Menzies to blame--Communists can help in flood relief
THE Menzies Government is mainly responsible for giving aid to the flood-stricken victims, but, above all, for providing the…
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Football Knockout Competition to Aid Flood Victims
Dr. M. E. Renshaw has donated a magnificent shield for a knockout competition to be conducted by the St. Marys Rugby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Call That a Flood!
What's all this talk about terrible rainfall that fell in Penrith on the 16th and 17th inst.? What's a mere ten inches that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rotary Flood Donations
The Rotary Club of Penrith is assisting the movement to provide funds for flood victims and is doing so through the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Was Lucky When Deluge Came
Flood rains have caused only about £20,000 damage to municipal works in the City of Parramatta. City Council authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Deane On Flood Relief
Flood victims in the Hawkesbury area had his deepest sympathy, Mr. Bernard Deane, M.L.A. (Hawkesbury) stated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned in River Flood Water Identification by Fingerprints
Of no fixed place of abode was a man whose body was found in the flood waters of Nepean River about seven…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Centenary Road Flooding Work Listed—£2500
Following a question by Ald Edwards at Holroyd Council, the municipal engineer reported—Floo[?]ng occurs in Centenary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Fund Donations To Be Tax Free
Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.P., drew attention in the Federal Parliament on Thursday of last week to the Flood Relief Fund being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lower Town Flooding
The most severe quick-flooding of the lower portion of Penrith township occurred yesterday, when over two inches of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief and Warning Special Committee Meets
The first meeting of the Penrith Municipality Flood Relief Committee was held at the Council Chambers on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Ramsgate
During the recent wet weather the Fifth Ward of the Rockdale municipality, which is situated in the Ramsgate-Sans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rugby League Football League Trial Washout Cloudburst Flooded Playing Area
Last week-end was a disastrous one for the St. George Rugby League Football Club. After players and officials had been directed to attend Macreadie Oval, Guildford, to play the trial matches against Western Suburbs club, following news…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Report on Storm Damage B.M. Council's Engineer
In a report on recent storm damage presented to the meeting of Blue Mountains City Council held on 13th inst., the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Protests Flood in As H-hour Nears Stop bomb tests, they say
Political, industrial and church protests are mounting on a world scale as the date draws near for the dreaded explosions of horror weapons in Monte Belio (Australia)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Victims Charged for Aid
CANBERRA: Charges made by the Armed Services for assistance during floods were causing great distress to the unfortunate victims, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm of Protests Against A-tests Wharfies' poll vote 2693-34
NEARLY 3000 Sydney waterside workers have voted almost unanimously, in a public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protests at fares steal flooding in to Cahill Government
A wave of angry protests condemning the savage fare slug is beginning to engulf the Cahill Government in NSW. WORKERS in the factories, on the wharves and elsewhere, through…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Grant to Council
Mr. B. Deane, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Works that a grant of £700 has been made to the Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm in U.K. over oil sellout to U.S.
LONDON: Sellout of the British-owned Trinidad Oil Company to the US-owned Texas Oil Company aroused a political storm which hasn't subsided yet. RESULT of the sale may be to…
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