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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

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Flood Relief Committee Visits Tumut Householders And Farmers May Apply For Relief

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 4

Representatives of the Flood Relief Committee, Agricultural and Police Departments Halted Tumut un Tuesday and were…

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Illabo Cwa Flood Victims Appeal. Clothing and Cash Donations to Fund

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 8

The Illabo Country Women's Association recently made an appeal for the relief of flood victims and…

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Lost Nearly All in Recent Flood. Ex-Junee Teacher's Severe Loss

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

Former Junee schoolteacher and now deputy-head-master of the Canimbla school, Mr. Jim Owens has…

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Snowy Scheme and flooding

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

SIR.—Your correspondent of June 19, Donald Howard, need fear no increase of flooding when new catchments are…

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Public Meeting on Floods Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the Australian Labor Party last night decided to ask the Mayor (Ald. W. Dunne) to call a public meeting to discuss flood prevention. The motion was carried…

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The Odd Column Fire and Flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 2

In the height of the floods at Koorawatha last week, there was an unusual occurrence — a stack of 700 bales of lucerne was…

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Our Flood Control Is Back to Front

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 6

There is a tragic, almost perennial SOS from the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Valley and to-day the heart [?]rending appeal must win the sympathy of everyone. These floods as well as those in other rivers must not be accepted as…

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Flood Relief Committee at Gundagai Inspection Of Damaged Properties

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 1

During their short stay in Gundagai last Friday members of the Flood Relief Committee, made an inspection of some of the devastated areas in the district, after which they conferred with local Shire and Police authorities…

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Local and General Municipal and Shire Flood Relief Appeal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

The Railway Dance Club has donated £8/3/6 towards the Municipal and Jindalee Councils flood relief appeal and the total has…

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Floods Effect Far West Clinic

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

The Far West Dental Clinic Party which left Sydney on June 16 for the first two dental tours this year was held up by…

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Assistance for Flood Victims

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced to-day that he had arranged for…

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Sympathy to Flood Victims From Orchestra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

A letter expressing sympathy to Wagga people who suffered in the floods has been received by ex-president of…

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Shire Council Activities During the Floods Engineer's Report

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night the shire engineer. (Mr A. H. Buckham) presented the…

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Remarkable Flood Pictures From South Gogeldrie

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Cr. J. H. Marks was in town yesterday with some remarkable pictures of the flood waters on his farm and surrounding country…

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Tribute to Airman for Flood Work

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

Mr. W. Watts of Euroley yesterday paid a tribute to the good work performed by Mr. J. Tiffin in his aeroplane during the…

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Bridge Subsides at Darlington Point Flood Peak Over

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

The levee banks at Darling ton Point have successfully held back the flood waters from the township, and the level of the…

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Radio Vital in Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

From the flooded areas of NSW come stories of the vital role the radio is playing in the saving of lives, stock and…

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£50,000 Advance for Roads in Flood Areas

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEy, Wednesday—The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Cahill) has approved an advance payment of £50,000 to help towards repairing…

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Huge Cost of Floods in Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Floods in Victoria used at least £1,500,000 worth of damage to roads, bridges, railway lines and bridges and [?]vee banks, the Minister for Public Works (Mr…

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Vic. move on floods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday An immediate investigation into the situation reservoir and the genes…

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