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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

43 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Flood Danger Passed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1

The Sydney Weather Bureau officials said today the level of all the northern rivers in N.S.W. had fallen and the flood danger had now…

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£100,000 Flood Aid Urged. Govt. Grant "Far too little."

North West Champion · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 9

The Commonwealth Government should have granted at least £100,000 to relieve the distress and losses caused by the recent…

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Gale No Bar To Success Of Moree Rifle Club Gala Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies at Range on Sunday. Gifts of Appreciation Made to Mrs. D. Hunt and Mr. R. E. CUMMINS

North West Champion · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 3

The force, persistency and coolness of the wind which swept along the local rifle range on Sunday, though it made conditions for competitors extremely difficult, proved insufficient deterrent to prevent the…

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20,000 Homeless in State's Worst Flood KEMPSEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 1

The deathroll in the disastrous Kempsey flood has now reached seven. Two others are missing, believed to have been drowned. In is feared that the deathroll may be even higher…

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Good Feed Evident After Floodwaters. Stock Inspector Reports To P. P. Board

North West Champion · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 8

Mr W. Mactier (Stock Inspector to the Moree Pastures Protection Board stated in his monthly report that good feed has been…

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Plea for Flood Stricken Area KEMPSEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 1

Describing the flood as a national disaster, Sir Earl Page, M.H.R., today called on the State and Federal…

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Flood Relief Appeal

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 1

The Australian Legion of Ex-Sericemen and Women is making an appeal for funds to relieve distress caused by floods in the Kempsey…

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Flood Relief Appeal

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 1

It is expected that the deputy- Mayor, Ald. A. Howard will open an appeal for victims of the Kempsey flood…

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Flood Warnings in Hunter Valley Syndey

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 September 1949 · page 1

Residents of Maitland and other parts of the Hunter River Valley have been warned that torrential rain at Scone during the week-end may…

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Walgett Threatened By Floodwaters SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 1

Graziers in Walgett district are moving their sheep to safe ground as the Namoi River, already flooded for 80 miles, threatens further damage…

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New Measures to Deal with Floods. Radio Warnings, More Dams Urged

North West Champion · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 2

The part amateur radio transmitters had played in maintaining communications during the recent flood disaster on the…

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Storm Damage of £130,000 Estimated in Three States. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 1

Surveys following the wild weather yesterday in three States places damage weather in the warty of £130,000. Of this amount…

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Britain Struck by Fierce Gale

North West Champion · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—The River Thams was at street level in Westminister late last night following a lay in which…

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No War Funds for Flood Relief

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 1

In reply to a suggestion by the Municipal Council that War Damage Insurance funds should be used for payment of flood relief for Kempsey…

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Flood Waters Threaten Goulburn Valley Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 1

Farmers in Goulburn Valley are moving their stock and families out of the district because of a serious threat of flooding…

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Moree Graziers Protest Against Flood Relief Methods. Meeting of Local Association

North West Champion · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 4

From a motion by Mr. A. S. Manchee, seconded by Mr. A. Jones, the Moree Graziers' Association at its last monthly…

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Department Donating Stud Dairy Cattle to Kempsey Flood Relief Scheme

North West Champion · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 10

In response to the Kempsey Stock Losses Appeal, the Department of Agriculture will donate four stud dairy animals to the…

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Heavy Storm Damage

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 1

A landholder in the Horse Arm Creek area, Mr. H. C. Melbourne, of Fairlight, suffered considerable loss through the heavy storm last Monday…

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State-Wide Storm Damage

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 1

Storm damage over a wide area of the State yesterday wil run into many thousands of pounds…

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Vic. Floods Force Evacuation MELBOURNE

North West Champion · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 1

Holding their belongings above their heads, about a hundred residents of Shepparton's River Bank community waded waist high through flood waters when the overflow from Eildon Weir caused the Goulburn…

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