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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

258 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 13

Extra Police Sought to End Flood Looting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 8

At an impromptu meeting called by the Mayor, and held on Monday morning, several mattters of vital concern that…

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Brains Beat the Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 8

Faced with the prospect that their lakeside home would be subjected to considerable internal damage if the anticipated rise in…

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Light Flooding at Eugowra

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 6

Flood waters entered many business places and homes in Eugowra on Monday afternoon (June 16) and reached a height…

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Flood Relief Committee's Visit

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 8

Three members of the N.S.W. Flood Relief Committee visited Forbes to-day The visitors brought along…

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Flooding Problems on the Lachlan

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 7

Engineers of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission located in the Lachlan Valley are investigating every possible…

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Back Creek News Back Creek, Mallee Plains, Marsden. Rainfall and Floods

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 2

Following a further wet week end when an average of nearly two inches of rain had been recorded over most parts of the…

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Formation of Flood Relief Ctee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

The president of the Bland Shire Council, Cr. A. T. B. Holland, has convened a meeting to consider the formation of a Flood Relief Committee in West Wyalong…

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Bland District News FLOODS

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 5

Quandialla district in common with many other places last week experienced a record flood in the Wah May Creek…

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Open House at the Gale Home During Flood-time

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 10

During the flood the residence of the Stan Gales, in Johnson St., was open house to the "duck" men on the North Hill and also…

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Ducks On Condo Floods

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

Two of the three Army Ducks which arrived in Condobolin on Monday set out on Tuesday morning on a short reconnaisance of…

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N.S.W. Flood Relief Committee at Forbes Conference With Local Authorities

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

MEMBERS of the N.S.W. Flood Relief Committee, in Messrs. G. McGillvray, Chief of the Division of Dairying,"Department of Agriculture; L. K. Rath (Social Services), and J. H. Burkett (Building Materials), visited…

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Flood Relief From Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

Flood relief contributions in clothing, food and produce and in money have literally been pouring into…

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Flood Relief Gift To Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

"We have read with regret that Forbes and district has once again been subjected to flooding," wrote the Managing Director of Tractors…

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The 'Advocate' Will Fly To Canberra Flood Prevention Crusade Launched Programme For Federal Action

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

THE editor of the "Advocate," with the full approval of the Mayor of Forbes, Ald. P. Conridge, both as Mayor and as President of the Lachlan Valley Development League, will go 'by air to Canberra. He will travel…

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Should Honor Flood Heroes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

Talking to an "Advocate" representative yesterday, Mr. L. J. Johnson, a Templar Street businessman, said he considered the…

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Flood Shorts

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 6

Donations toward the Forbes Flood Relief Committee funds will be received at Mr. J. O. Adams office for forwarding…

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Eugowra District News Record Flood in Lachlan Does Extensive Damage To Eugowra District

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 6

THE record flood in the Lachlan last week endangered many homes usually considered well above the danger line. All except two of the houses on Vychan were…

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A Flood Donation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 10

Pupils of the Bathurst High School have forwarded a letter to the headmaster of the Forbes High School, sympathising with…

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Availability of Material For Flood Relief Purposes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 10

IN the course of his remarks to Tuesday's meeting in regard to flood matters at Forbes, Mr. J. H. Burkett, representative of the Minister for Building Materials, told the position relating to materials for fencing and other…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Flood Prevention Further Discussed (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 10

Sir,--I think your paper is to be commended for the prominence it has given to the question of flood prevention along the Lachlan, and…

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