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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1955

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The Benby Club Autograph Flood Stories From Singleton And Barrable Rhymes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1955 · page 26

Four little words, For-get-me-not, They don't seem much, But they mean a lot…

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Storm in Lib--cp Camp

Tribune · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 9

CANBERRA: The ALP isn't alone in its troubles. There's a healthy storm brewing in…

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They got together for action on floods

Tribune · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 11

ROCKHAMPTON: "This is the happiest meeting we've ever been to... It's going to get something…

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Orchards Waterlogged Following Heavy Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 43

March rain in the metropolitan district, following heavy February rain, has caused waterlogging of orchards. Between three to five…

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£1713 For Flood Relief

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 41

The secretary of the Sydney Fat Stock Salesmen's Association reports that the…

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Flood Relief Plans For New England

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 3

ARMIDALE.— Major topic to come before the second session of the Constituent Assembly of New England, to be held at Armidale today, will be flood relief…

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Floods Caused Sub Soil Loss

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 46

During the recent floods up to four inches of top soil was eroded from Dubbo district…

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Heavy Sheep Losses Follow Flood Rains

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 4

There have been heavy sheep mortality in some districts during recent weeks due to internal parasites. Several outbreaks of…

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Fruit For Flood Victims

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 29

Fruit from the Glen Innes Experiment Farm has been given to flood victims in the Moree…

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Flood Damage To Glenbawn "Slight"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 17

Damage to the workings at Glenbawn Dam on the Hunter River caused by the recent floods was only slight. This information…

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New Move For Flood Money

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 1

Parramatta City Council will support moves to secure interest-free money from the Federal…

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Carnival for Flood Relief

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 2

Merrylands-Greystanes Sub-Committee Food Victims Relief Fund wrote to Holroyd Council extending an invitation to alderman…

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Merrylands Flood Relief Successful Concert

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 3

A very successful concert and physical culture display was given in Merrylands Masonic Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings…

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Closing Flood Relief Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1955 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. W. L. Chapman) announced at the meeting of Penrith Council on Tuesday evening that it was his intention…

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Potato Seed Appeal For Flood Victims

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 24

An appeal for seed potatoes from the Tablelands to assist Hunter Valley growers…

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Storm As Ward Barred From Reply to Keon

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1955 · page 2

As Tribune went to press unprecedented scenes occurred in Federal Parliament on Tuesday night as the Speaker, Mr. Cameron, brazenly prevented Mr. Ward, MP, from replying to Grouper Keon's "cannon fodder for Asia" speech…

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Concert for Flood Relief

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 May 1955 · page 3

Next Tuesday the Merrylands—Greystanes Flood Relief Committee will close their fund with a concert by the Bonds Entertainment Unit…

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Flood Relief Carnival Rain Ruins Merrylands Spectacle

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 May 1955 · page 1

After six weeks of hard work Merrylands—Greystanes Sub-Committee of Holroyd Flood [?]relief Fund, Saw th[?]…

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If Scientists Are Right... "Atom bombs caused NSW floods"

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1955 · page 11

NEWCASTLE: If the views of certain scientists are right, atomic weapons have already caused terrible destruction in the Hunter River Valley. THIS is stated in a preamble to…

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Flood Hampers Filtration Discolouration of Water

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 1

FOR about 24 hours, partly on Tuesday and partly yesterday, Penrith's water supply reverted to the…

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