Seamen To Aid Flood Clean-up
Seamen from a cargo ship in port and employees from several Newcastle shipping companies will go to Maitland on…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Flood Appeals In Hobart, Melbourne
SYDNEY.—A scheme by the Lord Mayor (Aid. E. C. O'Dea) to extend the N.S.W. Flood Victims' Appeal Fund to a…
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Long-range plans, involving the transfer of big sections of towns and townships at a cost of many millions, seem to be the only answer to the recurrent disastrous floods in various parts of the State which have left a trail of suffering and misery in their wake…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Appeal Fund Now £7979
DONATIONS to the "Newcastle Herald" - "Newcastle Sun" 2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £7979/13/2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2 Lord Mayors Support N.S.W. Flood Appeal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Lord Mayors of Melbourne and Hobart have supported the scheme by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Delays Building Of Hexham Bridge
The destruction of a coffer dam by flood water will delay the construction of Hexham bridge about four months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters To the Editor Flood Insurance
IF GRAY'S HOUSE is destroyed by fire, he may be recouped by insurance, but Brown, Smith and Jones, whose houses' have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Still Isolates Eight Families
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Eight families still isolated by floods at Orinerville, on the Bellinger River, have food to tide them over this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.s. Floods Drown Four
PITTSBURGH, July 6. A.A.P.— Rain-swollen creeks near Pittsburgh swelled to torrents yesterday, drowning at least four people and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Governor to See Flood Damage
With maintenance of the rate of fall of flood water, a full picture of the damage in Maitland should be presented when the Governor (Lieut.-General Sir John Northcott) makes an informal…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →£8000 Mark Passed In Flood Appeal
"The Sun"â"Herald"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £8159 today. A donation of £64 16s 6d was made by pupils and staff of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Lock Big Timber Stocks In Dorrigo Area
Large stocks of timber may be locked up in the Dorrigo district for several months and the housing position aggravated thereby as the branch line from Glen-reagh was damaged extensively during the abnormal June rain. At present there are trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Best Coal Output Day Since Flood
The northern coalfields today had their best working day since the Hunter River flooded ' last month. With nine mines idle, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Relief Committee at Maitland
The State Flood Relief Committee will nay a second visit to Maitland tomorrow and confer with members of Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cook's Hill School Aids Flood Appeal
Staff and students of Cook's Hill Intermediate High School contributed £64/16/6 to the "Herald"-"Sun," 2KO Flood Appeal yesterday. Left to right: Leo Davis, Captain of the Boys' School, Judith Brown, Vice-captain of the Girls' School, Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help For Flooded Legacy Wards
At a meeting of Hunter Legacy last night, it was reported that the homes of seven Legacy wards had been flooded last month…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Appeal Fund Now £8280
DONATIONS to the "Newcastle Herald"-"Newcastle Sun-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £8280…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Warning System Proposals
Recommendations for a flood warning system on the Hunter River were supplied to the Maitland City Council yesterday by the…
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Although the Commonwealth-State Flood Relief Committee was very sympathetic towards the ownerfarmer, any move for an alteration in its present system of relief would have to come from the two…
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