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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

44 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Flood Relif Fund

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 2

As notified in another column, the Queanbeyan Municipal council have acceded to a request from the Lord Mayor of Sydney to open a local fund…

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Flood Victims Relief Fund Opened by Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

At last Tallaganda Shire meeting a telegram was received from the Lord Mayor of Sydney asking Council to open a fund in this area in connection…

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Government Aid For Storm Damaged Roads Inadequate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 4

Local Government Association President (Aid. R. T. C. Storey) and Shire Association President (Cr. J. M. Caidwell) in a statement said that the…

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Flood Relief Fund Subscriptions Coming in Very Slowly

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 3

Following is a list of contributors to date to the Fund recently opened by the Tallaganda Shire Council, in response to an appeal by the Lord Mayor…

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The Macleay Flood Ex-bkaidwood Man Tells of the Disaster

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

In a letter to the editor, our old friend, Mr. Artie Garven, who left Reidsdale some years ago to go north, tells of the disastrous floods…

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Shire Roads Grant for Flood Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Mr. J. J. Cahill, writes to Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., concerning the question of financial…

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Grants For Flooded Farms Eloquent Plea

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

At the first meeting of the new Parliament, the Deputy leader of the Opposition and Liberal Party, Mr. W. A. H. Howarth, made an eloquent plea…

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Disastrous Happenings On The Bellingen in the Trail of a Flood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

Following are a few extracts from the special flood supplement of the Bellingen Courier-Sun, and they help to give a graphic picture of what really…

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Here and There Presbyterian Flood Belief Appeal

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 2

The Rev. Robertson reports that the appeal for flood relief issued by the Presbyterian Social Services Department brought a prompt response…

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Lake George the Flood Area of the South

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 4

With daily reports coming to hand of flood damage in vast areas of northern N.S.W., very little has been heard of the plight of…

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Urges National Flood Plan Federal Funds Sought

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The recent flood disasters were so great that the Federal Government should co-operate with the States in long-term flood control work and…

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Major's Creek Flood Relief Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

This dance, held on Friday, 11th August, 1850, was nothing short of a great success, due to good organisation, advertising and patronage. It is…

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Flood Sufferers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 2

People in the Braidwood district complain about the damage caused by the recent floods—a few stock losses and road damage. We wonder what…

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Wild Figs Raid Stock in the Flood Areas

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 3

Thousands of wild pigs, driven from marsh country, are taking a heavy toll of near-dead cattle, sheep and lambs in the flooded…

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Queanbeyan Spring Fashion Parade Flood Relief Appeal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

Whilst strolling along Monaro Street the other day I was attracted by the sound of sweet music and pleasant voices. I ventured to…

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New Flood Committees Better Warnings Wanted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 2

flood warning committees should be urgently formed in the upper basins of all New South Wales rivers subject to flooding, said the Federal…

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Fierce Electrical Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 2

Following an abnormally warm day on Sunday a violent electrical storm broke over the town late in the evening. The lightning was very vivid…

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Mr. Cahill is Hurt Says No Delay in Granting Flood Belief Funds

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 3

In a letter to Mr. J. W. Selffert, M.L.A., the Minister for Works and Local Government (Hon. J J. Cahill) says:—"I refer to the newspaper…

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More Efficient Flood Warnings C.p. Member's Plea in the Assembly

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 1

A more efficient system of flood warnings, especially on the inland rivers, was urged in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Geof. Crawford…

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