roads…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Music will help flood victims in the north. Mr. Eugene Goossens will conduct the Sydney Symphony…
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The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, said this week that the whole of the resources of his Department would be thrown into…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Forty council men at Hillston worked round the clock today sandbagging a levee to save this little…
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Steps will be taken by the Wollongong Council to acquire land on the western side of Prince's Highway in order to…
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The Apex Club's drive for funds for the Greater Wollongong Flood Victims' Appeal had raised over £220 up to yesterday. Following its last meeting the…
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To prevent the flooding of Prince's Highway at Fairy Meadow in the vicinity of Mt. Ousley Road, Greater…
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A man who drove a motor lorry at 40 m.p.h. trying to race a storm to prevent groceries he was carrying being drenched…
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At the meeting of Jamberoo Council on Thursday last the Engineer (Mr. S. Smee) reported as follows:— "The Government has made a…
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Whilst most district Councils are pleased to receive grants for the restoration of flood damage to the roads, one of the greatest difficulties…
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A public meeting held in the Gerringong Town Hall on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering local assistance to flood victims of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Apex and 2WL To Head Big Radio Drive For Flood Appeal Tomorrow
Radio Station 2WL and the Wollongong Apexians will join with the Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. C. M. Dawson) in making Sunday the "last big day" of the 1950 Flood Relief Appeal…
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Sir.—As the people of Northern N.S.W. and the other flood areas are in need of financial assistance, why not let us have…
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Radio Station 2WL yesterday conducted a coast-wide Flood Relief Appeal, when listeners were asked to…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Money was the most urgent need of the flood victims, the New South Wales Director of…
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Despite the extensive damage throughout the whole of the Illawarra district extending far beyond the Shoalhaven, the spontaneous support accorded the appeal for the flood victims in northern New South Wales has been most commendable…
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MAITLAND, Monday. — Two Sydney men convicted of entering the deserted home of a flood victim at Maitland were…
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