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The heavy track might have reduced Brown Ben’s speed in the early part of the John Taylor Stakes, run on the first day of the Bega Annuals, last Saturday, but the vigorous, intelligent riding of Sydney jockey, Tom Mullane, put the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Those district people who had crowded into Bega for the weekly shopping, sales and business excursions, on Tuesday, were not expecting the deluge that flooded on them from the black, vicious clouds that rolled up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Though the rivers and creeks in this part of the State have been able remain well below flood level despite the consistent rain, the Bega Police have issued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A weeks’ consistent rain had turned some of the roads to Candelo into a sticky, dangerous mess by Monday night and was a very depleted assembly of diggers who met at Candelo Town Hall for the annual diggers’ reunion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following a week of steady rain which developed into a torrential downpour on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, the Bega River broke its banks and flooded out across the surrounding flats. Most people were prepared for the rise of the river and any stock on the flats were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Cecil Squire requests all farmers, who lost crops due to last weeks rain and flood to attend a meeting to be held in the C.W.A. Rooms, Bega, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Cecil N. Squire, president of the Bega Branch of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, sent urgent telegrams, on Saturday, to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bega farmers who lost substantial crops when flood waters then property in the last flooding of the area have formed a flood relief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After having spent the previous Saturday in draining target pits subsequent to the flood rains, club members took part in a practice shoot on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South Coast of NSW experienced a severe storm on Saturday and Sunday lastâone man was killed by lightning in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The appointment of Mr. E. White, a resident of Albert Street, to look after the stormwater drain in Albert Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The request for flood relief for local farmers made to the Premier Mr. James McGirr by the Bega Branch of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union and the Bega Flood Relief Committee through Mr. Jack G. Beale M.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although previously warned by Bega Police officers that a large rise was coming down the Bega River, several campers were trapped at the Junction camping reserve on Friday last when the river broke its banks higher up and a torrent soon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, April 12, that an approach would be made to the Commonwealth Government to waive customs duty on all imported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The farming community situated over the river from Brogo has experienced a wretched summer for access to the highway, with a succession of floods that have deepened the gully through the approach to the Glen Oaks Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mumbulla Shire and Bega Municipality have been offered grants of £1,060 and £1,180 respectively to assist in repairing roads damaged during recent flood rains, according to letters received by State Member, Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A., from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The engineer, Mr. H. Dee, informed the shire council that he had submitted a further application for increased grants on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gerringong Municipal Council has been offered a grant of £500 to assist in repairing roads damaged during recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although the flooded nature of the northern sections of the State's da'ry farming country is alarming, the Bega Branch of the Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ald. Chas. Ayres, Mayor of Bega, has been asked by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. O’Dea, Whether Bega would co-operate in assisting the flood victims of the devastated area of the State…
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