"City Papers Tried To Create Flood News"
LISMORE.— The metropolitan press had given a false impression about conditions in the Richmond River district last week-end in an effort to create flood news the…
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Calm Before Storm On Abattoir Issue
BATHURST.— The apparent lull in abattoirs activity in Bathurst is causing an air of unrest among Bathurst stock agents, butchers and graziers…
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Very widespread rains have fallen in N.S.W. this week and some high registrations have been recorded. Nearly all divisions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sport-Slant Storm brewing over Olympics
THE Olympic Games are universally recognised as the medium of extending the hand of peace and cementing the goodwill of all nations. Yet at this early stage the Melbourne Olympics are developing into…
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Coming so soon after the heavy rain of last week, the run-off has been almost 100 per…
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Late last night almost every river west of Sydney to the Queensland border was in flood. The emergency grew all through yesterday and last night it was still raining in many areas which already had had more than 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lives Lost, Towns Menaced As Flood Danger Grows
Torrential rain over practically the State has caused serious flooding of inland and coastal rivers. Falls in some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Opens Appeal for Flood Victims
Mayor of Parramatta, Alderman H. V. Horwood, has opened a fund for the relief of flood victims. Announcing the appeal, the Mayor said…
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Taking up the call for financial assistance by radio, 2UE flood relief appeal Mr. Arthur Wagner, of 24…
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Last Saturday the Mayor or Holroyd, Ald G. E. Maunder, opened a local fund to aid the flood victims. Moneys received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Blankets, Bedding and Clothes Needed
The disastrous floods which have caused so much damage. Easier and tragedy in N.S.W., have left thousands of families…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Guildford Man Witnesses Flood Destruction
We received a trunk call from Mr. Ron Reed, well-known Guildford resident, last Monday morning, describing the terrible havoc…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Communist Alderman Calls on Council for Flood Protest
THE Sydney City Council should add its voice to others in a demand on the Federal Government for full and adequate flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods need never hove happened
The Hunter Valley and Central. West floods, the worst in Australian history, need never have happened. WHILE the immediate task is to…
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(Following Australia's greatest flood catastrophe, the Menzies Government offered only £100,000 for relief, and nothing for flood prevention.) He spent a hundred million pounds to help the Yankee war,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unionists send money, labor to flood areas
Australian workers, with all the human feeling and generosity for which they are justly renowned, are swinging into action through their unions with organised financial and physical help for flood…
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The generous heart of the Australian people has keen opened to help the unfortunate victims of Australia's worst floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Flood Rains and the H-bomb
MORE and more "western" scientists are saying that floods and other "weather extremes" can be caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →District's Fine Effort for Flood Relief OVER £1000 in Money Trucks Hasten to Flood Area with Clothing and Food
Penrith, St. Marys, Wallacia, and all the Nepean district and Lower Mountains have responded generously in gifts of money and goods for the victims of flood in the north and north-west of the State…
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Mr. Jeff Bate, M.P., who is Commonwealth representative on the New South Wales Flood Relief Committee, left by car to…
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