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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1956

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Floodlights for P.t

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1956 · page 16

Holroyd Council has granted permission for the erection of four floodlights at the corner of Cotswold and…

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Danny Kaye—The Pied Piper—Rides a Storm Jerusalem. A storm burst about the modern Pied Piper —Danny Kaye, comic genius and representative of Unicet in various countries in the world

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 July 1956 · page 5

Shortly before coming to Israel, Danny Kaye was interviewed in Geneva by a…

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Culvert 100 Years Old Floodwaters at Yennora

The Biz · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 23

The Department of Local Government referring to drainage of floodwaters in Railway Street, Yennora, wrote as follows to…

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Motors-services Floods May Affect Ampol Trial Route

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 8

Ampol Trial organisers are preparing alternative routes for every section of the 7000 mile trial…

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Flood Water Ruins Bulbs

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 4

Shale placed in Hunt Street, Guildford, in readiness for spreading has caused flooding, and her…

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Flood Victim's Thanks

The Biz · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 21

Through the Secretary, Fairfield Branch, Civil Defence Committee, the Mayor (Ald. Les Powell) has received the…

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How to end the horror of recurring flood

Tribune · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 6

Victorian and New South Wales Governments should demand that the Federal Government release finance for an immediate long-range flood prevention plan…

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Bushfire and flood

Tribune · Wednesday 25 July 1956 · page 11

I WOULD like to draw attention of your readers to a cultural undertaking in Sydney. It is Margaret Barr's Sydney Dance Drama Group…

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Force the Govt. to act on floods

Tribune · Wednesday 25 July 1956 · page 10

People's Committees, comprising trade unionists, farmers' organisations, Progress Associations and others, should be set up now to force the Government to face its…

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Complaint of Flooding

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 14

H. E. Smtih wrote to Fairfield Council regarding the condition of footpath and flooding of his property. 43 Sackville St.,…

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Derby Street Drainage Ferngrove Rd. Flooding

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 23

Captain G. K. Dellow-Seymour, writing to Fairfield Council, referred to previous correspondence regarding lots 129130…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Money, science can halt floods

Tribune · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 9

I have just returned from an extensive tour off the North, North west, Central and Western districts off NSW. THIS first-hand experience of conditions over such a wide area…

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Grant for Flood Damaged Roads

The Biz · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 13

The Minister for Public Works, Hon. J. F. McGrath, has written, to Mr. C. J. Earl, M.L.A.. as follows:--…

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This Is the War We Need Funds For, Say Flood Victims From flood-stricken Wentworth, at the Murray - Darling junction comes this spot report from Guardian staff member, Eric Thornton

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 9

"THERE'S the enemy out there," said the Wentworth man, pointing through the…

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Gale Lifts Melrose Roof Voluntary Labour to the Rescue

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 August 1956 · page 1

In the height of the gale that howled on Friday night It lifted portion of the roof of Melrose Hall, Emu Plains, about 12ft, by…

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Soccer Under Floodlights

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 7

The Soccer match at Lidcombe Oval on Wednesday, August 29, under floodlights, is expected to attract a large crowd of Soccer…

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National Apex Murray River Valley Flood Appeal

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 August 1956 · page 1

The National Council of the Association of Apex Clubs of Australia, realising the immediate need of the people of…

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Floodlight Soccer Match

The Biz · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 14

Auburn v Canterbury--to-night (Wednesday) at Lidcombe, the first night soccer match ever held in this district. Mike de Bulckere,…

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Reasons for the Flood Tragedies

Tribune · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 10

All scientific authorities in the Departments of Conservation are outspoken on the reason for the tragic position of the Riverina in New South Wales. THESE are no ivory tower…

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Apex Club Murray Valley Flood Relief Appeal

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 August 1956 · page 5

In February, 1965, following an appeal by Apex Clubs throughout Australia, over £100,000 was raised by Club…

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