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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 12

Gales and Floods Britain's Terrible Christmas Weather Shipping in Trouble Flooded Rivers Disorganise Railway Services LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 1

Great Britain and Ireland have experienced one of the worst Christmases on record as far as weather was concerned. Enormous damage has been done by wind and floods, and public services have been disorganised…

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Uneasy Moscow Peasants' Growing Hatred Storm in Georgia

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 6

A Control of the Secretaries charged with the dissemination of Communism among the peasants was recently called in Moscow to devise…

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Cyclonic Storm Roofs Raised. Lismore Swept Lismore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 4

The cyclone predicted by the State Meteorologist swept Lismore on Friday night with hurricane force. Terrific wind and torrential rain caused…

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Storm in Britain. Great Damage Done on Land and Sea. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 5

After the spring-like weather of Christmas, a tempest of exceptional violence swept over the British Isles Yesterday, causing much damage on land…

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Migration Storm Criticism Draws Reply Failures Return London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 December 1924 · page 1

"I presume that Sir John McWhae's scathing allusions to the migration policy refer to conditions in Australia," said Sir Joseph Cook…

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Floods Increasing Mines Thrown Idle LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 December 1924 · page 5

The floods are increasing. Five thousand coalminers at Monmouth are idle owing to a landside breaking the compressed air mains…

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Our New Zealand Letter Gales and Floods. Wellington, December 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1924 · page 5

New Zealand is most fortunate in that it never has droughts. Sometimes, however, it suffers from gales and floods. Last week-end a cyclonic storm held a…

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Test Team Tendency to Storms in Melbourne Australia's Choice Hendry is Left Out to Make Room for Hartkopf MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 December 1924 · page 5

The only change in the Australian team for the second test match, to be commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-morrow is that A. E. Hartkopf will replace H. L. Hendry…

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