New Flood Fund Proposed
Because many of the volunteers who worked on the levees and on patrols throughout the period of flood danger lost considerable…
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Items of News Walbundrie Appeal for Clothing for Flood Victims
Walbundrie CWA is sponsoring an appeal in the Walbundrie district for used or new clothing for flood victims. The appeal is…
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Beechworth CWA has opened an appeal for flood victims throughout Victoria, The branch’s rooms will be open next Wednesday and…
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Stain during the weekend is expected to cause considerable rises in all rivers in the border districts and minor flooding can be…
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TOKIO, Sun.: The death roll in heavy rainstorms that swept western Japan on Friday has mounted to 75 and police report…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Scores of streets were under water and hundreds of homes inn the metropolitan area tonight had water feet deep in them after the heaviest July rains for 61 years…
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Several donations, have been made towards a fund to reimburse those volunteer workers on the flood banks around the town…
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FLOOD prevention work in hay in recent weeks cost a total of £3051/1/8, comprising £629/12/6 expended in the town area and £2421/9/2 on main road work, which latter amount will be payable from…
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This picture, published by courtesy of Mr. Dan Drum, of the Riverina Hotel, who took it from Mr. Murdock's plane, shows the flood waters south of Hay over the Deniliquin Road. The southern half of the Hay bridge can be seen in the right foreground, with the three highways branching to Darlington Point (to the left), Deniliquin (in the centre), and Balranald (to the…
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Floods in the past few months caused damage estimated at over £2200 to Towong Shire toads, the engineer (Mr. H, R. Craig) estimated yesterday. He told Towong Shire Council that…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two Army ducks and half a dozen motor trucks rushed to the bayside suburbs of Chelsea and Edithvale tonight…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Flood waters from the swollen Goulburn River tonight surrounded the town of Alexandra, near the Eildon Weir, completely isolating its population from the outside world. All roads leading to and…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Epsom racecourse was closed to all trainers this morning because of floodwaters. At Mentone only the tan…
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South-eastern Australians, at least, have had a vivid illustration in the past two years of what Dorothea Mackellar meant when she spoke of Australia’s “beauty and…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: The Weather Bureau warned tonight of renewed flood danger in the head-waters of the Lachlan and…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—Grave warnings of serious flood danger were issued by the Weather Bureau tonight. According to meteorologists the already…
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A further 39 points of rain fell in Albury yesterday, but district floodwaters have, not risen. At Wangaratta the flooded Ovens…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Hand-reds reds of flood victims through-out out Victoria were moving back into the flood-filled homes…
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Owing to flood condi[?] the Murray and its [?] additional part [?] been engaged by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50,000 see the Games open in a fierce rain-storm
HELSINKI, Sun.: Fifty thousand Finns and international visitors yesterday morning braved a fierce rain-storm to witness the official of the 15th Olympiad…
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