Commons Storm Over Admiral "Herald" Service
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The storm over the decision to appoint an American, Admiral William Fechteler, to command the Atlantic pact naval forces, raged again in the House of…
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Floods & storms, 1951
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 17
Tropical Storm Causes Damage in New Zealand
AUCKLAND (N.Z.)., Thurs— A tropical storm hit the North Island late last night and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. The storm smashed launches and yachts in Auckland…
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The District Agronomist (Mr. F. D. McKenzie) said yesterday that areas flooded in January were slowly returning to production. Some…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Radio-telephone facilities established in the Northern Rivers district would provide an emergency service for…
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Boolaroo Urban Area Committee, after examine plans for the proposed drain at the lower end of Fourth-street, decided to ask Lake…
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Cloudy weather conditions becoming warm and sultry with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms later in the day…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Six people have died in gales which have lashed France and the Channel for 24 hours. Four men were swept off a fishing boat at Brest and two…
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The cyclonic disturbance which has developed along the North Coast and is travelling south may arrive in this area…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Butler Airways DC3 Dakota crashlanded in a wooded swamp near Evans Head in a cyclone early to-night…
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SYDNEY: Outlying residents of the Richmond River valley were today warned individually by telephone of approaching floods. This is the first time warnings…
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Wyong missed last night's heavy rain and tomorrow's meeting will be held if the weather is fine…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The danger of serious flooding in northern New South Wales has passed. Weather Bureau officials said to…
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SYDNEY: Flood danger has eased on the North Coast, but is now increasing on the Central Coast. The Weather Bureau today reported that local…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Four men to-day carried a seriously ill man through flood water to get him to Macksville District Hospital…
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Flooding in England-street, Birmingham Gardens, was so bad late yesterday afternoon that some residents might be forced later to…
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The need for flood-free rail links between the Northern railway lines and the New England Highway and between the…
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TOKIO, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Heavy rain is slowing the Allied advance in Korea, retarding air attack and bogging…
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Reconstruction of the broken floodbank at Pitnacree near East Maitland, which was responsible for farms and homes being flooded up to eighteen times in two years, was completed today…
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Hail and 45 points of rain fell in a 10-minute storm over Newcastle shortly before midnight last night…
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In Sydney last night an officer of the Chief Secretary's Department defended the authorisation by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Evatt) of Sunday night dancing at Newcastle Stadium…
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