The Flood Hillocks Idea Not Selling
Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 3
Following a poor response to the Public Works Department's offer to construct flood refuge hillocks on riverside farms on the Lower Macleay, the local Dredging Advisory Committee has now been…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 3
After giving details of damage estimated at £2,500, the Macleay Shire Council Engineer (Mr. R. E. Baker) told members at Monday's meeting that taking into account additional information coming to…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1
BRISBANE. -- Floods in the north may prevent 25,000 peple from seeing the Queen in Townsville on Friday and…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1
The amount of money received since the week-end for the Macleay Flood Relief Fund did not come up to…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 7
A "Macleay Argus" staff member has drawn attention that there is nothing really new about the Macleay Valley Flood Mitigation Committee formed same three or four years ago, for the Macleay Flood…
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The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1
Details of the flood damage to shire roads was given by the shire engineer, Mr. D. O. Murray, to Wednesday's meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council. One of the worst washaways was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Victims Appeal Meets Poor Response
The Northern Champion · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 14
Taree Municipal Council decided on Wednesday night to forward £25/18/- so far contributed to the New…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →March From Flood Areas to Sydney and Canberra
The Northern Champion · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2
A "March of Action" is planned to leave Murwillumbah, a few miles south of the Queensland border, on Monday next for Sydney and Canberra to impress upon the Federal and State…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2
A public meeting was recently held in the Council Chambers, Wingham, to devise ways and means of assisting all who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taree Apex Club's I Flood Appeal
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1
Members of the Taree Apex Club have concluded a house to-house collection to aid victims of the recent floods. They…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3
After service, collections will be made at the Methodist Church, Taree, and at country churches on Sunday…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 8
Now that the longawated report prepared by the Macleay Valley Flood Mitigation Council is…
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Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3
The N.S.W. Minister for Conservation (Mr. A. G. Enticknap) in the second of a series of articles, makes reference to Macleay flood Problems in such terms that would…
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Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1
MELBOURNE. --The Victorian Government had decided to help farmers in the flooded areas of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women Active On Clarence River Flood Control
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7
The viewpoint of women on the necessity for bringing to an end the floods which periodically ravage the Clarence Valley was forcibly expressed by speakers at a gathering of 250 at the Garden Theatre, Grafton, on Tuesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Relief Seventh-day Adventist
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6
On the Sabbath last, all Seventh - Day Adventist churches, in the North New South Wales Conference, took…
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Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4
Only another £208126 is needed to bring the Northern Flood Relief Appeal, in Kempsey, to the anticipated total…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 6
All Seventh-day Adventist churches in the North New South Wales Conference, recently took up a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Flood Damage Estimated at £23,000
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3
Although the Manning escaped a major flood in February, damage to roads and bridges in the shire amounted to £23,000. The engineer (Mr. L. D. F. Geer), gave this…
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Macleay Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 8
Mr. G. A. Moody, District Works Engineer, of Coffs Harbour, has forwarded to the Macleay Local Government Executive an informative statement regarding the construction of flood refuse mounds on…
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