Thoughts on the Floods
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 2
The present season is so wet and the Wetness extends over such a vast area of Australia as to silence even the oldest inhabitant, for no living man can recall a year when rain fell steadily for the first quarter over practically the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Govt. Plans Flood of Migrants Canberra
Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 1
To keep living standards at the present levels the stock of capital goods in Australia must be increased in value by about £1000 for every person added to the community,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Sweeps People Off Their Feet
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Monday : A sudden 92 m.p.h. gale struck the holiday town of Blackpool today, sweeping people off their feet,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Resident Drowned in Gippsland Floods
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2
FLOODWATERS on Wednesday washed an 80ft. span of the Avon River Bridge at Strathford (Gippsland), and hurled a woman 50ft. to her death in the torrent. About 20 other persons crossing the bridge rushed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Patrol
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2
With the advent of the flood a new activity has developed in the town, namely, the patrolling of the levee banks, built to hold back the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FlOOD Waters Receding Hay Wins First Round
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2
WITH the flood waters now receding and the necessity for patrols on the embankments temporarily past, Hay can be said to have won the first round of the battle with the 1950 floodwaters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carrathool Roads Successful Prosecution for Flooding—new Grader in Action
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 4
IT was reported to last Carrathool Shire Council meeting that Council had won its first case against a landholder for flooding Shire roads with irrigation waters. In considering other roadwork matters it was decided to propose a meeting with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Flood Threat
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday : Danger of further flooding in most parts of the State has passed, but there is a new threat later…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Relief Grant of £10,000 Sought Storm Water Damage Around Mathoura
The Pastoral Times · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1
Storm water damage to, domestic roads, bridges and culverts in Mathoura district — estimated conservatively at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Flood Damage to Fencing
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 11
SYDNEY, Tues.: More than 2000 miles of fencing were needed for flood-damaged properties in the Murrumbidgee region, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heartbreaking Task Facing Victims of Floods Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 3
In the recently flooded districts throughout N.S.W. today thousands of residents began the Herculean task of cleaning up. Flooded rivers have fallen and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Former Deniliquin Woman Flood Victim
The Pastoral Times · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1
When an 80 foot span of the Avon River bridge, Stratford, collapsed last week during the flood, Mrs. Florence Beechey,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Floods All Creeks Receding But Further Rises Expected
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1
The Billabong Creek at Jerilderie commenced to rise fairy substantially since Saturday and has since been rising slowly at the rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News and Notes Flood Relief
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3
A grant of £40,000, to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and State Governments, has been recommended by the Flood Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3000 Square Miles Flooded
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wed.: On his return to Broken Hill today from a Patrol in the west the flying doctor Dr L. W. Alderman, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Damage—and Repairs
The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4
Storm water damage to roads in each of the Shire ridings was described by councillors at the Murray Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Position Maud Gets Peak
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2
The first peak of the flood reached Maude on Wednesday. After reaching a level eight inches lower than the previous peak, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Floods Damage Crops and Pastures” “But Feed Coming Away in Profusion” States District Agronomist Crawford
The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7
STATING that recent floods have damaged crops and pastures, in Ms monthly report m the western portion of the central Murray region, the district agronomist at Deniliquin (Mr, G. A, Crawford) adds that the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Graziers Fighting Biggest Flood in Condobolin’s History: Position Grave Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 1
Graziers in the Condobolin-Euabalong district are fighting the biggest flood in history, and the worst infestation of the blowfly known. Overflow from Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cameron Silent As Storm Gathers
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 8
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr Cameron) today would not discuss the…
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