Stop Press Flood Relief
SYDNEY: Five Federal and four N.S.W. Cabinet Ministers under the Chairmanship of the Premier (Mr. McGirr) will meet late this afternoon…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 50
Barge In Storm Sends Out Appeal For Aid
PERTH, Thursday.—An S.O.S. was received to-day from a 120-ton Australian Whaling Commission barge in difficulties five miles…
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A proposal from Kurri Kurri Club for a game between a combined Coalfields team and the Newcastle team having the bye, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Fund Stands At £4256
DONATIONS to the "Newcastle Herald"-"Newcastle Sun"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £4256 last night…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Floods had affected telephone services around Lismore, Grafton, Maclean, Coff's Harbour, Bellingen,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Children who had lost school time because of the floods would, in special cases, receive consideration,…
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At a conference with the Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald) at the Town Hall today, Maitland clergymen decided to form…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage From Flood Waves
Strong westerly winds have caused much d amage to [?] homes in Maitland. Picture shows the wrecked back wall of Mr. R. Cap on's home in Off Walker St., near Maitland Railway Station. Waves whipped up by the strong wind damaged several other homes in the flood area…
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SYDNEY: An Army unit of 60 men, with bulldozers, graders, mobile cranes and other machinery, is standing by in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Flood Fund Urged By Chamber
Creation of a National Flood and Bushfire Relief Fund will be urged on the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) by Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. It is suggested that the fund be built up by compulsory in-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey floods from 4000ft
Macleay River wends its way through an inland lake caused by floodwaters in the Kempsey district. This…
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Floodwaters on the road between Wallis Creek floodgates and High-st. overhead bridge had dropped a further six…
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Collections are being taken up at Stewarts and Lloyds works in Newcastle to assist employees of the firm who have…
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South Maitland residents felt like cheering this morning when told that Wallis Creek floodgates had opened during the night and water was boiling through into the Hunter River…
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The main flood threat in Maitland is now over, but it will be many days before the floodwaters have receded sufficiently to enable Maitland residents to return to their homes and everyday life. Pictures show—Top left: A trailer bus which runs a shuttle service for East Maitland residents with floodwaters washing over the floor yesterday. At times the water was up to the seats. Top right: A home near Maitland Railway Station with the asbestos walls smashed by the floodwaters whipped up into waves by yesterday's westerly winds. Centre left: Norma Clements and Barbara Calder talking to Miss Jessie Brownlee before the major Royal Academy Dancing Examinations. Below left: Ballet students Fay Street and Marlene Cook with the…
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MAITLAND clergymen decided yesterday to form themselves into a sub-committee to arrange holidays for flood…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government would give maximum help wherever needed in flooded New South Wales,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. O'Dea) said to-day he would visit the flood-stricken areas in the next few…
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DONATIONS to the "Newcastle Herald"- "Newcastle Sun"-2KO Flood Relief [?]peal reached £5416 last night…
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The popular French film, "The Baker's Wife," will be given a special matinee screening at King's Theatre, Lambton, on Wednesday…
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