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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
120 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
The Port Sonachan, an iron barque of 1112 tons net register, arrived in Port yesterday from Rio Janeiro. She belongs to Messrs. Crawford and Rowat's well-known Port line, which includes the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It would appear that very often the efforts of even the most philanthropic people are misunderstood, and that their endeavours to please are sometimes rejected with scorn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The necessity for the introduction of a comprehensive scheme to safeguard the residents of the Lower Hunter from flood appears to have been fully grasped by the Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A LARGELY attended public meeting, convened at the instance of the local progress committee, was held in the School of Arts, Hinton, last Saturday afternoon, with the object…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A largely-attended meeting was held in the School of Arts, Hinton, on Saturday afternoon, with the object of considering a suitable scheme for the prevention of floods…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE meeting held at Hinton the other day for the purpose of considering a suitable scheme for the prevention of floods ought to be productive of good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE agitation originally commenced by Mr. Price, M.P., in the Assembly for cutting a channel to divert the course of the Hunter River and provide for taking away flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Winton states that a man name unknown was drowned in the recent floods in the Western River, near Ellerslie. A lad named Fleetwood is also missing. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday last Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., received a letter from the council clerk at Singleton, stating that the Mayor was desirous of ascertaining the date on which it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—I have had it on my mind for some time past to address you on the subject of the proposed flood-prevention schemes on the Hunter River. That intention has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. GILLIES, M.P., has received a communication from the Works Department forwarding him reports from the Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers with regard to flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question of minimising the danger of floods along the valley of the Hunter River is at last receiving attention at the hands of the Government. Since the last disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I forward herewith 10 plans showing the various outlets, embankments, &c., proposed in connection with the prevention of floods so the Hunter River as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN our yesterday's issue we referred to the schemes proposed by the Harbours and Rivers Department for the improvement of the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN consequence of the damage by floods in the Gloucester district recently the Government has granted a special sum of £2000, on Mr. Price's recommendation, to place the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., has brought the matter of a scheme of flood prevention for the Hunter River under the notice of several members of Parliament, and it is gratifying…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DEPUTATION was to-day introduced to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brunker) by Mr. H. H. Brown, M.P. for Durham, to request that the Government should grant assistance to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE sum of £12,000 was placed upon the estimates prior to the Christmas parliamentary recess for the purpose of draining the Commonage of storm waters, and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Tuesday. — Intelligence from Morocco states that a great storm has been experienced off Tangiers, the principle seaport. Waves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mass meeting of resident of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, to be held at East Maitland this afternoon on the subject of flood prevention, promises to produce the…
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