£2,275 Grant for Shire Assistance For Recent Flood Damage
In a letter to the Hon W.F Sheahan, MLA, the Minister for Local Government (Hon J. J. Cahill) states: “I refer, to your…
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Working Bee to Restore Flood Damaged Common Fencing
A start will be made on Sunday morning next to restore the flood damaged fencing in the North Gundagai Common…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Rains Flood Half the State Man Drowned in Telephone Exchange Well
SYDNEY, Friday—Record rains which have flooded half of the State have disorganised all transport, forced people from their homes, with staggering property damage, and caused the deaths…
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The chairman of the Commonwealth - State Flood Relief Committee (Mr. D. P. Witheriff) has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →22 Mile Ride to Get Provisions Experience of Junee Folk in Flood Area
A 22-mile trek through flood bound country was one of the experiences of the experiences of Mr. H. N. Edwards, of Dalley street, Junee, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Isolated by Severe Flood. Deaths, Damage and General Dislocation
SYDNEY: Record rains which have flooded half the State have disorganised all transport, and have forced people from their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Drown: Result of Heavy Rain
SYDNEY, Friday: Four men have drowned following the incessant rain of the last week. THE dead are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Devastation Continues: Six Dead
SYDNEY, Friday: Unrelenting rain for the past seven days in N.S.W. central, coastal and metropolitan areas has caused: 1. A flood threat in the Hunter River Valley equal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Raise Flood Danger. Storms Predicted for Vital Districts
SYDNEY, Monday: big cyclonic storm, bringing severe gales and flooding rainfall is approaching the Clarence River district and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Cyclonic Storm to Hit Clarence River Area Floods and Gales Expected
SYDNEY, Monday,—A big cyclonic storm, bringing severe gales and flooding rainfall, is approaching the Clarence river district, and further floods in that area are expected, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grant for Gundagai Shire Assistance for Recent Flood Damage
In a letter to the Hon. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A,. the Minister for Local Government (Hon. J. J. Cahill) states: "I refer to your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Drowns in Flood
SYDNEY, Sunday: A ten-months-old boy drowned in 20 inches of floodwater at Duckenfield, near Morpeth, today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report on Storm Water Drainage at Cootamundra By Council Engineer
(Report submitted to Council by Engineer, Mr. H. D. Willis). The main need of this town is major drainage work, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned In Flooded Creek
SYDNEY, Monday: A dairy farmer aged 37 was drowned in the flooded Wybong Creek today when he attempted to ford the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms Kill 130
CALCUTTA, Tuesday: Storms, and floods have killed at least 130 people and injured many more in two nothern districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods May Cause Gas Rationing
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Shortage of gas coal supplies to three States is no wthreatened because of floodings on the northern N.S.W. coalfields. Unless more gas coal, which is still being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food Becoming Short in Flooded Hunter River Valley
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Many of the 3000 flood refugees in the water-logged Hunter Valley are running short of food. Amphibious Army ducks and boats are rushing…
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VANCOU[?] , Tues. Flood-waters coursed through five British Columbia towns yesterday, forcing 2000 persons to flee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Danger at Maitland Lessens River Drops But Fear of Backwaters
MAITLAND, Wednesday: The city was saved from further disastrous flooding today when the Hunter Rives began to fall after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“We Don’t Know When Storm Strike”
“We should have less bickering in relation to a bill that is of such national importance as is this measure. We are confronted with a revolutionary movement that emanates from the Kremlin in Moscow I ask people to think forward into the future. We do not know when…
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