[?]Mayor’s Flood Relief Appeal £1620 [?] Claims £2709
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1956 · page 1
Claims totalling £2,709.14.3 have been received the Deniliquin Municipal Council for payment from [?] Mayorâs Flood Relief Fund. Thursday nightâs meeting was told that £957.5.8…
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The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 6
âThe anticipated cost of carrying out flood regulation in the forest sector between Tocumwal and Echuca would be in the vicinity of £100,000,â Mathoura saw miller. Mr. H. B. Douglas, said at the recent meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inch of Rain Heavy Hail in Storm
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1956 · page 1
Jerilderie experienced a violent thunder and hail storm, last Thursday afternoon. The storm was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Turned The tables FLOODS last month turned tables on the R.A.A.F.
The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 3
Itâs an accepted fact in Australia that among the first into action when the rivers go on the rampage are the men and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£2372 Spent On Flood Damaged Roads
The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 8
For the first two months of this year total expenditure on shire roadworks was £909, shire engineer (Mr. K. Month)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Augury!
The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 April 1956 · page 1
The level of the Murray downstream to Edward River off-take has, during the months of March and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£845 For Flood Damage To Public Property
The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1956 · page 7
Approval of a 50 per cent grant of £845 towards a flood re-instatement programme of £1690 was notified by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Snowy Works Will Reduce Flooding” Committee Assured
The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1956 · page 3
Snowy works will, if anything, reduce the risk of flooding downstream from the Hydro stations, the Murray - Murrumbidgee Development Committee was assured on their annual tour of the Snowy works last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Rumours Discounted
The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 1
Rumours that the Edward River would rise to over 30 feet within the next week or so were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caused By Flood Or Industry?
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1956 · page 1
The condition of Heriott Street, North Deniliquin was not brought about so much by flood work as by the type…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Waters Cut Roads But Weekend Football Still On
The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 5
DESPITE flood waters covering the road by up to a foot for 15 yards on either side of the bridge, D.F.C. officials said last night that tomorrowâs match against Tocumwal would take place on Memorial Park…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Closes Many Roads
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 June 1956 · page 1
Rapidly rising flood waters from the swollen Billabong Creek have completely isolated residents in the eastern section of Conargo Shire. Although flood waters have cut off most roads on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Flood Levees
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 June 1956 · page 1
A special meeting of the Deniliquin Municipal Council will be held at the Council Chambers tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Vill Seek Gov’t Grant for Flood Protection
The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 1
[?]POINTMENT of a Select Committee to give consideration to Mr. J. Loxtonâs [?] plan for flood protection was made at Tuesday nightâs special meeting of Den[?] Municipal Council. From the plan it is purposed to submit to the Govern[?] a scheme for permanent flood protection of the town, with the idea of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay Expects Worst Flood for 25 Years
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1956 · page 1
Hay residents are preparing for the biggest flood for 25 years and banks will be built to a minimum level of 1931…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Causing Unemployment
The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 6
Over 60 mill hands face unemployment in the next month and already 23 men have been laid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Prepares for Flood
The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 1
In an effort to avoid the last minute, round-the-clock toiling on levee banks in the event of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roads Closed By Floods
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 June 1956 · page 1
Several roads have been blocked by floodwaters from the Murrumbidgee River and the Billabong and Colombo Creeks, according to a statement issued yesterday by Mr. George King, divisional engineer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike Settled, but Flood and Rain Delays Shearing
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 July 1956 · page 1
SHEARING in the Deniliquin district will be considerably delayed despite settlement of the strike in all states excepting Queensland at Sydney on Thursday. Bans and restrictions have been completely lifted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage New Danger
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 July 1956 · page 8
Recent tours of country districts have revealed that there is a greater menace to safety on the roads than is…
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