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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
A tentative estimate of £40,000 for flood damage in Lower Hunter Shire had been submitted to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) and the Department of Public Works, a meeting of the Shire Council was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An investigation of an 80-year-old scheme for a diversion channel below Comerford's Mountain was advocated by Ald. A. S. McDonald yesterday as a means of safeguarding Mainland from future floods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KARACHI: The rains have come to Karachi, again bringing the problem of what to do with several thousand refugees in huts which are immediately flooded. All around Karachi,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the 10 floodgates on Wallis Crecek was badly damaged in the recent flood. The floodgates are still,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—Army frogmen and Marine Commandoes yesterday went to Lynmouth, North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government had provided £190,000 for flood relief alone since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY. — The president of the Local Government Association (Aid. J. Bales) has appealed for a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The New South Wales Government will be asked to expediate work on the Glenbawn Dam and proceed with flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Aug. 31. A.A.P.—A tropical hurricane caused three deaths and vast damage in South Carolina early to-day before it blew itself out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MANILA, Monday (A.A.P.): Floods and landslides in Zanboanga province of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.)—A N.S.W. girl, Deidre McGoldrick, 11, has written to the Queen, enclosing an Australian pound note, with the request that it be forwarded to the West Country Flood Relief Appeal Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk production in the Lower Hunter has shown a substantial drop as a result of two major floods in August. The District Dairy Officer (Mr. E. C. McLaren)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potato acreage in the Maitland and Singleton areas was not expected to exceed 20 to 25 per cent. of the area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One necessity for flood control is creation of a separate State department to deal exclusively with the problem, the Bishop of Newcastle (Rt. Rev. F. de Witt Batty) says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A special appeal by the Junction-Merewether Red Cross for flood relief [?]ealised £7 10s, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A strong delegation of Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Council members will attend a big flood mitigation conference at Raymond Terrace on Sept. 11…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The "Dandenong" gale is often spoken of in maritime circles. The facts concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern miners' Management Board yesterday decided to send a request to the Federal and State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NORFOLK (Virginia), Mon. (A.A.P.): Two more survivors from the tanker Foundation Star, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Renshaw to-day approval interim grants to several Northern councils for flood damage. He said the estimate of damage at…
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