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

Floods & storms, 1945

52 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 3

2000 Allied Planes Roar Over Tokyo As Hirohito Tells People of Surrender Flood Gates Are Open and 35,000 Troops Have Already Landed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 September 1945 · page 3

YOKOHAMA, Monday: As the Japanese delegation left the battleship Missouri yesterday, 2000 planes roared over the Tokyo area to impress the people, whom the Emperor was then telling that the surrender had been signed at his command. General MacArthus's first order was for the Japanese to radio all field commanders, to surrender…

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Thunderstorm Locater British Invention That Has Cut Down Flying Dangers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 1

A British discovery will play an important part in postwar meteorology, in that by its use, the safety factor in air travel will be considerably increased. It is a process by means of which the path of a thunderstorm may be determined…

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Storm in a Teacup Acheson Gets His Post

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Tuesday: The Senate, in approving of Mr. Dean Acheson as United States Secretary of State…

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Loot from Europe Is Now Flooding Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON (By Air Mail).—Now that the shouting and shooting are over and censorship has relaxed its functions—one of which was to maintain a discreet halo behind the heads of all Allied soldiery—it might as well be admitted that Germany to-day is one of the most thoroughly looted countries in modern times,…

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Mrs. A. Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 2

Mrs. Alice Flood, wife of Mr. Hilary Flood, died in the Newcastle Hospital on Wednesday last after being in bad health for…

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Great Gale Sweeping Over Europe

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON: All Central Europe is threatened by a great 90 m.p.h gale, which gave many parts of Southern…

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Wild Storm in England

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Two persons were killed and another seriously injured during a gale which battered a wide area of…

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Gale Brings More Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: As high tides came in yesterday afternoon, the gale while has been battering the British, Isles this…

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Mayor’s Minute Junction Road—Town Baths—Storm Damage

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 November 1945 · page 5

The Mayor (Aid. W. L. Simon) in his minute to the Municipal Council on Monday night stated: After the rain of last week the…

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Fierce Storm in Sydney Homes Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two homes were demolished and between 50 and 60 others were made uninhabitable by a violent…

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Violent Storm at Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: Seven persons were Injured, many hundreds of windows were shattered, city traffic was…

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Flood of Migrants Want to Come to Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: The best quality immigrants ever likely to be available to any country are waiting in Europe…

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