Flood Affected Sporting Bodies
The flood wiped out many sporting fixtures, and present indications are that it will be many months before normal activities…
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Floods & storms, 1949
308 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 16
The Turf Jockey Clubs To Help Macleay Flood Relief
The recent dispute between Kempsey and Taree Jockey Clubs, over racing dates, has had a happy ending. At a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Hint of Greater Assistance for Macleay Flood Victims Parliament Talks and Sympathises While Industry Suffers
THE STATE PARLIAMENT has carried a resolution sympathising with the people of the Macleay in the suffering caused by the recent flood, but the Government has given no indication of immediate relief for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kempsey A.l.p. Gives Help to Flood Victims
The Kempsey branch member of the Australian Labor Party have not been idle in the great distress imposed upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commission's Help for Flood Housing Position
The Housing Commission of New South Wales are moving to assist in the supply of accommodation for those people who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Macleay Flood--governor Northcott Overwhelmed and Distressed
His Excellency, Lieut-General Governor Northcott, who arrived in Kempsey about 11 a.m. on Tuesday on an informal visit to the Kempsey-Macleay flood area, said he was overwhelmed and distressed by the extent of the damage and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Humour
At West Kempsey the owner of some pigs watched the flood waters gradually rising higher and higher in the sties below his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Maintained Full Tradition of Efficiency and Prestige During Macleay Flood
THE MEN IN BLUE, the policeman told the Macleay flood stricken district community by deeds that they were part of an organisation concerned with more than law and order, they offered themselves as guardians and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kempsey Flood Damage Pictured
The pictures in this issue of flood damage at Kempsey are published by courtesy of "The Macleay Argus" and "The Macleay Chronicle." They tell their own vivid story of the destruction and devastation caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Efforts Boomerang Theatre
There was a large attendance at the Boomerang Theatre, Taree, on Friday night when the whole of the takings, totalling £76, were passed on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice on Flood Control U.s.a. Experts Should Be Invited Says Mr. E. J. Eggins
In the Legislative Council on Wednesday night the Hon. E. J. Eggins, M.L.C. (Chairman of the Country Party Central Council of N.S.W.) gave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Lessen Flood Risks Warning Committee to Be Set Up
The Conservation Authority of New South Wales will set up a committee to go into the whole question of flood warnings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Warnings and Rescue Equipment for Manning District to Be Discussed at Public Meeting
A suggestion to purchase an Army duck and barge for rescue operations in floods on the Manning, and also to set up a local flood warning system is to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Meeting to Discuss Flood Dangers
Manning Shire Council will call a public meeting to discuss flood precautions in the district. At the monthly meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Meeting to Discuss Flood Dangers
Manning Shire Council will call a public meeting to discuss flood precautions in the district. At the monthly meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sympathy Motion By Premier. Assembly Stands In Silence For Macleay River Flood Victims
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, standing in two minutes' silence when Parliament resumed on Tuesday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kempsey Flood Relief Fund. Additional Donations
The sum of £77 was handed to the Mayoress by Mr. A. L. Butterworth as the grass proceeds of a two nights' picture entertainment at the liberty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Heroic Deeds at South West Rocks During the Flood--remarkable Work in Open Sea
STORIES are still being told of heroic and courageous work during the Macleay flood, but the deeds from the South West Rocks area must measure amongst some of the greatest. Senior Constable W. A. Souter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Food and Clothing Depots Operated During Flood
No honour should be withheld from the organisations who functioned wholely to assist the distressed and homeless--they brought more than food and comfort, they let the needy know there were friends around them, friends unheard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →70 New Homes for Kempsey Homeless Flood Victims Minister Promises Quick Action in Parliament
THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING, Mr. Clive Evatt, on Wednesday night said his department hoped to provide soon 70 new homes for homeless families at Kempsey…
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