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Floods & storms, 1950

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Flood Relief

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 2

The Shire Council has received the following additional contribution to-wards the Flood Victims Relief Fund: Mr. J. James, £25…

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Floods Cost £5,200

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 4

The engineer astimated the cost the floods in the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers as £5,200. This figure included estimated cost of…

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P.P.U. Moves on Flood Relief Grants

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Primary Producers' Union decided today to urge the State and Federal Governments to…

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Flood Lighting Is Good Advertisement Extension of Ganges as [?] Feared by Council

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the Junee Municipal Council it was suggested that the flood lighting of the new Chambers should only…

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Flood Evacuation Committee for Gumly Wild Rumors During Last Flood Deplored

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 2

Gumly last night formed a Flood Evacuation Committee. The secretary of the new organisation (Mr. A. E. Hipgrave) summed-up the feelings of Gumly residents…

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Floods Kill 86

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 2

CASABLANCA, Friday. Floods killed 66 people and washed away whole villages east of Fee (Morocoo) on Tuesday. One thousand…

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Floods Cost Shire £5,000

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 2

The cost of the recent floods of the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers to the Carrathool Shire was e[?]mated by the shire engineer. Mr…

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Raging Torrent of Water Caused By Sudden Storm Does £1000 Worth. of Damage to Wheat Silo Work

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

A SEVERE STORM WHICH LASTED ONLY A FEW MINUTES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT LAST AND IN WHICH 75 POINTS OF RAIN WERE REGISTERED, CAUSED APPROXIMATELY £1,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE AT THE…

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Interesting comparison in Hunter Valley Scheme Man-made Scars to Lessen Floods These contour furrows in an Upper Hunter catchment area will help keen the stream free of silt

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 3

Commenting on the work in Iraq, E. B. Furby,. Irrigation specialist of the Department of Agriculture, outlined an interesting comparison between the…

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Councils Reply on Murrumbidgee Anti-flood Plan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1950 · page 3

All councils interested have replied to a proposal by Wagga City Council that the Murrumbidgee River be snagged to…

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Hail Storm Hits Gundagai But Little Damage Caused By Downpour

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

A terrific hailstorm, which fortunately lasted only a few minutes, struck Gundagai at 6.20 p.m. on Friday. The hail was accompanied by heavy rain, and water rushed two feet deep in some Sheridan Street gutters soon after the storm…

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180 Points of Rain in 20 Minutes Terrific Storm Over District Hail Did Not Damage Crops Extensively

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

A storm, the like of which has never before been experienced in the Junee district, occurred along a narrow strip of the Junee Reefs,…

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Five Million Affected by Punjab Flood

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Floodwaters from the Sutle). Bail and Chenab Rivera have hit five million people in the Punjab, ReuterM Karachi cor­respondent reports. It is estimated that the recent…

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District News Matong Severe Storm Damages Crops

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 2

One of the worst storms on record hit part of the Matong and Gammain district last Friday. The hall that fell was large lagges…

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Federal Flood Relief Grants

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Since January l, the Federal Government has approved provision, on a £1 for £1 basis £85,000 to…

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Heavy Rain Falls in Junee Year's Total Now Near the Thitry Inch Mark

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 1

For an hour yesterday there was a torrential downpour of rain in Junee, and this was mainly responsible for the 96 points…

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Disastrous Hall Storm Hits Matong, Ganmain and South of Coolamon

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

The disastrous hall storm which passed in an erratic track through the Matong, Ganmain and Tooyal districts on Friday last is estimated…

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OBITUARY Mr. William Flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

A link with the very early days of Narrandera was severed by the death in Sydney on 17th September of Mr. William (Wil.) Flood…

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Corbie Hill Extension Group "Gunnite"; Murrumbidgee Floods

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

New process of airblasting ce-ment-sand-water mixes into place will be described to Cor-bie-Merungle Hills Extension…

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Sport and Recreation Turf Heavy Rain Interferes with Sydney Gallops But Penmore Shows Pace

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 October 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday — Heavy rain interfered with gallops in Sydney this morning, and few trainers allowed their horses to…

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