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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 106

"Herald" Fund For Flood Victims Now Totals £73,078

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

"The Sydney Morning Herald" fund for North Coast flood victims has reached £73,078/11/8. The sum of £4,779/8/ was subscribed yesterday…

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"Herald" Fund's New Flood Grant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

A further £2,500 from "The Sydney Morning Herald" fund for North Coast flood victims was telegraphed last night to the Tweed Shire Flood Committee at…

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Floods drive out natives

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

Some aborigines have been moved from their reserve, following a flood at Goodooga, near the…

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Unions urged to aid flood victims

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

NSW Trades and Labor Council will ask all affiliated unions to subscribe to a Labor Council…

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Flood Victims

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

The recent floods in the northern parts of N.S.W. ended with tragic results, for many people lost their…

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Unions to Give to Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

The N.S.W. Labor Council decided last night to appeal to all affiliated unions to subscribe to the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund. The Council decided to…

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Unions to Give to Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 25

The N.S.W. Labor Council decided last night to appeal to all affiliated unions to subscribe to the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund. The Council decided to…

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Unions to Give to Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

The N.S.W. Labor Council decided last night to appeal to all affiliated unions to subscribe to the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund. The Council decided to…

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Unions to Give to Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

The N.S.W. Labor Council decided last night to appeal to all affiliated unions to subscribe to the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund. The Council decided to…

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Cyclone delays flying-boats

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

A cyclone near the New Zealand coast is disrupting Transtasman air services…

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The gold- miner who cheated death A foreigner trapped in a flooded Coolgardie mine was saved from certain drowning by a freak air pocket

The World's News · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 14

CELEBRATION recently of the golden jubilee of the opening of the Coolgardie (West Australian) water supply project, and its…

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Conference Flood Relief Fund

The Methodist · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

The Flood Relief Fund inaugurated by the Conference will, we hope, be promptly and generously supported. No monetary assistance can of course compensate those…

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"Herald" Fund For Flood Victims Now Totals £76,242

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 1

"The Sydney Morning Herald" fund for North Coast flood victims has reached £76,242/8/4. The sum of £3,163/16/8 was subscribed yesterday…

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A.l.p. Flood Relief Gifts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 2

The N.S.W. executive of the A.L.P. last night decided to urge branches to make a minimum donation…

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A.l.p Flood Relief Gifts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 2

The N.S.W. executive of the A.L.P. last night decided to urge branches to make a minimum donation…

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Flood havoc, housing scandal fail to touch toppers' hearts. It's Time For A Good Look Round

Truth · Sunday 7 March 1954 · page 56

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and the Minister for Immigration (Mr. Holt) should throw aside their top hats, swap their morning suits for working clothes, and leave Canberra and Melbourne for a few days, to move among their less fortunate country men in N.S.W…

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Dire story of floods in mother's letter Dear Son-- Can you imagine cattle being Grant in Lennox Street?

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 March 1954 · page 16

This letter, written from Casino (N.S.W.) at the height of the town's recent flood terror, reveals in stark simplicity the horror of those dark hours. It was written by…

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N. Zealand Lashed By Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Violent storms lashed west coast cities and towns last night and to-day,…

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N.z. Hit by Big Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Sun.--Gales which swept New Zealand during the weekend forced an…

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Flood Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Sir,—I suggest that the authorities concerned with flood control should consider the methods employed on the…

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