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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
108 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 6
Heavy rain which fell over most of the Dtibbo district last Saturday would be of little value to the man on the land, the Dubbo PP Board Stock Inspector (Mr. N. Litchfield) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last week's storms brought good rains of over three inches to some points in the district, while others have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The condition of Dubbo streets after the rain at the weekend was criticised by aldermen at the meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A freak storm which completely unroofed a homestead on a district property on Christmas Eve nearly killed an elderly man and a young boy. The man and the boy were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A freak storm, which had threatened Dubbo for most of the day, struck the town last night bringing with it heavy thunder, sheets of lightning, high winds—but little rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Australian maize hybrid inbred developed by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beautiful decorations claimed to rival those in Sydney and other capital cities, will transform the facades of buildings to provide a colorful welcome for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late on Saturday evening, Coolah was deluged with a heavy thunder storm accompanied by very strong…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Further heavy rain throughout the Central West has caused rises in both the Macquarie and Bell Rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 100 sheep were washed into a flooded gully and drowned on a district property during a heavy storm on Monday afternoon. In parts of the Geurie district, four inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Buninyong Agricultural Bureau will protest to the Dubbo Flood Warning Committee against inaccuracy of information given during the recent river swell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The rainfall at Arthurville for the week-end, up to last Monday afternoon, was 270 points and the creek and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rockhampton's 40,000 flood-bound people are battening down hatches today to meet the cyclone due to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismores radio station said last night that "tremendous pilfering and blatant thieving from flooded shops and homes was taking place. Police have been rushed from centres close to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The creek came down and overflowed, Its banks, last evening, and the road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Months of work will be needed in the flood devastated ,North Coast before the countryside returns to normal, but the position is rapidly improving as rehabilitation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coonabarabran radio enthusiasts Messrs R. G. (Rick) Dunford and Owen Cork, who were doing a listening watch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir.— Through the courtesy of your paper, may I be permitted to ask all people living with in the town and district for any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As a result of a telegram received by the Narromine Municipal Council from the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. P. D. Hills, a public meeting for the purpose of opening a flood [?] find will be held at the Town Hall To-night at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following telegram was sent to the Mayor of Bourke by Aid. Hills, Lord Mayor of Sydney:—…
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