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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16

Queer Incidents Sydney Sport In Rain Floodlights for Football. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 1

Owing to the heavy rain there were many queer incidents in sporting events on Saturday. Floodlights had to be used at the South Sydney v…

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Golf in a Gale Women's Country Championship Holder Defeated in First Round. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 4

Postponed on account of the weather the first round of match play in the Ladies Golf Union country championship was played, on the N.S.W. Club s…

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Cyclone Fencing

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

Woven wire netting is proclaimed the world over as the modern and up-to-date type of stock-proof fence Cyclone Ringlock fencing has stood the…

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Shipping Delayed Gale Along the Coast. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 5

Encountering big seas and head winds during the voyage, several ships arrived to-day many hours behind scheduled time and other vessels en…

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Potato Grades Maize Import Duties P.P.U. Executive Meeting Broadcast Flood Reports? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 5

Many motions dealing with problems' confronting farmers were discussed by the Central Executive of the Primary Producers' Union, which…

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Big Floods North Auckland District Three Coal Miners Trapped Butter Factory Half Submerged. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 5

Serious damage has been caused by big floods in the North Auckland district, the greatest loss being at Hikurangi where flood waters swept into all…

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Heavy Rain on Coast Lighter on the Clarence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 4

Heavy rain, accompanied at times with wind, has been falling on many parts of the coast between Grafton and Coff's Harbor. Although rain has been…

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Church Damaged Cooktown Storm. Cooktown

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1937 · page 5

A church was damaged, the aerial of the wireless station was blown clown, and roofs lifted last night by the tornadic storm which, for three days, has…

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Gromoff's Flight Skirting A Cyclone Message From Alaska. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 5

A radio station in Alaska picked un a message from Pilot Gromoff who, with two companions, is flying from Moscow to San Francisco, across the North Pole,…

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Storm at Luncheon M.H.R. Defends Govt. Speaker Complains of Taxes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 5

The calm which prevailed at the Broadway Association's luncheon today developed into a storm when, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Lane,…

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Faulty Water Pipe Damages Against Council Premises Flooded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 5

Reserved judgment was given by the Magistrate. Mr. Stevenson, at the Hornsby Small Debts Court to-day in connection with claims made by nine…

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Violent Storms Cause Damage In England Houses Struck by Lightning "Worst in Living Memory.'' London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 5

Some violent thunderstorms occurred in England to-day. Weymouth had a cloudburst, which in a few minutes flooded many shops and…

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Japan Abandons Peace Hopes Storm of Shells Rained on Peiping Japs' Punitive Measure War Loan of £5,600,000 LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 5

A full scale attack on Peiping is now being made by the Japanese. The troops are attacking the city from three sides. simultaneously,…

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Electricity the Dorrigo Scheme Gale Causes Interruptions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 6

In his report concerning the operations of the Dorrigo Hydro Electric Development the Engineer (Mr. W. McSkimming) informed the Dorrigo…

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Talk of Peace "Absurd" Says Chinese Spokesman Lull Before Storm More Troops Moving Up. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 5

"It is absurd to talk of peace while Japanese occupy Chinese territory," declares the Chinese spokesman at Nanking…

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Annual Meeting Australian Dairy Produce Board. MR. T. Flood Plunkett Re-elected Chairman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 3

The 12th annual meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Board was concluded in Melbourne on Wednesday last, after a three days' sittings. Mr. T…

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£30,000 Flood Scheme at Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 4

"That this meeting of owners and occupiers in the areas affected, comprising lands in the shires of Macleay and Hastings, and the municipality of…

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Shocking Death Maclean Mine Worker Caught In Machinery Gale Caused Accident Warwick

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 4

Frederick Young, 22, single, a mine worker, of Maclean, Clarence River, was whirled to his death to-day, when his clothing was caught in the…

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Flood Relief £18,000 for Macleay. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 4

At a meeting of representatives of the Macleay Shire Council and the Kempsey Municipal Council, the question of. flood relief for Kempsey and…

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Tug Aground During Gale at Harywood. Harwood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 3

The river at Harwood was exceptionally rough when the tide was coming in during the gale on Saturday morning…

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