Flood Victim's Body Found
The body or a man who had been missing for a fortnight was found yesterday in the Bell River near the Wellington baths…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Flood Victim's Body Recovered From Bell River In Wellington
THE body of John Theodore Pearson, a 43 - year - old Curra Creek sharefarmer, was found on Friday morning last in the Bell River only a few hundred yards from Wellington's main shopping centre. Pearson was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Droughts & Floods
A prominent pastoral authority discussing the result of the rains which have fallen more or less continuously since January until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Donation £25 from Coolah C.W.A.
At the last meeting of the Coolah branch of the CWA £25 was forwarded to the Flood Relief fund. It was also revealed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Flood Relief Local Committee Formed to Consider Matters
A meeting of representatives of public bodies was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening last to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Incident Has Court Sequel Man Hit Constable & Jumped In River
A man had assaulted a constable on the Dubbo Railway Bridge and then jumped into the flooded Macquarie River on August 2, the Dubbo court of petty Sessions was told yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Club Committee Will Seek Loan For Re-Design of Flood Damaged Caves Course
AFTER carefully inspecting the flood damage at the Caves Golf Course on Friday and Saturday last, Mr. Arthur East, the Wellington Golf Club's course architect, informed the committee that he could re-design the course so that 12 of the 18 holes in the new lay-out would always be out of flood danger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Homes Threatened by New Floods Maitland
Families in flood battered Maitland moved from their homes again today as waters from a cloudburst threatened to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200 Collected in Nyngan for Flood Fund
More than £200 has already been collected in the Nyngan district for the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coonabarabran Weather Thunderstorm on
Ten points of rain were recorded in Coonabarabran when a thunderstorm struck the town soon after mid-day on Tuesday. The weather…
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To-day's rain is bolding up the arrival at Narromine of gifts of fodder from district residents to flood victims to help keep…
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The recent Levee Workers' Dance last week, resulted in a profit of £68/12/-. This amount will be handed to the Flood Relief Fund…
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Flood warning committees should be urgently formed in the upper basins of all New South Wales rivers subject to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"New Hope" for Farmer Hit by Floods Maitland
A young married farmer, whose farm has been flooded 13 times in the past 12 months, won first prize in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Action on Flood Control Sought
Declaring that the whole nation was affected by the recent flood disasters in New South Wales, Mr. J. G. Beale, M.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Will Provide £2,500 Loan for Re-Design and Repair of Flood-Damaged Caves Golf Course
WELLINGTON Shire Council yesterday decided to take out a loan of £2,500 for the Wellington Golf Club for the purpose of re-designing and repairing the flood damaged Caves course to a plan which will ensure that 12…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage Trials £4,085 Coolah Grant Inadequate
At the meeting of the Coolah Shire Council on Friday the shire engineer (Mr. G. J. Cliff) tabled a list of the total damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Export Tax May Be Abandoned wo Federal Government Likely To Yield To Storm Of Nation-Wide Protests CANBERRA
The Federal Government is expected to bow to the storm of protests that have been pouring in from every corner of the Commonwealth against the proposed tax on wool. Political observers expect the Government to abandon the proposal This may be followed by revaluation of the Australian pound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amaroo Shire Council Meeting Yullundry Causeway to be Built Immediately in Spite of Flood Danger to Work
AMAROO Shire Council at Cumnock on Monday last approved a revised estimate of £550 for the construction of a 100ft. reinforced slab causeway at the Yullundry Crossing on the Yeoval-Cumnock road. Council authorised the Engineer, Mr. J. A. Hammerton, to take a risk on possible further floods in the creek and carry out the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£500 ALLOCATED Lord Mayor’s Flood Fund
The £500 received by the Coonabarabran Shire Council from the Sydney Lord Mayor’s flood relief fund has been…
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