N.s.w. Hail - Storms Cost £2,000,000
A record total of £2,000,000 [?]ail insurance was recently paid to N.S.W. farmers by Australian tariff companies. The payments were…
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Civic Matters Flood Prevention in Wagga; Glazed Cricket Wickets; Fire Brigade Move
The Wagga City Council has decided to support a proposal by the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners that the Wagga Fire District could operate efficiently with only one permanent officer…
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PORTLAND (Oregon), Sunday: The Red Cross today listed a total of 52 persons—45 of whom are children—as missing in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday — The body of a well-dressed man, who had been shockingly battered, was found in a storm water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political Storm Clouds Gather At Gundagai Won't Give Publicity of His Platform to Carter, Says Sheahan Minister for Lands Tells Of His Proposed Meeting at Gundagai
"MY DECISION TO IGNORE CARTER AND HIS GUNDAGAI CLIVEDEN SET IS IRREVOCABLE" STATES MR W. F. MINISTER FOR LANDS IN A TELEGRAM TO THE EDITOR OF “THE INDEPENDENT”…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Flood water, 20ft. deep, swirled through Lismore this morning carrying with them trees and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Record floods are feared on parts of the far north coast following, torrential rain last night and today…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Danger of further flooding in the Far North Coast appears to have passed with reports that the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Thousands of people are homeless in one of the worst floods in the history of the Far North Coast. Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: While the North Coast floodwaters are generally receding, leaving behind a devastating trail of damage, a state of emergency…
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THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CORAKI shows a wide area of fanning district under water. Properties were submerged at Coraki when the Richmond River broke its banks on Tuesday night…
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TYPICAL FLOOD SCENES in the lower Richmond area. The photos were taken in the Burnswood district…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A wake of terrific devastation is being revealed as the widespread floodwaters over the Far North Coast slowly recede…
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CANBERRA, Friday: Cabinet today decided to make a grant of up to £10,000 as flood relief to…
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The Department of Agriculture had taken immediate steps to assist stockowners affected by the disastrous floods on the North…
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The teacup storm in England over Keith Miller's "bumpers" in Tests and other games must have been expected. Every year there is a fresh outburst in the sporting world about some alleged bad sportsmanship…
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LISMORE, Monday—Thousands of valuable cattle are stranded in mud and water in the mid-Richmond area, and are…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Influenza is taking its toll in North Coast towns as an aftermath of last week's floods…
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Announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A. "The Department of…
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SYDNEY, Monday: An A.N.A. airliner today flew from Sydney to Evans Head with 10 million units of penicillin for…
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