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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

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Drugs Smuggled in U.S. Communist China Floods Market WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

Drugs are being smuggled into the United States from Italy, Turkey, Communist China and Japan, the Senate…

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Forbes Orchards Badly Affected in Flooded Area

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

Stone fruit trees, citrus and apple trees in the flooded area of the Forties district have been very badly affected—a spokesman for…

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Floods Cause Heavy Fruit Drop

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

In the review of citrus fruit conditions in the central west the Department of Agriculture says that weather conditions…

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Flood Victims "Squatting" in Church Hall Maitland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

A Maitland family squatting in a church hall at Maitland has become a problem for the Department of Social Welfare…

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Chinese Reds Try Flood Allies Tokyo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

Chinese troops turned and fought furiously in Korea yesterday attempting to prevent the Allied advance reaching…

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MacARHTUR Was Threat to Policy of Avoiding World War Says Truman Big Republican Storm Follows Dismissal of General WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 1

General MacARTHUR had been dismissed because his views endangered united States policy of avoiding a third world war, said President Truman today. He added that a United States inspired attack on the chinese…

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Country Towns Suffer From Gales and Hail Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

A raging blizzard on the Alps and severe hailstorms and gale force winds in country towns made last night one of the…

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Violent Storm in U.S. OVER MacARTHUR Sacking Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

The dismissal of General MacArthur by President Truman has caused a strike of longshoreman and tremendous political storm in the United Sates…

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MacARTHUR'S Claim Causes New Storm in U.S. WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

General MacArthur astounded Congress yesterday by his statement that his controversial views for waging war against Communist China had been fully shared by United States…

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Attlee Weather Storm LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

The British Government emerged last night shaky but still standing from the crisis caused by the…

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Floodgates Are Closed Korean Rivers Tokyo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

The United Slates Navy dive-bombers, using aerial torpedoes, today punched holes in Hwachon Reservoir floodgates…

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Cloudburst Causes Sudden Flood New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

At Hays (Kansas) yesterday a massive cloudburst tinned a quiet river into a raging stream that flooded one-third of the…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Fencing Material. Demand for Replacement in Flood Areas. (To the Editor, "Times".)

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 8

Dear Sir, Yesterday, 22nd inst., from National Broadcasting station, in the local news "Shire Council…

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More Netting Sought for Flood Victims Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 2

Criticism of allocation of wire netting to flood victims was voiced by Saturday's conference of the Vegetable…

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Flood Grant for Gwabegar-Pilliga Areas

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 1

Mr. J. b. [?] MLA (Minister for Lands) advices that, included in further flood grant to the Namoi shire Council…

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Flood Grant of £1400

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 2

Namoi Shire Council has been granted £1400 for repairing flood damage to roads in the Piiliga-Gwabegar areas…

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Flood Danger Warning to Residents on Bell Flats

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 5

Although the rain which has fallen steadily since yesterday morning resulted in only 88 points being recorded to 9…

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Big Flood Wave Engulfs Portion of City New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

A flood crest 40 feet high rolled towards St. Louis yesterday. It forced levee workers to give up the fight to save the western part of the city despite the around…

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City Braced for Worst Flood in Hundred Years New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

Saint Louis is bracing itself for the beginning of its worst flood in 100 years. Already it has felt the first…

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Flood Damage Grant : No Definite Advice Yet

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

At yesterday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council the shire clerk, Mr. G. A. Gould advised that no advice…

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