Wallsend Business Places Flooded
Business premises in the lowest lying part of Nelston-street Wallsend, for the second time in a little over a fortnight, were inundated during the early hours of…
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Floods & storms, 1930
673 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 34
Flood Area Visited Central Committee Appointed
At the invitation of the residents of Miller's Forest, the Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. T. Blackall) accompanied by members of her Newcastle relief committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland's Capital Answers Appeal By Maitland Flood Victims Caused by Dog Cessnock Car Smash Boy Injured
Reginald Burstan, aged 13, of Shallimah-street. Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital last night, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane Responds Mayor's National Flood Appeal Fund Opened Adelaide and Launceston Refuse
The Commonwealth flood fund appeal of the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Blackall), has been responded to by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman Jolly), who has opened a fund, but turned down by the Mayors of Adelaide and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seed Wanted Relief for Flood Areas Visitors Astounded
The Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. Blackall) and her committee of women working in the interests of the flood victims visited…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Missed Gales Steamer's Luck Halteric in Port
The steamer Halteric, after a good trip from Nauru and Ocean Island entered Port Hunter at daylight today and proceeded to a bunker…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Appeal to Other Cities Brisbane Responds Much Distress Elsewhere
Brisbane has responded to the appeal by the Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. T. Blackall) to open a fund to provide relief to sufferers in the flood-stricken areas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Japan Tokio, July 7
Twenty-seven are reported to have been drowned and thousands are homeless in Yamagataken as the result of excessive rains causing the rivers to rise 20ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Others Are Worse" Flood Sufferers' Spirit
An instance provided by Mr. C. Garnham, of Large, at a public meeting at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Superstitious Maitland Flood Committee Fine Relief Work
In a work of such a grave character as the relief at distress caused by the floods, there is no consideration for superstition. A committee of 13 was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RESERVOIRS In Hunter River Save the Town Maitland Flood Scheme
"To save the town of West Maitland from devastation by floods is but a simple matter, but to save it without drowning the people lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Danger West Australian Rains Shipping Delayed by Gale Perth
The flood danger is again imminent as a result of 10 days of almost continuous rains. Agricultural areas are flooded, but crops are, not menaced yet. Roads and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Damage Patrick Plains Shire Singleton
At a special meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council, the Engineer (Mr. Wikner) presented an exhaustive report concerning the damage by the recent flood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For Flood Victims Improvised Mattresses
Relief workers are improvising mattresses of hessian and straw for flood victims whose losses of property included their bedding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Relief Concert
A splendid night's entertainment is promised next Monday, when a concert, under the patronage of the Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. Blackall), will be given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Engineering Expert Flood Mitigation Work? Newcastle Visit
In Newcastle to-day was a member of the Government Engineering Experts' Committee (Mr. Fleming), and he was in consultation with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subway Suggested Maitland's Flooded Farms
The construction of a subway from Wallis Creek to Howe's Lagoon, near Morpeth, as a means of draining the waters which periodically flood the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prime Minister's Staggering Taxation Grab Raises Storm of Criticise Tax on Pockets People Will Have to Find £59,670,000 Widespread Criticism Nothing Escapes Mr. Scullin's Sensational Tax CANBERRA
To the man in the street the most significant feature of the Federal Budget is the fact that during the present financial year Australia's 6,000,000 people will have to pay, directly and indirectly, £59,670,000 in Federal taxation. Last financial year the total revenue from Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wollombi Brook Importance in Flood Time
Wollombi Brook, more familiarly known, especially in flood time, as "The Cockfighter," plays a very large part in Hunter River floods at Singleton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Danger Ayrfield Collieries Federation Fears
Fearing danger from flood waters, the Northern miners' executive has advised members not to enter the Ayrfield collieries until the thickness of the barrier…
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