£40,000 Flood Relief Plan
SYDNEY, Wed. — The N.S.W. Government would make £20,000 available immediately for flood…
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4000 Flee Homes As Floods Rise
SYDNEY, Wed. —More than 4000 people in Forbes and Wagga have been forced to leave their…
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Many sections of Prince's Highway were flooded during the weekend rains and at times even. heavy lorries and buses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Asks For £100,000 Flood Relief
N.S.W. Minister for Public Worlds (Mr. Renshaw) has asked the Premier (Mr. Cahill) to make £50,000…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Only 100 essential workers, out of Forbes' population of 7000, are in the town proper tonight. Most of the people…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—An R.A.A.F. helicopter and an Army "duck" today rescued three people who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Balgownie Canterbury Play Scoreless Draw in Near-gale
Balgownie and Canterbury played a scoreless draw in a Howling westerly which made good football impossible on Saturday. The score was a true…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conference on Highway Flooding
Photographs taken of the Prince's Highway at North Wollongong, Mount Ousley and Cabbage Tree Creek created keen interest at a conference in Wollongong last week when the flooding of this section was discussed…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Extra police have been sent to Forbes to stop an outbreak of looting. Goods and food were stolen from flooded shops…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.—Winds up to 70 m.p.h. lashed the Victorian coast to-day in the worst June gales…
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A gale-force wind which sprang up at dawn yesterday caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds in Wollongohg's northern suburbs. The wind uprooted…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—With the exception of 18 people, the town of Euabalong (population 250) has been…
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MELBOURNE, Wed. —After a six hour battle against a fierce storm which struck the vessel off…
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Joint Coal Board engineers are carrying out investigations to determine the extent of damage to South…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Residents of Euabalong and Darlington Point are winning their fight to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.S.L. Appeal For Flood Victims
Wollongong sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League is appealing for donations of clothing, new…
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SYDNEY, SUN.—Forbes detectives to-day arrested a Jemalong farmer and charged him with stealing six…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.—Floods in Victoria have caused at least £1,500,000 worth of damage to roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£50,000 To Repair Flood Damage
SYDNEY, Tues.—The N.S.W. Premier, Mr. Cahill, has approved an advance of £50,000 to help towards…
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The Wollongong Returned Soldiers' League Sub-branch appeals to all citizens for donations of clothing new or left…
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