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

Floods & storms, 1937

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Wild Winds Drying Off The Soil Storms at Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: An official of the Department of Agriculture, referring to the dust storms throughout the State during the week-end said…

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Storms Snow Falls at Bathurst Rain in Parts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Excessively cold weather was reported in many parts of the State this morning. A fall of snow at Bathurst was the…

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Airliner in Storm Between Cootamundra and Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 3

The Guinea Airways airliner ran into terrific weather after leaving Cootamundra for Sydney during the week and arrived two hours late…

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Municipal Council Storm Water In Rossi Street Fence Removed From Lane in North Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 6

The Mayor, Ald. J. O’Connor, presided at Monday night’s meeting of the Municipal Council. Others present were Alds. J. J. Cusack,…

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Floodwater in Marchmont Council Cannot Effect Remedy Matter for Owners

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 5

The works committee reported to Monday night’s Municipal council meeting having inspected the complaints of Mrs. Simon and Messrs…

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Storm Yielded Ten Points

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 5

Last night 10 points of rain fell in Goulburn as the result of a thunderstorm at about 9.30. Although only a light fall was…

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Held Up by Dust Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday When Jean Batten landed at Camooweal after spending the night at Winton, she received reports of dust storms ahead…

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Heavy Floods In Victoria Wall of Water Threatens Town Of Koo Wee Rup

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Continuous rains since Friday have caused serious flooding in central and eastern Victoria. A gigantic wall of water is approaching Koo Wee Rup, in Gippsland, and a special train has been…

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Floods Recede in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Flooded rivers and creeks throughout the State are reported to be receding. The only danger is in the…

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Gundaroo Heavy Rain Falls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 8

Heavy rain has fallen here now on several week-ends. Abundant grass and water have placed the sheep and cattle owners in…

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Wild Gales on Black Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 5

ISTANBUL, Tuesday: Twenty have already been reported dead and hundreds of boats wrecked in a five days storm in the Black Sea…

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Rescued From Flooded Pit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 7

LONDON: Two miners went back into a pit level at Blaenown, in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in flood water which was within four…

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Lively Time At The Nudists' Jamboree Gales and Pests

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 2

American nudists, who held their annual convention at New York recently, left with the place of next year's meeting—England…

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Lively Time at the Nudists' Jamboree Gales and Pests

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 9

American nudists, who held annual convention at New York recently, left with the place of next year's meeting—…

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Heavy Rain in Eastern Half

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 5

Forecast: Unsettled with further rain in the eastern half of the State, but severe on the northern border, with a tendency to inland…

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Flood Tide Out Of Melbourne Cup

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday: Flood Tide has failed to respond to treatment for his injured leg and will definitely not…

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The Storm Area

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 4

Then he took a slide rule, and for a few more seconds was lost in intense concentration. Tentatively he took a pencil and…

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Heavy Rain on the Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: The State Meteorologists, Mr. Mares, said to-day that heavy squalis were experienced along the coast in the last 24 hours…

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STORMS Lighting Services Dislocated Fuses Blown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 7

Electrical services at the Goulburn Reformatory and Girls' Orphanage at Kenmore were disorganised by lightning…

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Storms Spoil Saturday's Golf Over Thirty Start Out But Only Three Cards Put In L. S. Mitchell Wins

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 8

Although more than 30 players started out on Saturday afternoon only three cards were handed in the reason lay in the two heavy…

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