Flood damage at racecourse prompts show delay
Report from the showground area notes mud and silt in stalls and pavilions after recent floods. Poultry pavilion requires removal, eastern ticket office washed, ring rotunda downstream, cattle and pig pens lightly affected, fencing damaged, and a fence line near the northern boundary washed away. The racecourse may need postponement if repairs delay Central Western shows. Home of Noel Cundit shown as washed away.
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Elwyn Woods
Forbes FA. & HL Amecialion
Weexts
Bhow Street
Ring
Racecoure
Walton Park
Showground
Noel Cundit
Baths at King George V Memorial Park Hit By Flood
The Forbes Olympic swimming pool sustained severe flood damage with walls and dressing sheds washed away and the grand stands destroyed. Repairs may reach £4000, while the filtration plant and engine room are flooded and need extensive work. Opened in November 1997 by Mr Erle Spooner, the baths cost £10,500 to build, prompting talk of possible Council removal to avoid future costly repairs.
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Forbes Olympic
King George V Memorial Park
Ierely
Laure Qohen
Erle Bpooner
Losses of stock after last week's flood noted
Report notes flood was rapid and heightened stock losses in the district remain comparatively light. Sheep drowning counts are small in most cases, with some cattle lost due to being frightened and unable to reach safety. Final tallies are expected to be heavy. Mr Bert Strickland, South Con.
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Bert Strickland
South Con
Availability of Material for Flood Relief Efforts
The Commonwealth State Flood Relief Committee announces manufacturers will supply key materials to sufferers as quickly as possible. Local committees will assess needs for fencing, galvanised iron, and building materials, sponsor declarations, and forward totals to the Treasury flood relief unit. Do not place orders with local merchants. use the formal declaration process via local committees and the Department of Secondary Industries.
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Mrr. Burkett
Commonwealth/State
The
Treasury
Sydney
Department of Secondary Industries
Open House at the Gale Home During Flood-time Contained
During the Johnson Street flood the Gale home served as open house for the North Hill duck men and as a food distribution hub. Mire Gale, wife of the Deputy Town Clerk, was praised for feeding numerous strays and coordinating relief. Alderman Musgrave aided food milk supplies and comfort, while Constable Stan McInerney acted as rescuer and removalist.
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Stan Gales
Johnson St
Gale
Ald. J. Musgrave
Stan McInerney
Birth Announcement in Crown Street Hospital
Mr and Mrs Devitt of The Bn Strathfield announce the birth of a daughter at Crown Street Hospital Mrs Devitt will be remembered as Dulcie styles daughter of Mrs G M Styles of Flint Street The record also mentions various unrelated items and names not fully verifiable.
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Crown] Street Hospital
Mra. Devitt
Bn Strathfield
Mire
Devitt
Dulche Styles
Mra G, M. A. Styles
Flint St
Parkes Hospitality Appreciated by Flood Victims Care Team
Forbes evacuees praise the organisation set up to aid flood victims, housed in the Migrant Hostel, with thanks for kindness, attention to detail, and welcome comfort. In Grenfell Road, Muddy Lagoon traps drivers as a South Australian transport driver fails to pass a waterlogged approach, risking the engine after three attempts.
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Forbes
Parkes
Istims
Feneroun
Grenfell Road
Jemalong Supplies Pass Through Undaunted Route
On Wednesday a convoy of Army ducks reached Jemalong Mountain under discount conditions. The washout fractured the road, one duck bogged and needed winching by OSuperme fort. The group then proceeded to Corrawoblity with clothing and provisions, facing hard travel. Foreseen clear roads to Condobolin may take weeks as floodwaters recede slowly.
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Jemalong Mountain
O Supreme
Bathurst High Sends Flood Aid to Portes High
A Bathurst High School donation letter to Portes High headmaster expresses sympathy for flood tribulations and encloses a cheque from the Captains' Fund. The 5 pound gift is allocated to the Council's Flood Relief Fund for a worthy cause arising from the flood.
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Puplic
Bathurst High School
Portes High School
Ang
Flood prevention ideas for Lachlan River proposed
L J Johnson of Forbes writes to discuss flood management along the Lachlan. He urges extending the stockinbing weir to the lagoon and building a floodgate channel from Grudgery Mountain to Bogan Gate and beyond to allow irrigation in dry months and release water in wet months. He also calls widening Jemalong weir floodgates and argues the Lachlan floods cannot be stopped above Wyangala Dam.
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Lachlan
Grenfell Road
Grudgery Mountain
Nouthern
Gunning Gap
Bogan Gate
Trundle
Tullamore
Tottenham
Jemalong Weir
Forbes
Wyangala
L. J. Johnnson
Templar &J
Union and League Rugby Meet at Oval This Sunday
Sunday program features Union and League games with Capstans versus Old Boys at 2 pm and the main match Oranga Wests against Forbes in a Rugby Union contest. Forbes, Wests, Emus lead the competition as teams vie for position. Forbes will pick from listed players including Wall, Cox, Peters, Brown, Greenhalgh, and others.
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Elnion
Forbes
Business House
Oranga Wests
Orange Vr
Farbez Rugby Union
Fant Forpuight Huawei
Emus
Wests
Forbes Union
Eollawing
Dwall
A. Cox
Drabsch
T. Wall
L. Earl
Foroea
N. Peters
B Brown
Greenhalgh
Po Gunn
Te McWeir
Milling
Twetdale
W. Lovell
P, Gibson
D Mee Kay
B. Crownth
Bly
Adkins
Goldman
Forbes Rugby League Notes Promises Round Restart
Forbes Rugby League notes report sympathy for affected players and a relief donation of 3/5 to a relief appeal. Last Sunday's games were deferred. the second round starts next weekend with Forbes three teams traveling to Wellington. Training disrupted by floods may affect player availability. Spooner Oval hosts a Parkes Forbes clash seen as a potential final tilt.
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Forbes Rugby League
IPK
Forbes
Condobolia
Mr. Dwyer
Forbes - Parkes
Spooner Oval
Parkes-Forbes
Growing Forbes Demand For Electricity
The May power purchase described by electrical engineer D A Shields shows a 72,000 unit rise over May last year, up more than 21 percent. Maximum demand reached 1206 (1000), up 284 units or 1.2 percent. energy purchased 1 1120 (230 200), up 73 000 units, equal to 2 139 percent.
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D. A Shields
Kvai
Motor Accident in Lachlan Street
An Austen 6 car driven by Mr G. 4 from Joe Ns Hotel collided with a lorry near the monument in Lachlan Street about 11 am Tuesday. The car’s windscreen and side were damaged, Mrs. Mavis Cook was cut on the wrists by shattered glass and taken to hospital. her 13 year old passenger was unhurt. The lorry sustained no damage.
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Austen
G. 4
Joe Ns
Eps Bt. i
the Monument
Lachlan Street
Mir NM
Naimo
Lachlan
Federal M'sP Inspect Damage Following Town Checks
Mr H J Bate MP for Macarthur conducted interviews and inspections around the town then moved on to Goolagong and Cowra to assess damage. He is accompanied by E Pairpain DPC MP for Parramatta. The visit focused on damage assessment and local inquiries.
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H. J. Bate
Macarthur
le Nonal Represministive
E. Pairbain
DPC
Purrar
Mr. Bate
Goolagong
Cowra
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