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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

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Storm Over High Living Costs Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President, Mr…

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Uralla News Severe Electrical Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 13

Telephone services were interrupted and trees uprooted in a severe electrical storm at Uralla on Sunday night…

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Weather Data Hot and Sultry Scattered Storms SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 12

The Weather Bureau foreeast issued to-day stated: North Coast and Tablelands: Warm to hot and sultry,…

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Stud Sheep Lost In Heavy Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Thirty-three head of stud sheep owned by Mr. A. Hartmann, of Dundee, were swept away and drowned yesterday afternoon, following six ladies of rain in an hour…

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British Pamphlet Raises Storm Photo of Baby Prince Brings Sharp Rebuke Labour Party Publication Under Fire LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Britain's Labour Party has withdrawn a propaganda pamphlet featuring a photograph taken 13 years ago of the young Duke of Kent. This follows a charge by the Conservative Party that the Labour Party misleadingly used the picture for propaganda…

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Stud Sheep Lost in Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

GLEN INNES: Thirty-three head of stud sheep owned by Mr. A. Hartman, of Dundee, were swept away and drowned…

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U.S Storms Cause Big Sheep Lesses

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK: The storms which have swept the great meat and wheat producing States of the west his winter have killed about…

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Primate Centre Of Storm World Protests at Life Sentence Hungarian Officials In U.S. Resign LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

Resignations by the Hungarian Consulate and Legation officials in the United States form part of a fresh upsurge of world-wide protests which have followed the conviction and life sentence imposed on the Hungarian Primate, Cardinal Mindszenty, by the Hungarian…

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Weather Data Continuing Hot More Storms Expected SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 16

The Weather Bureau forecast issued to-day stated: North Coast and Tablelands: Continuing hot and very…

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Many Homeless in Cooktown Eye-Witness Story Of Cyclone "Houses Collapsed Like Matchwood" CAIRNS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

Buildings collapsed like matchwood and the air was thick with flying debris during the 80…

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Cyclone; But No Damage Expected

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: The cyclone moving quickly down Queensland, is unlikely to cause serious damage, the…

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Brisbane Cyclone Unlikely To Cause Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The cyclone moving quickly down the Queensland coast is unlikely to cause serious damage the…

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Cyclone Moving South No Damage Expected BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 8

The cyclone moving quickly down Queensland is unlikely to cause serious damage the Weather Bureau reported…

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Weather Data Fine and Worm Storms On Coast SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 16

The Weather Bureau forecast issued today stated: North Coast and Tablelands: Isolated…

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Golf Heavy Rain Washes Out Competition

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

Heavy rain washed out competition play last Saturday, after members had got as faraway from the club house as…

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Robin Hood Storms Anew

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 4

Out of the exciting pages of fiction, Robin Hood, the dashing bandit of Sherwood Forest, storms the screen again in a…

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Heavy Rain

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3

Heavy rain fell over a large area of the State on Saturday and Sunday in which the Warialda district participated to a great extent. 383…

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Severe Damage In Inverell Flooding

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

INVERELL, Monday.—Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused early this morning when the Macintyre River broke its banks at Inverell flooding basements of seven business…

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Business Places Flooded When Macintyre River Broke Its Banks Estimated Thousands of Pounds Damage

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 4

Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused early this morning when the Macintyre River broke its banks at Inverell, flooding basements of seven business premises in Byron Street to a depth of five feet in one…

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Flood at Inverell

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 3

Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused at Inverell when four inches of rain fell there a week ago, and the Macintyre…

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