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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 50

Flood Relief Appeal Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 1

The "Sun" "Herald" 2KO flood appeal this morning reached £9690. (Details Page Three)…

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Flood Appeal Fund Now £969

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 3

Today's donations to the: "Sun"-"Herald"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal included 50 guineas from Bebarfalds Ltd. and £25…

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Flood Evacuation Warnings At Brewarrina And Bourke

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Families along 90 miles of the Darling between Brewarrina and Bourke have been warned to prepare for evacuation this week as flood-waters sweep down from Queensland. Old identities at Bourke are…

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Break In Weather Will Assist Fall Of Floodwaters

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 6

A break in the weather over the Hunter Valley during the week-end will assist the rate of fall in the flood level at Maitland. Last week an average of an…

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Flood Debris At Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 4

Four soldiers removing a log from the Belmore Bridge, at Maitland, at the week-end. The log, with others, was later dragged on to the shore…

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Need for Flood Fund Care

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 4

Particular care would be needed when distributing flood relief funds, the Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald Donald) told Maitland Flood Relief Committee yesterday…

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Flood Relief Appeal Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 1

The "Sun"-"Herald" 2KO flood appeal this morning reached £9767. (Details Page Three)…

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Flood Aid Fund Now £9767

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 3

Cash donations to the "Sun" - "Herald" - 2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9299 today…

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Flood Damage To Queensland Wheat

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 6

TOOWOOMBA. — Overall damage from flood rains to thousands of acres under wheat would not exceed five per cent.,…

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Flood Appeal Fund £9373

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

"Herald"-"Sun"-D-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9373/4/5 yesterday. Including promised…

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Wollongong's £2000 To Flood Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New South Wales Flood Victims' Appeal to-day received its largest donation —£2000 from Wollongong City…

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Flood Fund Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 6

A CONCERT, under the patronage of the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan), will be held in the Central Methodist Mission Hall…

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Radio Test To Warn Of Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

Officers of Amalgamated Wireless of Australia and the Chief of the Hyrographic Section of the Department of Conservation (Mr…

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Minister Favours Flood-free Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 7

The State Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) told a conference at Cessnock last night he was impressed with the case to build a railway line to obviate interruption to…

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Flood Relief Grant Is Slated By Lower Hunter Shire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 13

The Lower Hunter Shire Council today bitterly criticised the proposed allocation of the £400,000 grant for the repair of flood damage. Instead of the Government making a £2 grant for every…

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Flood Relief Appeal Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

The "Sun"-"Herald"-2KO flood appeal this morning reached £9772 (Details Page Three)…

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Sheahan In Favor Of Flood-Free Railway

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

The State Minister for Transport (Mr. W. Sheahan) last night undertook to recommend construction of a flood-free railway line between the north and Sydney. Mr. Sheahan, who was Speak-…

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Concert For Flood Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

A concert will be held in the Central Hall tonight with the Newcastle Girls' High School Choir,…

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Hunter Valley Rain May Cause Flood Rise at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

The flood level at Maitland is expected to rise again to some degree following overnight rainfall over the Hunter Valley and at Mulbring…

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No Flood Grant For Cardiff

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

A request for £500 from Lake Macquarie Shire Council by the Cardiff Urban Area Committee from the…

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