Floods Destroy Vegetable Crops No Production Till Xmas
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3
RECENT floods completely destroyed vegetable crops along the Lachlan River, from Goolagong through Forbes to Condobolin. Not much production will be possible from this area…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1
Two men, a woman and four children, are storm bound on uninhabited Hogan Island in Bass Strait. This information was…
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The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1
Referring to representations from federal members and organisations in flood damaged areas in New South Wales, the Prime…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 5
A request to the State Government to provide flood reliefuntil their farms are productive again, to…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6
Sir,--Five weeks ago Eugowra unfortunately was hit by the worst flood on record. A raging torrent swept down the Mandagery Creek…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6
At the committee meeting held on May 4. it was reported by W. D. Nash that considerable damage was being caused to the racing…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1
In reply to an applcation by island Shire Council (West Wyalong) for floor relief monies to repair roads in the…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 6
A flood relief fund to benefit those people at Eugowra who suffered personal losses has been opened by the Boree Shire…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 6
A Sydney sportsman has offered to stage an exhibition for the benefit of flood sufferers at Eugowra and other centres…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 1
A letter read to Monday night's meeting of Forbes National Fitness Committee suggested that in view of the damage which the…
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Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1
On 22nd May, the Works Committee of the Municipal Council made an inspection, in company with the Works Foreman, of flood…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 14
Many share farmers and owner-farmers in the Central West had not applied for flood relief because they did not know the…
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The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1
A heavy fall of rain over the catchment area of Wyangala Dam on Friday caused the water to flow over the spillway to a…
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Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1
The Works Committee of the Municipal Council made an inspection of roads in the Municipality early last month, and they…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1
Forbes district, which had a flood of record proportions during the first week of April, almost had another big…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 13
Mr. Bob Callow, who was born at Forbes in 1868,.writes: I noticed in one of your issues mention of the I870 flood. Well,…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1
A correspondent has written to this office asking when the money collected locally for the relief of those affected by the…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 4
A gale which struck Young completely destroyed the Thuddungra Hall. besides demolishing a woolshed belonging to…
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The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 8
Mr. Charles Cutler[?] M.L.A., Country Party member for Orange, which electorate now extends to Eugowra, said at the…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 1
Heavy rain over Central New South Wales is expected to cause a resumption of flooding on the Upper Nepean and Shoalhaven Rivers, but the storm…
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