Government Flood Damage Grants
The Minister for Public Works had granted £4310 to Maitland Council towards the cost of restoring the levee banks which protected…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Rain Floods Mutton Birds' Nests
LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.—The heaviest November rain in memory has washed out every road on Flinders Island, Bass…
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Maitland still has its flood problems. The backwaters of the June floods as seen from the Cessnock road near Dagworth…
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BONN, Nov. 25. A.A.P. — The Socialist leader (Dr. Kurt Schumacher) was expelled from the West German Parliament for 20 days following a stormy debate on the new…
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MELBOURNE: Two young men today were watching a horse and spring dray driven by an elderly man cross flooded low-lying land on the bank of the Goulburn River at Shepparton, when horse, man and cart disappeared…
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BRISBANE: Queensland is to have a team of "radio robots" which will automatically report river heights and flash flood warnings. The robots have been tested in the Brisbane River…
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VANCOUVER, Nov. 27. A.A.P. —At least seven people were killed yesterday in gales and torrential rain that swept the Pacific coast from…
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SYDNEY: The liner Wanganella, on her way from Wellington to Sydney, last night ran into an electrical storm so…
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Violent thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and last night cut telephone and telegraph communications in many parts of the State and into Queensland…
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SEATTLE, Sun (A.A.P.): One of the worst storms in the history of the north-west Pacific swept inland today. It caused at least 10 deaths and millions…
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ROME, Tues. (A.A.P.): Heavy flood damage followed a weekend of gales and storms in…
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Storms, including hail at some places, were general in the Hunter Valley yesterday. After a succession of small storms…
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Thunder showers are expected late this after-noon, the Weather Bureau said in Sydney this morning. Recent hailstorms and heavy rain are expected to reduce…
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Lake Macquarie Shire Council voted £250 for flood repairs, to be granted when the money was available…
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The Minister for Works (Mr. Cahill) devised Maitland Council last night that he had granted £1000 to repair the Wallis Creek…
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VANCOUVER (B.C.). Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Floods threatened to isolate Vancouver tonight in the wake of a new storm that…
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The floodlights will be switched on at Newcastle Showground on Tuesday night to see how the new track will look for the opening of…
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BERLIN, Mon. (A.A.P.): Eight people were killed i a great gale which lashed northern Germany…
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BERLIN, Dec. 5. A.A.P.—At least 14 people were killed in Northern Germany and many others were injured in the gale which swept the country yesterday…
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Kearsley Shire Council will receive a grant of £11,000 for repairs to roads and bridges damaged in the June floods. The Minister for Local…
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