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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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A MASS meeting of residents of Newcastle, Raymond Terrace, Morpeth, Hinton, East and West Maitland, and others of the valley of the Hunter, was held in the Banks-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the most representative meetings ever held in the district took place at East Maitland yesterday, to discuss means for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A deputation from the Wallsend and Plattsburg councils then waited upon Mr. Young, being introduced by Mr. D. Watkins, M.P. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A movement is on foot to got a largely-signed requisition presented to the Mayor of West Maitland, asking him to convene a public meeting of the residents of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An officer from the Department of Mines and Agriculture (Mr. A. Dunnicliff) was received at the Town Hall, West Maitland, by Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., and Alderman Crothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT is hoped that the mass meeting held at East Maitland on Friday last for the purpose of urging the Government to carry out a scheme of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MADRID, Monday.—It now transpires that the Spanish warship Reina Regente, which foundered recently with all hands, was caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—A terrific gale is being experienced in London and Southern and Midland counties, doing great damage to property. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The question of flood prevention is and should be uppermost in the minds of the Hunter Valley residents. I would ask publicity for my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. T. H. PEARSE, hon. secretary of the Hinton Progress Committee, has received a communication notifying that the Minister for Works will receive the deputation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OUR Wallsend correspondent writes:—The Minister for Works purposes giving effect to the promise made with regard to the long-promised storm-water drainage. Matters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A LARGE and very representative deputation from the districts of the Hunter River had an interview with the Minister for Works this morning with regard to a scheme for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HEAVY rains fell here on Friday night, but the rainfall at the head of the Mossman, Salt Water, and Daintree rivers must have been terrific. Charles Masterton, who arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mayor has received a telegram from the chairman of the Port Douglas Divisional Board, making an urgent appeal for funds to assist the settlers ruined by the recent floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the West Maitland Borough Council meeting on Thursday evening the Mayor reported what had transpired at the deputation representing the residents of the Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN animated discussion took place at the West Maitland Borough Council meeting last Thursday night on the Mayor's report of the deputation which recently interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN connection with the very important question of how to deal with the floods of the River Hunter, there arises, in my opinion, the still more important…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A public meeting was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, last evening, to consider the question of flood mitigation for the Hunter River. Mr. H. Crothers, Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. PRICE, M.P., has received from the Minister for Works a report by Mr. Walsh, District Engineer for Harbours and Rives at Newcastle, upon the proposed cutting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Sunday.—Intelligence has been received of a terrible cyclone which swept over the Sioux Falls. Fifty-two persons were killed, and…
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