FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES
SUBSIDENCE OF WATERS PEOPLE RETURN TO HOMES By Telegraph.—Pbess association. , Copyright. Sydney, December 30. Although the floods have .subsided at Newcastle and Cessnock, and people are able to return to their homes, additional heavy rains in the central and coast districts have caused serious - floods in the Hunter Valley, where the river overflowed its banks, submerging farm lands and rich lucerne flats. The damage is very extensive. ... Despite the heavy falls in some centres the rains will greatly benefit the primary industries. Most of the harvest had already been taken off before the rain, while the present condition of the soil will enable wheat growers to commence' fallowing. The damage to standing crops is negligible.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 82, 31 December 1926, Page 9
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