'Flu Epidemic New Menace in Flood Area
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Scores of people are crowding into Kempsey hospital suffering from pneumonia and influenza—a serious aftermath of the worst floods on record…
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£120,000 for Relief in Flood Area
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments will provide £120,000 flood relief to…
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His Worship the Mayor. Ald. F. R. Dickson, has received the following telegram from Alderman O'Dea, Lord Mayor of…
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Deep sympathy goes out from the people of this town and district for victims of the floods along the N.S.W. rivers, as…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Commonwealth and five State Ministers will confer in Sydney to-morrow about flood relief, the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: An Army "duck" reached Garfton today after a dramatic 12-hour trip through floodwaers with a critically-ill elderly woman. The woman, Mrs. Webb, of Wooli, about 35…
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The Shire President (Cr. O. J. Washington), has through the Leeton Shire Council, launched an appeal to collect money for the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday; Removal of the flood-vulnerable town of Kempsey to a safer site or the introduction of a National insurance scheme to cover Kempsey and other towns subject to floods, will be…
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The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. Graham said this Week that the whole of the resources of his Department would be thrown into the…
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Clarence River fishermen will not be able to go back to work until January. The racing muddy water of the…
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In view of rain-damaged roads and bad visibility, many motorists are driving too fast and many pedestrians are taking insufficient…
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Clarence river fishermen will hot be able to go back to work until January. The racing, muddy water of…
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The Mayor of Wagga (Alderman H. E. Gissing) announced yesterday that the Wagga Flood Relief Appeal has now closed…
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The Housing Commission has remitted over £300 rental to Housing Commission tenants whose homes were affected by…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Forty council men at Hillston worked round the clock yesterday, sand-bagging a levee to save the town…
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Three Parliamentarians, in statements last night, painted a grim picture of flood havoc in this State during the year…
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Three Parliamentarians, in Statements tonight, painted a grim picture of flood havoc in this State during the year. Sir Earle Page, Federal Minister for Health, said…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Forty council men at Hilliston worked round the clock today, sandbagging a levee to save the…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday: Alarmed at the initial assessment of the damage resulting from what he calls the "national" flood disaster of N.S.W., Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R., tonight drafted an urgent report for…
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The Housing Commission has remitted over £300 rental to Housing Commission tenants whose homes were affected by…
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