Compulsory Flood Insurance State-Wide Scheme Advocated by C.P. Member
A system of compulsory insurance [?] against flood damage was advocated [?] in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. [?] R. S. Vincent (CP Raleigh)…
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Appeal to Aid Kempsey Flood Victims
Donations to the Gundagai P & A Society’s appeal to assist the Kempsey flood victims are: O. I. Bell .. .. .. . 1 1 0…
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For the fifth week-end in successesion the Tumut, Adelong and Batlow districts have received heavy rain. In Tumut 66 points were…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Rising flood waters in North-Western N.S.W. have cut off road communication with five towns, and at Walgett, where the danger is the greatest, thirty people have been…
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A heavy tropical storm experienced in Wagga at 7 o'clock last night. Gutters and storm channels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Party Storm Likely Over Economy Cuts Rank-and-file Discontent
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Government leaders today faced their rank-and-file at a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labor Party prepared for bitter criticism of the inadequacy of the £280-million economy cuts, says Reuter's…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday — Towns in the north-west are still in danger or being flooded, although it has stopped raining in…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Further heavy rain in Northern Victoria is causing the Murray, Mitta Mitta, and Goulburn…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Surging floodwaters, 26 miles wide, are threatening Boomi and neighboring towns in far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger of Floods in North-West Still High
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Towns in the north-west are still in danger of being flooded, although it has stopped raining in many places and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales Lash Europe River Thames at Street Level
LONDON, Thursday—The River Thames was at street level in Westminster late lost night, following a day in which…
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Dear Sir: In last Monday’s issue of your paper, I noticed where a State-wide scheme of compulsory flood insurance…
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FLOODS this week have caused much damage in four States. The water was nearly up to the top of the wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Boree Creek Helps Flood Relief Appeal
Notwithstanding that they experienced a wet, miserable day, the Boree Creek Wheatgrowers' Auxiliary recently raised £6 at their street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Appeal to Be Wound Up
It is expected that the Wagga and District Macleay River Flood Appeal will be wound up within the next few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fine Display of Roses Buffeted by Storm
The fine display of roses in Mountford Park, the best that has ever been seen in Leeton, sustained a severe buffeting in the gale and rain…
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Vines and Trees Destroyed A phenomenal hall storm left a trail of ruin and devastation in the Loveday section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Freak Snow, Gales in N.S.W. Graziers May Loose Newly Shorn Sheep
SYDNEY, Thursday: Graziers are in danger of losing thousands of newly shorn sheep in parts of New South Wales where snow fell today…
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In the list of donations received for the Wagga and District Macleay River Flood Relief Appeal, published yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Fears in Goulburn Valley Stock and Families on Move
MELBOURNE, Monday—Farmers in the Goulburn Valley are moving their stock and families out of the district…
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