Maitland Claim for Flood Aid
Strong representations will be made to the Minister for Works (Mr. Cahill) regarding delay in assessing Maitland Council's claim for aid for flood restoration works…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 50
"Fresh" Closes Floodgates
A slight fresh in the Hunter River at Maitland has closed the floodgates on Wallis Creek. At midday the river was 13ft…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Coal Shortages During Floods
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. Menzies said in the House of Representatives that he would discuss coal shortages in the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cool Weather Forecast After Thunderstorms
After a dull, overcast morning, light but steady rain began at noon and Mr. R. W. Parker forecasts that there may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Do You Know? Anti-cyclone
What is an anti-cyclone? It is a region in which the atmospheric pressure is high compared with that of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Strips Roofs, Flattens Crops
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A fierce, five-minute hailstorm, accompanied by a 60-mile-an-hour wind, stripped roofs and flattened crops at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over £12,000 For Shire Flood Victims
Port Stephens Flood Relief Committee had distributed more than £12,000 to 250 flood relief claimants, the President of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Flood Aid for Review
Claims of farmers for aid because of flood losses are to be reassessed by the Mayor of Maitland's Flood Relief Committee. The committee decided this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£85,000 Federal Flood Grant
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Since January 1 the Federal Government has approved the provision on a £ for £ basis of £85,000 to New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goondiwindi Facing Another Flood
BRISBANE. — Goondiwindi, on the Queensland side of the border, is facing another flood from the McIntyre River in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms Forecast For Tonight
Fine and warm weather conditions today may be followed by thunderstorms this evening, Mr. R. W. Parker forecasts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood-free Rail Link "Urged 30 Years Ago"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Railway engineers had recommended 30 years ago that the South Maitland railway line should be diverted from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Threat In Three Rivers
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Weather Bureau to-day issued flood warnings for the Upper Macquarie, Lachlan and Barwon Rivers. Tributaries of the Barwon are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rising Rivers Threaten Inland Towns With Serious Flooding
SYDNEY: With waters banking up in swollen rivers, N.S.W. inland towns are facing threats of serious floodings. Greatest danger today was at Dubbo where the Mac-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Again Strike N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Friday.—Floods have again followed rapid rises in four great river systems in New South Wales. Widespread heavy rain caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veil Mark Swims Flooded Creek
Veil Mark had to swim the flooded Black Creek at Branxton to sprint a furlong on a private track on Saturday morning before winning the Flying Welter and Encourage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floodings Again at E. Maitland
Farms at Pitnacree-road, East Maitland were flooded again yesterday morning when the Hunter River swept through the 80yd. break…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Nearly Trapped Newcastle Aldermen
Two Newcastle aldermen and their wives, returning from the Local Government Conference at Wagga on Saturday, were almost caught and submerged by the floodwaters of the Lachlan River between Young and Cowra. Ald. Brave said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forbes Has All-Night Vigil As Houses And Shops Flooded
SYDNEY: Few people slept last night in flooded Forbes as water swirled through houses and entered the business section of the town from both ends of the main street. During the night hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Victim Fatally Burnt Awaiting Home
KEMPSEY, Monday.—Mrs. Maude Catherine Hogan was fatally burnt while awaiting the completion of a new home to replace a…
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