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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Flooding the Market Mr. Bruce and America

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

Mr. A. G. Huie writes as follows: The Prime Minister professes to be alarmed about a prospective flooding of the markets of the world by…

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Floods Feared Result of Earthquake Settlers Refuse to Leave Wellington (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 4

Floods of gravity appear to be threatening in the valley of the Mokihnui River in the Westland district, New Zealand…

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Angry Exchanges Storm in Bathurst Council BATHURST

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

There were further angry exchanges at the last meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council during the discussion of the auditor's report…

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Late Mr. John Gale

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

The death occurred this morning at Queanbeyan, a little past five o’clock, of the veteran journalist, Mr. John Gale. Mr. Gale was in his 100th year,…

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Mr. John Gale Veteran's Death "The Father of Canberra" QUEANBEYAN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

Following an attack of acute bronchitis, the death occurred at Queanbeyan yesterday of Mr. John Gale, who was in his 99th…

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Obituary Mr. John Gale. Passing of Veteran Journalist

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 4

The death occurred at Queanbeyan on Monday last, of Mr. John Gale, father of Mr. A. H. Gale, late of Harden, in his 99th year. He had been…

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Mr. John Gale's Death Veteran Journalist

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

Queanbeyan.—Mr. John Gale, veteran journalist, died on Monday morning in his 99th year. His funeral look place on Wednesday…

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Pilot's Skill Won 'Plane Battles With Storm LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 4

Passengers by the imperial Airways cross-Channel aeroplane are loud in their praise for the pilot, who suddenly ran into a…

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To-day's Cables "Wall of Water" Tidal Wave Four Deaths in English Storm LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 4

Sweeping the east and south coasts of England, from Yarmouth to Worthing, a terrific storm, accompanied by a tidal…

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Obituary Mr. John Gale Passing of Veteran Journalist

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

The death occurred at Queanbeyan last week, of Mr. John Gale, father of Mr. A. H. Gale, late of Harden, in his 90th year. He had been ill for the…

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Cycling Postponed Both Races Off Heavy Rain Responsible

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 6

Both senior and junior road races were postponed on Saturday owing to the wet state of the roads and the heavy rain. I…

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Flood Warnings on South Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 2

Flood warnings have been issued to-day on parts of the South Coast where the rainfall has totalled up to six inches in the last three…

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Young Cyclists Contest Championship Waratah-railway Heavy Rain Falls during Match Second Grade Draw

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 6

Waratahs probably surprised the majority of the spectators at Goulburn Spostsground on Saturday afternoon when they defeated Railway Firsts by 11 points to 6. The match was played in heavy rain of the greater part and the…

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Snow Storm Heavy Falls in District Pretty Scenes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 3

Goulburn had its third fall of snow this winter on Friday night and Saturday morning, when the ground was covered to a depth of…

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Indian Floods Heavy Death Roll Calcutta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

Three hundred inhabitants of Deni[?]lalkhan. a town on the north[?] frontier, are believed to have been drowned in the floodS that are…

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Worst Day Week-end Gales Snow Again

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 3

Goulburn experienced its worst day for 12 months on Saturday when a gale estimated at between 75 and 80 miles an hour, with…

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Our Canberra Letter Snow Storms—Two Kinds—Arbitration Debate—Sword And Rapier CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 7

Snow fell at Canberra and covered the landscape with a mantle of white. Another snow-storm, liguratively speaking,…

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STATE-WIDE Yesterday's Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 2

Conditions which prevailed in Goulburn yesterday were probably as cold as any Experienced this winter. Rain and sleet lashed the city in a…

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Wild Storms Europe Lashed LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 3

England is having a remarkably Warm late summer in common with the rest of Europe, which has culminated in a series…

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Heavy Storms Repair Gang Missing Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 3

Torrential storms have played havoc with the southern railways. A large section was swept away at Potenza and a repair gang of ten which went…

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