'Larrikin' antics in flood
LISMORE, Wed. --Drinking beer, young men and teenage youths rowed boats along one of…
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Cyclone report from north
BRISBANE, Thursday. --A ship yesterday reported a cyclone centre in the Pacific off…
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The Mayor of Penrith (Ald. W. Chapman) has opened a local fund for the relief of distress in the North Coast…
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NO detailed reports of the damage caused by the cyclone and floods in northern New South Wales were available when this issue went to press, but it was clear that a disaster of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bid to Save 25,000 Starving Stock Huge Fodder Airlift To Flood Area From Our Special Reporters
Plans to save 25,000 head of cattle worth more than £750,000 from starvation on the flooded North Coast were put into operation yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Herald" Fund For Flood Victims Now At £20,116/4/
Gifts to "The Sydney Morning Herald" appeal for North Coast flood victims totalled £7,506/3/ yesterday. This brought the grand total to…
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Sir,—One must appreciate the "Herald's" prompt action in opening a fund for the distress caused by the…
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ARMIDALE, Wednesday. —The funeral of five persons drowned at Baker's Creek, 19 miles east of Armidale, last…
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The Department of Main Roads yesterday released the following information about road conditions on the North Coast:…
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Members of the State Flood Relief Committee left Sydney by car yesterday to visit flooded North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rescue Scenes From Flood-bound Woodburn
AN ARMY corporal lifts baby Christine Spillane from an Army "duck" after she had been rescued from floodwaters. A SALVATION ARMY officer delivers a loaf of bread to a floodbound resident in Woodburn. Many of the residents in Woodburn are…
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The North Coast flood disaster showed that the New South Wales Government had only "picked at" the problem of flood control, the N.S.W. president of the Liberal…
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A national insurance scheme. Federal or State, for the aid of flood victims, was advocated…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Eighty-six members of the Korean-bound first battalion…
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United States' assistance had been promised for the North Coast flood victims…
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CASINO, Thursday. --Six soldiers in two army ducks went through seven hours…
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The United States has offered to assist the State Government in cleaning op flood devastation on the North Coast…
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Necessities for North Coast flood victims such as tinned and packaged food, children's clothes, blankets, sheets, pillowslips, crockery, and curtains, are being sought for immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Exploiters of floods in Lismore
LISMORE, Thursday. --Many racketeering operators have arrived in Lismore and other…
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The United States has offered to assist the State Government in cleaning up flood devastation on the North Coast…
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