Flood Damage Grant
Imlay Shire Council has accepted a giant, made available by the Minister for Public Works for flood damage…
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County Council Had Good Year Much Achieved Despite Floods And Bushfires
Mr. F. C. Tregurtha, County Council Engineer, in a review of the year’s work by the Bega Valley County Council, states that Council has every reason to regard the year as one of considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Flood Relief for Racecourse
Bega District Jockey Club has drawn a blank in its endeavours to secure a grant from the Flood Relief Scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Grant for Mumbulla
Mumbulla Shire Council has been offered a grant of £455 by the State Government to assist Council repair damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pambula Show Opens with Heavy Rain Some Exhibitors Absent But Show A Success
The Pambula Show Society officials were greeted on Friday morning with dull grey skies, and heavy rain, and at first fears were held for the first day of the show, on Friday, until the rain eased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tathra Wants Flood Boat People Concerned When Town Isolated
The Tathra Progressive Association members are concerned with the plight of Tathra people working in Bega, pregnant women, and those seriously ill isolated in. the time of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fund for Flood Victims
His Worship the Mayor of Bega (Ald. Chas Ayres) has acceded to the request of the Lord Mayor of Sidney (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deluge Ends Dry Spell District Is Saturated By Heavy Rain
The prolonged dry spell was washed and blown away with a vengeance when a deluge that started on Saturday in the northern section of the Far South Coast, spreading to all sections by Sunday…
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Over the week-end, Berry had the most consistently heavy rain experienced here for quite a long time. The rain began to fall on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded Lake Tragedy Mother Tries To Save Boy From Drowning
Tragedy struck at Merimbula when the flood rains caused the Merimbula Lake to rise, on Wednesday morning, and drowned six-year-old Anthony John Crawford, who had fallen from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doctor’s Trip Over Floodwaters
There was a frantic call for a doctor, from flood-bound Tathra on Friday night last, with the message that a man had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bega Reserves Deluge Moruya
The Bega Reserves, in its field day, made the most of their chances against the gallant Moruya lads, and piled up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tathra Asks for Flood Boat Progressive Assn. Voices Ire Over Isolation
Tathra Progressive Association has once again complained to Imlay Shire Council about not providing a flood boat to cross Jellat flats, and as a means to get people from Tathra to Bega, Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advice on Flooding Problems Government Expert To Make Investigations
An officer from the New South Wales Conservation and Irrigation Commission will make a visit to Bega early next month to investigate flood problems in this area, and will be available for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage on Towamba River to Be Examined
The Minister for Conservation (Mr. A. G. Enticknap) . has promised that an officer from his department will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extra Lighting for Berry’s Night Show Flood Lights Likely
The Berry Show Committee for years have not been very happy about the lightingâor rather, should we say, lack of lightingâ…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bega Rifle Teams Shoot in Rain Storms
Despite Interference by Jupiter Pluvins, which appears to to be usual thing of late, a successful programme of teams…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Project
The Bega Jockey Club has spent over £500 on a project which, it is anticipated, will remove the narrow bottle-neck in the channel at the back of the course through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.P.U. Wants Flood Debris Out Of River
A request from the Pambula Branch of the Primary Producers’ Union, that the Imlay Shire Council apply for a grant…
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