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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1956

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Flood Damage Rehabilitation

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 1

Grave concern at the all embracing flood damage within No. 2 Region of the Murray Valley Development…

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[?]st Flood Work Cost £2625

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 1

Total expenditure during the past two weeks on [?] prevention at North Deniliquin was £2625/18/7, Deniliquin Municipal Council was told on Wednesday [?]…

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£25 Donation to Mayor’s Flood Appeal

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 4

The “Pastoral Times” [?] vised today by Mr. I. G [?] van, that the White [?] Social Club is making [?]…

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Body Found in Flooded Creek

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 7

Late on Wednesday afternoon the body of 33 year-old Frederick William Lawford, who was reported missing…

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[?]Sizes [?]stones In [?]ak Storm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 5

[?]lstones increased from [?]ize of currants to the [?]of pullet eggs within 30 [?]es, as a freak…

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Building in Flood Area

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1

[?]ite the recent flooding [?]orth Deniliquin appli[?] were received by the [?]quin Municipal Council…

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Flood Slows P.M.G. Works

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1

A team of P.M.G. technicians is stationed at Deniliquin investing the possibility of installing a subsidiary circuit to bridge a 50 mile flood bound stretch between here and Moulamein on the new telephone…

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[?]Will Future Hold No Terrors Of Floods? Authorities: It Can Be Controlled!

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 August 1956 · page 7

Floods and their prevention and control was the principal theme of discussions at the Murray Valley development League conference held in Melbourne last week. The meeting was diverted to Melbourne because…

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Murray River Flooding

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, the Shire Engineer (Mr J. Currie) reported as follows:—…

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Red Gum Trees Died In Floods

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 7

Too much flooding causes Red Gum trees to die, and the Forestry Commission estimates that…

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[?]Men Drowned In [?]Flooded Lake

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 1

[?] Bodies of two men reported missing in the Moira [?] area early this week have been recovered from [?] feet of water by police and civilian searchers. [?] Covering many square miles in area, the lake…

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Floods Controlled From A Central Point -Practical Suggestions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 5

Mr. L. G. Roth, a member of the Murray Valley Development League, who resides at Tumbarumba submits his opinions concerning this uppermost topic of the time, particularly those who have felt the effects of…

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Town Planning — Building in Flood Areas

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 7

Local Councils have power to enforce building standards, but have no power to prevent building…

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Help for Flooded Settlers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 6

Owner farmers who are in necessitious circumstances due to floods may apply to the Rural Bank either locally or in Sydney for advances for such purposes as purchase of household stores, seed, feed, fertiliser and…

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Minister Promises Help for Flooded Settlers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 1

Every assistance that is justified will be given settlers whose properties have been flooded, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Roger Nott) promised Mr. J. A. Lawson and Mr. Fred Cahill, Members of the Legislative…

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Floods At Maude

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 3

Writing to a friend in Deniliquin, Mr. Jack Murphy, former resident of this town, and now “mine host” of the Maude Hotel…

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Nov.-dec. Floods?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 1

Rainfall during October should be above normal in the far west and Riverina districts of New South…

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[?]rest Flooding [?]evention Work To Commence Shortly

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 1

Works to prevent summer flooding of the Red Gum its will commence this coming summer, Murray [?] Council was advised at yesterday’s meeting. [?] information was…

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Neglect Caused Murray Floods

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 7

“It is the prime duty of every self-respecting nation to undertake the responsibility of controlling its own waterways,” Mr. Hugh S. Robertson, Minister for Social Services, said during the course of a debate on the…

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Murray River Floods Startling Records Quoted

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1956 · page 6

A comparison between flood levels during Che current cris and those of the past makes interesting reading in…

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