River Flood Ends Bumper Sea Mullet Season
BALLINA, Tuesday.--The heavy rain last week and the subsequent' "fresh" has spoiled what promised to be a bumper season for sea…
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Floods & storms, 1948
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Gale Hits Eureka Stockade Set
SYDNEY, Wednesday. --Hundreds of tents were blown away and buildings were unroofed…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Buildings Were unroofed and hundreds of tents blown down and ripped to pieces when a 40-mile-an-hour…
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The District Rabbit Inspector (Mr. S. J. Burchill), in his report to the directors of the Tweed-Lismore P.P. Board yesterday,…
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CORAKI, Wednesday. --Water is now draining off the huge area of farmlands under flood in the Mid Richmond district. It will be several days before it gets away…
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CORAKI, Wednesday. --A new 54- horse power marine engine landed on Coraki wharf just before the flood has been through a lot of…
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A survey will be made by Richmond-Tweed Regional Development Committee with the object of estimating the production loss which will be caused by the flood this week. It was stated at the committee…
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CORAKI, Thursday.--Flood waters are now escaping rapidly in the Mid-R. hmond area. A survey today revealed lower water levels on…
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CORAKI, Wednesday,--Although his farm is in a low area, Mr. R. H. York, of Swan Bay, will not he troubled by flood waters after…
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Sir,--I expect to read of a general exodus of the City's aldermen, headed by Messrs. Falls, Perry and Cresswell, for climes that are noted…
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Sir,--It is almost a week since Lismore just missed a major flood. During that period much controversy has taken place but very little…
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Sir,--The recent flood has again directed attention to the necessity for some protection at Lismore against the constant menace of…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday: The motor vessel, Fort Waitako, 675 tons, is drifting helplessly before a southwesterly gale; 50…
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"The success of the Alma Street flood prevention wall proved so outstanding in the recent flood that I recommend to the council the completion, as early as possible, of the…
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AUCKLAND, Friday: The latest .reports from the Gisborne area state that farms in the flooded area there present a picture of desolation. Dead stock lie everywhere and crops…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--There was no flood of beer" when the first deliveries of beer to Sydney's 600 hotels in 10 weeks was made today…
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Notice of motion was given by four aldermen at Lismore City Council meeting last night that they would move to rescind the motion adopted on February 23 that the refrigeration barge in…
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SYDNEY, Friday: British soldiers who arrived today from Palestine on the Stratheden told of a huge…
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HOBART, Sunday: Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused to hop fields, roads and railways in the Derwent Valley by…
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NEW YORK, Sunday: .At least 15,000 persons a. e already homeless, 15 have been drowned and…
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