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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Telegrams Macquarie River Floods Dubbo

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Still rising an inch an hour, the Macquarie River is 25 feet above normal, at Dubbo, and has flooded most of the…

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Floods Halved Sydney Market Supplies

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.--Scanty supplies of fruit and vegetables brought near record prices under strong competition at Sydney markets this…

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Flood at Wagga No Help Needed Says Mayor

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

A message of sympathy with the people of Wagga in their misfortune through the Murrumbidgee flood was sent to the Mayor of the…

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The Flood

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Numerous wet days the past several weeks caused Mrs. M. Drummond, Gladstone, to ponder the flood of August 27, 1949, and her deliberations…

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2,000 Miles of Fencing Lost in Flood Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

Only N.S.W. town still in danger from flooding is Hay, on the Murrumbidgee. As additional vater comes down…

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Plenty of Rabbits in Flooded Area

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

DENILIQUIN, Fri.--Employees of the famous Boonoke Stud merino property, yesterday, killed more than 2,000 rabbits which were…

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Co-ordinating Committee Flood Services

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 4

A public meeting for the purpose of forming a Central Flood Services Co-ordinating Committee, which would be responsible for…

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Imported Fencing Materials for Flood Relief

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. B. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly recently that an approach would be made to…

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Kempsey Flood Relief

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

Though in its own initial stages of development, the N.S.W. Division of the Australian Primary Producers' Union is showing in Practical manner its…

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Dams to Aid Control of Flooding

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 4

No Government could prevent flooding, but much could be done to reduce losses on the lower reaches of our coastal rivers, said the Minister for…

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"Floods"

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 3

Storms and pouring rain over much of the centre of N.S.W. have brought floods and no end of damage. From Wellington in to Bathurst and Lithgow…

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Help During Floods Was Highly Prized

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 6

Mr. H. E. Richards, NRMA general secretary, pays a tribute to the willing co-operation given to the Association by country police during…

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Flood Prevention Probe; Minister Makes Statement

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

"Investigations as to whether it would be practicable to provide a flood mitigation storage on the Macleay River upstream to Kempsey have already been carried out by the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Races Abandoned Due To Heavy Rain

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 1

Deciding that racing would be impossible on the rain-soaked track, Taree Race Club committee yesterday (Friday) afternoon…

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"A Thunderstorm"

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

The storm clouds gather in the northern sky, Roll after roll, they bank, and split, and heave…

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Help During Floods

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general secretary, pays a tribute to the willing co-operation given to the Association by country police during…

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Seeks More Flood Aid

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

A request to the State Government to provide flood relief, until their farms, are productive again, to farmers whose properties have…

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Flood Mitigation Dams Doubtful

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 1

On the subject of possible dam construction for the purpose of flood mitigation on the Macleay River, the Minister for Conservation has written to…

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Flood Warnings

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 4

The Conservation Department is planning a flood-warning wireless network in the Northern Rivers. The "S.M. Herald" reports that the…

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Flood Relief Fund Claims Will Soon Be Finalised

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

The Macleay Flood Relief Fund, which was set up immediate-after the August flood, is nearing finalisation, said the Chairman of the Committee, Ald. J. A. Murray, on Wednesday. It is expected that the total amount of £66,000 will be…

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