Freighter Buffeted by Cyclone Steel Deck Rails Swept Away BRISBANE
Sixty foot waves which tossed the coastal freighter, River Derwent through three days of this week's cyclone of N.S.W. coast, bashed in 20…
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Floods Made Hazardous Travelling
Stories of harrowing experiences between Glen Innes and flood-bound Grafton have been told by travellers arriving in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage Greater Than Early Estimates Lismore On Guard Against Infected Town Water Supply
SYDNEY, Friday.—The estimate ty the Minister for Labour and Industry Mr. Finnan, that this week's floods on the north coast caused £250,000 damage is regarded at Grafton as far below…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Grant for Flood Relief Cabinet Makes £10,000 AVAILABLE Medical Officers Fear Typhoid Outbreak At Lismore CANBERRA
The Federal Cabinet decided to-day to grant £10,000 for flood relief in New South Wales. The money will be distributed in case of hardship. An estimate by the Minister for Labour and Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Delays Romance Perth Man's Battle To Get Married CASINO
A 20-year-old Perth man is battling floods in an effort to reach Bollina by to-morrow to get married, have a short honeymoon and then…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Cabinet Grants £10,000 for Flood Relief; Damage £250,000
CANBERRA, Friday.—Federal Cabinet decided to-day to grant £10,000 for flood relief in New South Wales. The money will be distributed in cases of hardship. Latest estimates place the number of people mode…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Has Stopped Gragin Road Works
Because of heavy rain, work by Ashford Shire Council on the Gragin settlement road might have to be abandoned for “quite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Leave Aftermath of Suffering
LISMORE, Monday—Thousands, of valuable cattle are stranded in mud and in water in mid-Richmond area and are desperately in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands of Cattle in Danger As Aftermath of North Coast Flood
LISMORE, Monday.—Thousands of valuable cattle are stranded in mud and water in the mid-Richmond area and are desperately in need of fodder. Unless they are fed soon they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Armidale Red Cross Appeal For Clothing
The Red Cross is sending out an urgent appeal for good secondhand clothing for the flood victims in the inundated areas of the Tweed,…
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Mr.J. R. Windeyer, of Glen In[?]es, [?]ved at yesterday's sitting of the Decentralisation Convention, that sympathy be expressed with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Relief Clothing Sent To Coast
The first parcel of clothing for flood relief on the rorth coast has been forwarded by Armidale branch of the Red Cross Society…
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The N.R.M.A. reports a complication caused by the recent floods on the North Coast. Because many fences have been destroyed, stock are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Relief Red Cross Appeal Over
Due to the ready response of Armidale and other inland Red Cross branches, the president of Grafton branch has advised that sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Victims Assistance From Uralla C.W.A. CONTRIBUTION
Realising the sufferings of residents or Lismore and other parts of the North Coast, members of the Uralla branch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.W.A. Help For Flood Victims
Realising the sufferings of residents of Lismore and other parts of the North Coast, members of the Uralla branch of the C.W.A. have…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →39 Die in British Air Crash Governor of Malaya Among Victims York, Skymaster Colude in Heavy Rain London
Thirty-nine persons, including Sir Edward Gent, British Governor of Malaya, were killed when an R.A.F. York transport and a Scandinavian Airways Skymaster collided in mid-air over Northolt, Middlesex,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apex Drive Success Clothes for Flood Victims
The clothes drive for the North Coast districts, conducted by the Inverell Apex Club, yesterday was very successful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clothing for Flood Victims Grafton Red Cross Branch's Appreciation
Mrs. N. McCallum, president of Cr[?]on on branch of the Red Cross Society, has expressed appreciation to the Armidale branch for clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tenterfield Included In Flood Area
A request has been made by Tenterfield branch of the Northern New South Wales Farmers’ Union to Lieut.-Col. M. P…
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