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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Floods in S. West Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned by floodwaters in South-Western N.S.W. The full extent of the damage will not be known until…

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Nurses' Scholarship. Composition of Committee Criticised. "Hospital Should Be Represented," Says Mr. Long. Floodlight On Position

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

The Chairman (Mr. Long) said he noticed that at previous meeting, during his absence in Sydney, the Board had given approval to the formation…

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Tweed Flood Control

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

A scheme to prevent flooding on the Tweed would cost £1 million, the Chairman of the New South Wales…

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Manning River District Escaped Flood Rains

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

Though the Manning ad heavy rains during the early part of February, the district escaped the threatened flood rains last week-end…

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Floods

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

Recently this district has been visited by heavy rains which, if had they fallen on the Upper Manning, might have caused havoc. This general rain caused…

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Flood Fodder

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

About eighty fanners, representative of Belmore River, Gladstone', Kinchela, Smithtown and other P.P.U. Branches, attended a meeting in Gladstone Hall…

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Flood Fodder Bill Totalled £16,700--Farmers Seek Refund

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

The bills sent to Macleay farmers for the fodder supplied during the August flood, totalled £16,700, and now a move has been made, through the Primary Producers' Union, requesting that the respective Parliamentary body pay this amount…

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New Flood Warning Scheme Announced

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 6

Sergeant Turner, chairman of Kempsey Flood Warning Committee, advised Kempsey Municipal Council that, the Government was…

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Advocates Flood Control Scheme

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA,-- A national scheme for flood control on Australians coastal rivers and for the harnessing of waterway for electricity and irrigation purposes should be devised, Mr. E. J. Eggins (C.P., N.S.W.) said in the…

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Seeks Grant for Flood Victims

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

Senator Amour (Lab, N.S.W.) asked the Government to allocate £100,000 to the people of Northern New South Wales who had been…

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Would Consider More Aid for Flood-hit Farmers

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY.--The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly on Wednesday that the…

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Advocates Flood Control Scheme

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 6

A national scheme for flood control on Australia's coastal rivers and for the harnessing of waterways for electricity and irrigation purposes should be…

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Dept. Alert on Flood Warnings

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 10

Everything possible is being done with regard to a better system of flood warnings and weather reports on the Manning River…

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Flood Damaged Minute Book

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

Delegates to the Mid-North Coast Council meeting of the C.W.A. held in Gloucester last week, understood why Mrs. F…

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Severe Floods in Victoria

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Water up to five feet deep is expected to inundate the flood bound township of Wyuna today…

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Flood Reaches Narrandera Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 2

While Wagga is "mopping up," floodwaters racing down the Murrumbidgee have swamped Narrandera. About 70 houses are already submerged but the…

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Narrandera Flooded

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Floodwaters racing down the Murrumbidgee have swamped Narrandera. About seventy houses are already submerged…

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Bravery in Flood The Recommendations For Recognition

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

Nothing has yet been heard from the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of N.S.W. concerning the…

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Murrumbidgee Faces Yet Another Flood--dubbo Under Water--others Threatened Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

Still rising an inch an hour, the Macquarie River is 25 feet above normal at Dubbo and has flooded most of the town to a depth of two to three feet. Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes and…

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Serious Flooding in West Many Towns Threatened SYDNEY

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

Still rising an inch an hour the Macquarie River is 25ft. above normal at Dubbo and has flooded most of the town to a depth of two or three feet. Hundreds…

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