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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Flood appeal now £3711

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

The City Council has received a further donation to the Mayor's appeal for the northern rivers flood relief…

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Holbrook Flood Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 4

The Shire Clerk (Mr. R. A. Roberts) announced yesterday that the appeal by the Holbrook Shire Council for…

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Queen Shelters From Storm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

COLOMBO, Sun. (A.A.P.): Queen Elizabeth sheltered under a large blue-green and yellow golf umbrella when a…

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Queen braves heavy rain in Ceylon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 2

COLOMBO, Wednesday (Reuter's special correspondent): The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh today…

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Another big grant for floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: The Commonwealth Government has approved a further grant of £30,000 towards…

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Heavy Rain in Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

MILDURA. Wednesday: Heavy rain has fallen over the Northwest section of the Victorian wheat belt tonight…

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Storms kill 11

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK, Mon.: Eleven deaths were attributed to tornadoes and other storms in the United States at the…

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Flood havoc

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 4

BAGHDAD, Sun.: About 100,000 farmers in Southern Iraq have lost their crops and homes in devastating floods…

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Junee Australian Rules Outclasses East Wagga to Win Match In a Deluge of Kicking

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 3

FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE COMPETITION MATCH THE JUNEE AUSTRALIAN RULES TEAM OUTCLASSED THE OPPOSITION AND YESTERDAY SCORED 10 GOALS, 27 BEHINDS TO SWAMP THE…

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Averting Yenda floodings Drainage Scheme Progress

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 4

New schemes launched by the Irrigation Commission will alleviate the poor drainage of the Yenda district…

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Snowy Scheme May Reduce Our Floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 2

The Wafer Conservation and Irrigation Commission believes that the Snowy River Scheme, when completed, will reduce flooding of the Murrumbidgee at…

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Hobart Hit by One of Worst Floods Ever Thousands Stranded As Trams Halted

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

HOBART, Monday—Hobart has been virtually paralysed by one of the worst floods in its history. Thousands of people are marooned in their homes as flood waters, feet deep, spiral down the…

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Floods at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 2

The opinion of the Water Conservation and irrigation Commission that the Snowy Scheme will alleviate floods in Wagga is most interesting, and residents will sincerely hope that the prediction will…

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Will Snowy Scheme Reduce Flood Danger?

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

The Waiter Conservation and Irrigation Commission believes that the Snowy River Scheme, when completed, will reduce flooding of the Murrumbidgee at Gundagai. But the Commission does not know whether the scheme…

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Tas. Towns Await Big Flood

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday: Settlers along the South Esk Elver Valley in Northern Tasmania watched anxiously…

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Hobart Is Almost Isolated by Floods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 3

HOBART, Monday: Following a weekend of gale-force winds, snow and driving rain, Hobart today is almost isolated by floods…

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Tumbarumba Man's Views on Flood Dangers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 4

In a letter to the "Advertiser", Mr. L. G. Roth of "Mandalay", Tumburumba, writes on the Snowy scheme and floods in the Murrumbidgee. In his letter, Mr. Roth writes:—…

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Leeton Linesman's Feat Recalled An Echo of the Floods

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

In the first issue of "Tele-Com," a new journal published for the Australian Telephone Development Association, and…

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Heavy Rain Affects Attendance at Annual Gundagai Footballers Ball

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

Heavy rain which fell on Tuesday night last, greatly affected the attendance at the annual Footballers Ball. The…

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Flood relief fund

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The N.S.W. division of the Primary Producers' Union today decided to recommend that…

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