Bankruptcy' Threat by Flood Losses
Many Lismore and Lower River district businesses have been wrecked and will cease to function unless low interest rate loan's are forthcoming, a deputation of Lismore and…
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Floods & storms, 1954
539 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 27
To the Editor Money For Flood Mitigation
Sir,--There are still amongst us some who remember that it was the late W. A. Zuill, of Grafton, who first put up the proposition of weiring the Clarence River and erecting a number of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- An initial grant of £1000 is to be Sent to Methodist families who were victims of the floods…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- N.S.W. Labour Council tomorrow night will discuss flood relief for the North…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--No further serious flooding was likely in Northern N.S.W., a…
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THE URGENCY OF the need for liberal assistance to be given to local government authorities for the repair of roads and bridges on the North Coast is pinpointed by the estimate of the…
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Ballina women, although they were not severely affected by the flood, have been working hard assisting those…
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Sir,--I have read quite a lot about people thieving from shops in Lismore during the flood, but I have not read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue Crews "Chiacked" During Flood Alderman's Claim
While floodwaters were sweeping into Lismore a number of youths who had experienced no difficulty in getting drinks had "chiacked" flood boat crews, Ald. C. Campbell claimed at a…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- Two Federal Ministers who have spent the past week in Northern N.S.W. flood areas,…
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At the monthly meeting of Coraki and District Progress Association a motion of sympathy for all people…
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CASINO, Wednesday.--Grants totalling £4,500 for urgent floodworks at Casino and in the shires of Tomki and Woodburn will be made at once by the N.S.W. Government…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The first batch of cheques to flood victims on the North Coast were sent out today, the Minister for Social Services, Mr. Landa, said today…
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CASINO, Wednesday. -- Cases of severe loss of property in the flood which required immediate financial…
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Woodenbong was left high and dry by the recent flood, but was completely isolated from the outside world for a…
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Pupils of the girls Section of Last Lismore School have shown considerable enterprise in their efforts to raise money to assist victims of the flood…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--Equipment which is now being sold to overseas interests, is actually the answer to combat our flood menace in the north, according to Mr. Leslie Haylen (Lab., N.S.W.). Mr. Haylen claimed that…
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SYDNEY, Friday.-- Recent North Coast floods had seriously dislocated timber…
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CASINO, Friday.--"Flood relief is intended to relieve necessity and aid rehabilitation. It is not compensation…
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CASINO, Friday.--The chief country valuer of the Rural Bank, Mr R. N. Medley, has inspected flood…
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