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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 50

EDITORIAL Missing Rail Link And The Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 8

WITH A KEEN eye to the main chance, the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow Coordination Railway League is pointing to the dislocation of transport through the floods to renew its…

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Flood Appeal Fund £9417

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

"HERALD"-"SUN"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9417 yesterday. Including promised…

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Flood Still Affects Milk Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

Hunter Valley dairy farms would not get back to normal production till September, the President of the Dairymen's Association (Mr. W…

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Floods Boon, Now Bane To Farmland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

The recent Hunter Valley floods had reduced the richest agricultural area in Australia, temporarily at least, to one of desolation, the…

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Concert Aids Flood Relief Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

A concert to aid the "Herald"-"Sun"-2KO flood relief appeal was held last night in Central Nail, King-street…

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Lower Hunter Damage. Direct Flood Grant Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to ask the Federal and State Governments to make a straight-out grant for the repair of flood damage…

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Flood Fund Near £10,000

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Cash donations to the "Sun" - "Herald" - 2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9573 today…

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Flood Appeal Fund £9609

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

THE "Herald"-"Sun"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9609 yesterday. Including promised…

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N.s.w. Faces New Threat of Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—For the second time in three months, northern and western New South Wales are threatened with disastrous floods…

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Constable Walks Rope Over Floodwaters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Constable Spinney, of Glen Davis, crossed the swollen Capertee River to-day with two ropes—walking on one and holding the other—to administer morphia to a critically…

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Musicians' Gift to Flood Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Sydney Symphony Orchestra to-day donated £600 to the Lord Mayor's Appeal for N.S.W. flood victims…

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Flood Relief Appeal Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

The "Sun"-"Herald"-2KO flood appeal this morning reached £10,083 (Details Page Three)…

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Flood Victims Seek East Maitland Home

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

Many flood victims were among the 200 people who attended the sale of an old stone house in King-st., East Maitland yesterday afternoon. They bid eagerly for the six-…

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Flood Appeal Reaches £10,000 Target

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

The "Sun"-"Herald"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal for flood victims in the Hunter Valley reached its target today when cash donations totalled £10.083. Today's gifts included a…

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Stop Press Army Ducks for Western Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY.—Responding to an urgent call for help, four army ducks and two boats on trucks left Sydney today on a rush trip to Warren…

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Maitland Wants Army to Stay Until Flood Ruin Is Repaired

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

The Mayor of Maitland (Aid. A. S. McDonald) visited Sydney today to meet the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) and emphasise the urgent need for army personnel to be retained in the district…

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Flood Appeal Fund £9895

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 1

THE "Herald"-"Sun."-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £9895 yesterday. Including promised…

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Fifth Flood in 5 Months Hits Dubbo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The fifth flood in five months struck Dubbo to-day. Flood water swirled through business premises, 30 homes, oil storage sheds and a garage…

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Flood Victim Took Coat By Mistake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

A man helping Red Cross members to distribute clothes to flood victims at Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon hung his coat and…

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100 Homes Still Flooded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

Nearly 100 South Maitland homes which the occupants left five weeks ago are still flooded. The Manager of Maitland Co…

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