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Central Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1940

6 stories in Central Coast's papers

21 st Birthday Party at Holgate Miss Joyce Gale Honoured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 3

A large number of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gale, of Holgate, on Saturday night week to do honor to Miss Joyce Gale,…

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Business Venture That Failed Land Flooded Just Before Auction Sale

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

The sorry tale of a business undertaking that failed was unfolded in the Gosford Police, Court on Friday when William Samuel Swadling,…

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Heavy Rain Benefit to Early Vegetable Growers Three and a Half Inches At Wamberal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 1

Heavy rain during the week-end will be of immense benefit to orchardists and early vegetable growers…

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Heavy Rain Total Fall Mow 2.30 Inches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 5

Total rainfall up to this morning was 2.30 inches. The week-end "register was 210 points with 20 yesterday…

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Heavy Rain Over Whole District 5½ Inches In A Week

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 6

Total rainfall during the past seven days has been 5.42 inches. The rains have done immense good to citrus orchards, where the subsoil…

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Varied Gowns At Lisarow Wedding Clifton—Gale Marriage

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3

Lisarow Methodist Church was the scene of a quiet wedding on Saturday last when Joyce, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gale,…

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