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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1958

52 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3

Hevige storm teistert de Noordzee

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 10 January 1958 · page 1

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Red Cross Disaster Relief in Three Countries Aid for Flood Epidemic Threat, in Pakistan

The Biz · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 10

Once again the ever-recurring disaster of floods is [?] international Roll Cross aid for a million people in West…

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Medicine for Ceylon flood victims

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 24 January 1958 · page 1

JERUSALEM (J.T. A.): Israel has sent £A.100 worth of medicine—mainly anti-biotics—to Geylon for flood…

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Flood Levees Damaged Lansvale Residents' Committee Alarmed

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 10

Lansvale Residents' Committee wrote to Fairfield Council stating that members were greatly disturbed by the damage being…

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Dudintsev — storm in a tea cup

Tribune · Wednesday 19 February 1958 · page 6

". . . Reviewing standards cease to count. You have to take Dudintsev, you simply have to. This pleading comment from the…

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St Mary Magdalene Church Tower is Now Floodlit

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1958 · page 3

Floodlighting has now been installed so that St. Marys oldest church, St. Mary Magdalene, has the lower alive with…

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CORRIEDALE v. AWASSI: Golden Fleece Worries Israel Sheepmen Political, Storm Feared

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 February 1958 · page 2

IN a few weeks some 1,500 Corriedale sheep from the Riverina property of Dr. S. Goldberg…

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Small Drain Causes Flooding Council Asked to Continue Piping

The Biz · Wednesday 26 February 1958 · page 14

G. Caruso, Smithfield, wrote rains the land win be flooded, as to Fairfield Council asking if it there is now only a small drain intended to continue the pipes through it. through his property, as when it The chief engineer reported:--…

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Know Your Trees No. 7—Rose (or Flooded) Gum

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 10

As the name suggests, rose, or flooded gum, occurs on river flats and creek banks, chiefly on…

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Building in Flood Area Council Opposes in Owner's Interests

The Biz · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 12

G. R. Woodward, Lansvale, applied to Fairfield Council for permission to erect a dwelling on lots 24, Beach Road,…

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Floods wreck North Q'land after drought Government won't seek aid

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 9

BRISBANE: Record floods, following immediately on top of a protracted drought, have caused tremendous…

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Floodwaters in Fairfield Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 23

Once again flood waters throughout certain parts of Fairfield Municipality forced some people to evacuate their…

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Control of Flood Structures

The Biz · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 20

The following circular has been forwarded by the Department ef Local Government to Councils:-…

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Flood Damage at Smithfield

The Biz · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 8

During the heavy rain last Monday week, homes facing Liverpool Road and Brenan Street were threatened when floodwaters…

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Congratulations on Flood Work to Local Civil Defence Authorities & Fairfield Council

The Biz · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 4

Congratulations to the local Civil Defence authorities, the Mayor and Council staff, on the manner in which they handled…

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Storm Water Channel at Carramar

The Biz · Wednesday 26 March 1958 · page 14

E. Forrester, Carramar, has drawn Fairfield Council's attention to the condition of stormwater channel between…

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Property Flooded Drainage Canal Problem

The Biz · Wednesday 26 March 1958 · page 11

C. M. Scott, Cabramatta, wrote to Fairfield Council referring to a drainage canal senarating Nos. 20 and 22, St…

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Flooding at Cabramatta Between Cabramatta Road and Fisher Street

The Biz · Wednesday 9 April 1958 · page 7

The chief engineer reported intersection was properly Fairfield Council:— "During recent rain, and at the request of Mrs. Fairall, I…

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Half-ship towed through bad storms Success story of a Dutch tug

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 18 April 1958 · page 5

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People's Movement Can Win Finance for Flood Control

Tribune · Tuesday 22 April 1958 · page 10

BRISBANE: The North needs adequate meteorological stations, finance for substantial buildings, and river control schemes on a vast scale. Mr. E. A. Bacon (State Secretary, Communist Party of Australia) said this in a statement on recent flood and cyclone devastation in North Queensland. THE magnitude of the cyclone…

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