Disinfectant for Flood Clean-up
The supply of ordinary disinfectants in Maitland had run out, but a sufficient supply of chloride of lime was available…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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£100,000 Flood Damage To Main Roads
Flood damage to highways and main roads in the Newcastle, Cessnock, Singleton and Stroud area is estimated at between £80,000 and…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An assurance that, if further necessitous cases required relief after the Commonwealth and State grant of £40,000 to flood victims had been expended, a further grant…
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Disinfectant was available free at municipal and shire offices in the Maitland, Singleton and Coalfields flood areas, the Medical Officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Evacuees Happy at Mayfield
She will take care of them till they are able to return to their homes. Back row (left to right): Edna…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods In Southern Japan: Many Drowned
TOKYO, June 29. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Many persons were dead, and homes and farmland over a wide area were standing in water to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tunnel To Lake 'To Ease Floods'
A tunnel through Sugarloaf Mountain to drain surplus water into Lake Macquarie to prevent floods was suggested by Cr. Taylor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheques Go To Flood Victims
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Cheques had been sent to a number of flood victims, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Flood Relief Fund £8300
Last night the Mayor of Maitland's flood relief fund had reached £8300. About midday yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All-Weather Routes To Beat Floods Urged
Provision of all-weather access from Newcastle to North and North Coast areas was discussed by the Regional Development Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →5500 Food Parcels For Flood Victims
The Red Cross Flood Relief Committee had distributed 5500 food parcels, each valued at £1, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Apostolic Delegate Sees Flood Ruin
After an inspection of flood damage in Maitland today the Apostolic Delegate (Archbishop Marella) said he was appalled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£16,406 Received For Flood Relief Appeal
The Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Appeal requires only £3600 to reach the target of £20,000 set when the appeal opened less than a fortnight ago. A further amount of £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Evacuees Stay at Greta
Plans to evacuate flood victims at Gretasa they could be near their homes in Maitland were abandoned today by the Social Service Department. Nearly 200 men, women and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDITORIAL Mr. Chifley And The Hunter Floods
IT was neither a very gracious nor very convincing reply that the Prime Minister yesterday gave to those who sought to interest him in the Hunter Valley flood problem…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Brief Ex-Servicemen's Flood Aid
Col. E. J. Munro has suggested that all ex-Servicemen who passed through camps in the Maitland district during the war should contribute to a fund for flood victims. Col. Munro is a former secretary of the Country Party and Commander of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland and District Maitland Mayor's Fund For Flood Relief £9200
Subscriptions to the Mayor of Maitland's Flood Relief Fund totalled £9200 last night, the Treasurer (Mr. C. A. Johnston) reported…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toronto Fund For Flood Aid £500
It was reported to Toronto Flood Appeal Committee that £240 had been raised in one week for the Lord Mayor's appeal. Amounts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Relief Fund £16,000
A CHEQUE for £2000 from the 2KO appeal and other donations brought the Lord Mayor of Newcastle's Flood Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Claims From Shire Areas
Many claims for assistance from the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund have been received from the Port Stephens, Lake…
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