£40,000 Flood Grant Urged for Riverina
A grant of £40,000, to be borne equally by the Commonweath and Slate Governments, was recommended by the Flood Relief…
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Floods
As the result of the greatest rainstorms in Eastern Australia for years, large areas of Queensland have again been flooded,…
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Some two months ago we had nearly five inches of rain which gave us a great start for an early autumn, a follow on later with 150…
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The death occurred on 28th March, of Mrs. Isabella Flood, of Ganmain, at the age of 70 years and 6 months…
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A situation which the secretary of the Murrumbidgee Flood Warning Committee (Mr. J. W. Wilks) last night described as "pretty alarming",…
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Great interest is being shown in the special benefit performance which will be presented at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday night in aid of the Wagga Mayor's Flood Relief Appeal…
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CANBERRA, Friday: Leslie Savage, 45, of West Avenue, Queanbeyan, was drowned this morning while attempting to…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: The body of Florence Evelyn Beachy, mother of five children, who was drowned when the bridge…
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Caught in the river current at Wagga on Thursday, a Wagga youth who was driving a horse and sulky is believed to have been drowned as the result of an accident which overturned the sulky…
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Passengers in a tourist bus on Thursday night had a thrilling experience when the bus ran off the road into deep water at…
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QUITO (Equador), Friday: An unknown number of persons disappeared in the floodwaters of the Tomebamba River, which…
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Butter and tea rationing has been temporarily suspended for flood victims who abandoned their homes and left behind…
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"Extensive flooding within the Murrumbidgee Valley has paralysed dairy production and caused very severe damage to…
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NARRANDERA, Sunday: The member for MacArthur (Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R.) visited Narrandera today as the…
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Rylands Bros. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. and Lysaght Bros. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. have given an assurance that they will co-operate in every way possible to ensure supplies of materials for the restoration of fencing…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: A 14-months-old baby who was swept away by the swollen Pullock's Creek at Marong while playing…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Flood waters have seriously dislocated rail services in many country towns. The commissioner for…
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SIR—Further to your paragraph, "Girl's Courage when Car Got into Difficulties." As the driver of the car in…
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Wagga churches were packed to capacity yesterday for special Easter services. In many churches the officiating clergy appealed for special offerings in aid of the Wagga Flood Relief Fund…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Plans to help flood victims are being studied by the Federal representative on the Flood Relief…
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