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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Brunswick Beach Littered With Cyclone Rubbish

Northern Star · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 4

After the heavy battering in the recent cyclone Brunswick Heads beach is hardly recognisable. Thousands of heavy logs and…

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Sewerage Floods Bombay Streets

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Foul-smelling sewerage flooded the streets of several parts of Bombay as the city's municipal…

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Murwillumbah Council. Stock on Streets During Floods

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

Murwillumbah Municipal Council on Wednesday night decided to make its depot paddock available for the temporary agistment of stock removed from lowlying areas during floods…

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Bulldozers to Help Flood Victims

Northern Star · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. — Some bulldozers and earth moving plants have been made available for flood relief, but if this is insufficient to…

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Local and General Floods Affect Butter Output

Tweed Daily · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 2

Norco Co-op Ltd butter production for March decreased by 100 tons, due chiefly to the effect of flood conditions. Butter output…

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Woodburn Shire To Seek Grant For Flood Damage

Northern Star · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 12

CORAKI, Friday.—The need for a grant for flood damage to roads in the shire was stressed by Cr. Murr[?]y Yabsley at Woodburn Shire Council meeting. He moved that the Engineer be authorised to apply for a…

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Premier on Flood Relief Assistance

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: "The Government not only promised to make finance available to those adversely affected by the floods…

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Grants Made To Flood Victims On North Coast

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Government has not only promised to make finance available to those adversely affected by the floods on…

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Pastures, Crops Damaged by Flooding

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 7

Much damage had been done to crops and pasturage by the flooding of large areas in the Lower Richmond and Tweed River…

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Torrential Rains Dangerous Floods in South Likely

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A warning of dangerous floods on the smaller rivers of the Lower Hunter and the Myall areas was issued to-day by the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman)…

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Flood Mars Nth. Qld. CANEHARVEST

Northern Star · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 4

The flooding of fields and other cyclone damage would considerably reduce this year's sugar cane harvest in Queensland's Far North…

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Newcastle Isolated From Sydney Coast Lashed By Heavy Rain

Northern Star · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Newcastle was completely isolated from Sydney today when heavy rain swamped the Pacific Highway in sections between Gosford and Wyong. Newcastle shops were flooded after a…

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Fears Nun Drowned in Floods

Northern Star · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—It is feared that Sister Hubert, missing from the Gosford Convent since last Saturday, may have been drowned…

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Floods Cause Big Hold-up of Cars

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: With water ever three feet deep on about 10 yards of the Pacific Highway near Wyong,…

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Floods Receding At Newcastle

Northern Star · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — The main streets of Newcastle were inundated to a depth of several inches three times yesterday during the…

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Central Coast Floods Subsiding

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Floods in the Newcastle district have begun to subside. At Raymond Terrace the water has gone down 18 inches…

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Supports Flood Damage Claims

Northern Star · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The President of the Shires Association (Cr. T. G. carter) announced that the Association is pressing the…

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Floods Cause Serious Milk Shortage in Newcastle District

Northern Star · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Newcastle will face a serious shortage of milk and vegetables this winter as a result of floods in the Hunter Valley. Light rain is still falling on parts of the New South Wales coast, but the…

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Damage From Floods

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Widespread damage has been revealed following the floods in the New castle, Hunter and the coalfields…

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Supports Flood Damage Claims

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The President of the Shires Association (Cr. T. G. Carter) announced that the Association is pressing the…

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