Maitland Flood Channel Backed
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 5
A conference at Maitland Town Hall yesterday decided to ask the Premier (Mr. Cahill) to receive a deputation on a proposal that a channel should be cut from Wallis Creek to Howe's Lagoon to relieve flooding at Maitland…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 December 1952 · page 1
JOHANNESBURG, Monday (A.A.P.): Dozens of natives were crushed to death, hundreds injured and 15 people were killed by…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 December 1952 · page 3
ROVIGO (Italy).—An exhibition illustrating reconstruction in the Po Valley, devastated by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Storms In Victoria
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fierce electric storms disrupted telephone communications and blacked out country towns and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Rescue Pilot Fined For Flying
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 6
SYDNEY, Monday.—A Broken Hill civil pilot who helped in a flood rescue while his licence was suspended was…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 15
SYDNEY. — Large-scale Japanese migration to Brazil was continuing, said Canadian Pacific Airlines…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 3
Storms caused heavy damage in three areas yesterday. Cyclone: A 70 mile an hour cyclone…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 9
A further grant of £2100 to Maitland City Council towards the cost of repairing flood damage has been…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 4
The Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) has increased his original flood damage grant to Maitland City Council to £4600. The council at its last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ceylon Cyclone Deaths Now 23
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1
COLOMBO, Fri. (A.A.P.)—A cyclone and tidal wave which lashed northern Ceylon caused 23 deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children Danced In Floodlit Schoolground
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 10
The value of dancing, now included in the physical education programme for children, was demonstrated at Stockton Primary School's annual dance last night when…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 3
PARIS, Dec. 5. A.A.P.—Thirty-one people were killed in a cyclone that hit Karikal, in French India…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 2
Newcastle Institute of Town Planning "views with concern" continued building in town and city areas subject to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Hits 2 Townships Village in Ruins
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1
BRISBANE, Sunday.—The small, mining township of Acland, on the Darling Downs, looked like a bomb-blasted village after a tornado swept through it late yesterday…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 12
MADRAS, Tues. (A.A.P.)—A cyclone which hit Tanjore in the Trichinopoly districts on Nov. 30, killed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Airmen Defy Arctic Gale
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2
LONDON. — R.A.F. mechanics stuck to their task of repairing an engine of a Sunderland flying-boat at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Helps Race Yawl
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 16
SYDNEY, Friday.âLandfall, a Victorian entrant in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, arrived in Sydney at 1 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Floods Cut Off Towns In Victoria
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The flooded Snowy River has isolated the East Gippsland town of Orbost…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 1
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. A.A.P.—Ten persons were killed in a savage storm which swept New England on Friday…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 2
Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle and the Coalfields for to-day is— Mostly fine, sultry and hot;…
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