North Wagga "Grievances" After Flood
Convenors of a public meeting at North Wagga Hall to discuss flood damage last night anticipated residents to turn up in force—but only 15, attended…
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Floods Drive Hundreds More To Shelter Sign of Break in Weather at Last
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Floodwaters in Western and Central New South Wales continued their invasion today, driving hundreds more families from their…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Flood-bound farmers took unusual measures to get their produce to the City Markets today…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: A plane, which will give many stations their first newspapers and mail for more than five weeks, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Danger at Wagga Passed Other Towns Still in a Serious Plight
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Although the floodwaters in many parts are decreasing hourly, the towns of Warren and Ravenwood are still…
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The Wagga City Council took no action after a discussion at last meeting on measures to prevent future floods in Wagga…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—It is expected that there will be a severe shortage of vegetables, particularly cauliflowers and…
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Speculation was rife in Wagga last night as the river slowly rose to a peak level of 29ft 5ins. at midnight. Throughout the day there were rumors and counter-rumors which predicted everything from half an inch of water in the gutters to six feet of water…
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LEETON, Wednesday: At the meeting of the Flood Emergency Committee last night, presided over by the Shire President (Cr…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: It is expected that there will be a severe shortage of vegetables, particularly cauliflowers and…
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AT THE WILLIAMSTOWN (Vic.) migrant receiving centre, which was swamped by swirling flood waters from the Kororolt Creek this week, this woman waded ankle-deep outside the huts…
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The Shire President (Cr. O. J. Washington) presided over a meeting of the Leeton Flood Relief Committee at the Council Chambers on Monday night, when plans were discussed for dealing with damage to roads and properties and the…
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Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Martin Rourke was taken to the Leeton District Hospital by a variety of conveyances…
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Small pieces of gold were uncovered by flood water at Sofala about 30 miles from Bathurst, and it is expected that a minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Flood Reached 29ft. 3in
GUNDAGAl’S second 1950 lood reached its peak of 29ft 3in at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Since then the river has receded very slowly, and at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) the reading was 27 feet. The flood did not cause any harm to homes, and as fences had…
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Many vegetable growers were threatening to leave the industry because of flood losses, Mr S. R. B. Hunt, president of the NSW…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister for Land’s Application for Assistance to Flood Victims
The Minister for Lands (Mr W. F. Sheahan, MLA,) has sent the following letter to Mr Keith Butler, of Newcastle, general manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Football Grounds Again Flooded
The two Gundagai football grounds are again under water, and hopes for an early play on the ovals have disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£40,000 Flood Grant Urged for Riverina
A GRANT of £40,000 to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and State Governments was recommended by the Flood Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gundagai Flood Warning Association Reformed
AT a well attended meeting On Tuesday night the Gundagai Flood Warning Association was re-formed. The first duty of the newly formed committee is to take steps to collect all information about the height of the water in all…
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