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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 14

Gales in Victoria Record Snow at Kosciusko Blizzard on Alps. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 2

southwesterly gales up lo 50 miles an hour arc sleeping the coast a Victoria, and in Melbourne today the gale reached 61 miles an hour…

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Snow and Floods South Suffers SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 1

There have been further heavy falls of snow in the southern districts, particularly in the alps…

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Flood of Tax Returns

National Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Today there were long queues of people at the taxation office waiting to hand in their annual taxation returns and in…

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Storms Warnings in Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

The Weather Bureau in Melbourne has been issuing storm warnings to ships at sea throughout the day. Winds of gale force and high seas…

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Gales at Mt. Kosciusko Snow 40 Feet Deep SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

Mt. Kosciusko is being swept by gale-driven snow for the 13th successive day, and the storm is described as the worst for 40 years…

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Storm Warning

National Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Vessels in Buss Strait received a storm warning again today by wireless, The serious erosion of high cliffs at Mornington…

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Floods in China Great Devastation LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 1

Reports from China indicate that torrential rain has caused the Yangtsi River to break its banks in the province of…

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Murray Floodings Mean Life to Birds, But Death to Locusts

Central Western Daily · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 2

Flooding of the Murray Valley is expected to accelerate the breeding of fish and birds, but to locusts it…

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Flood Danger Subsiding

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday Although the Murray River was running high, flood danger is [?] Snow has not fallen at [?] for two days but the…

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Near Floods on Murray: Droughts in Richmond-tweed Area Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

Although the Murray River was running high the flood danger was rem[?] Snow has not [?] at…

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Floods in India

National Advocate · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 6

NEW DELHI, Thursday: The Premier of Assam has appealed for help to meet the difficulties caused by recent floods…

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Mockler Cup Oberon and Lithgow Diggers' 8-Point Draw Football in 2 Gale

National Advocate · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 4

Oberon Norths still hold the Mockler Cup, which they recently won from Orange. But it was a close shave. Yesterday, at Oberon,…

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Floods in Egypt Threat to 4,000,O00 Acres LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

Owing to unprecedented rains in Abyssinis and southern Egypt, Floods threaten to overwhelm millions of acres…

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Rapid Approach to Summer Conditions More Gales Forecast

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: N.S.W. is in the grip of an unseasonable heatwave. Temperatures in the past three days have been well above normal…

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Violent Storm Damages N.z. Town

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1

WELLINGTON, NZ. Tuesday: A violent storm which struck Okira to-day unroofed buildings, uprooted trees and wrenched wiring from telephone…

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Flood Warnings in South

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Flood warnings were issued today to stock owners on the upper reaches of the Murray. Murrumbidgee, Snowy…

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Rough Weather Throughout State Snow and Gales Over Wide Area

National Advocate · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sunday: Victoria is still in the grip of wintry conditions. Melbourne's noon temperature was six degrees below normal and there have…

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Record Floods Devastation in Egypt CAIRO

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 5

The flooding of the upper regions of the Nile is proceeding rapidly. Already one. village in the…

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Meeting Snow Will Cause More Floods Sydney

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

The Acting State Methodist (Mr. Newman) predicted that meeting snow would cause more flooding in the Murray,…

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Flood Threat Snow a Danger SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

The continued heavy snow falls on the upper reaches of the Murray and in south-eastern N.S.W. generally are…

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