Gale Off Sydney SYDNEY
Squa[?]s up to 40 miles an hour were recorded at South Head to-day. The acting-signal master, Mr. Bell, reported that the moderate wind was…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 24
Storm Centre Rain and Hail Sweep Newcastle Floods Forecast Lightning Hits Mast at Signal Hill
Newcastle was the centre of the electrical storm which deluged the coast between Port Stephens and Sydney last night. Men at Signal Hill had narrow escapes when lightning…
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The following forecast was issued to-night— "Cloudy and unsettled, with rain and some thunderstorms on the coast. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Wyong Violent Thunder-claps WYONG
An electrical disturbance of the greatest strength for many years crossed over the district last night, and continued till early morning,…
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In a warning to shipping issued this afternoon, the State Meteorologist says— "A severe cyclone is moving slowly southward, and its centre is probably situated…
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A south-south-east gale swept the coastline of New South Wales to-day, and reports from various centres show that the wind attained it velocity up to 45 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Danger Passed Newcastle Rainfall Cyclone Moves Flood Dangers Over SYDNEY
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said to-day that the danger of flooding in the Newcastle and Lower…
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There has been useful rain over the north-east quarter of the State, the falls averaging about half-in-inch. West of the tablelands the rain was only light and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Songs and Jazz Graf Zeppelin's Atlantic Trip "Weather Any Storm" Sir Hubert Wilkins is Enthusiastic New York
There has been an extraordinary rush of passengers for the Graf Zeppelin's return flight to Friedrichschafen (Germany) from Lake-hurst (New Jersey), which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macdonald Backs Snowden's Stand at the Hague No Retreat New Storm at Reparations Conference Blunt Speech French Delegates Hurt By British Chancellor's Reply LONDON
Yesterday's proceedings at the conference, instead of calming the troubled waters, agitated them still further. Mr. Snowden made another uncompromising speech. The president of the Board of Trade (Mr. Graham) was entrusted with the presentation of the British case, Mr. Snowden deciding to remain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in China Catastrophe Feared 500,000 People Desolate Shanghai, August 10
Floods in the vicinity of Peking caused the overflowing of the Yellow River a few days ago. It was confidently expected that the river would subside. Now,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trial by Jury Farmers Urge Abolition Storm of Criticism Sydney
A storm of criticism has been aroused in legal circles by the notion of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference last night in carrying a motion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in Tasmania Hobart
Following two inches of rain in 24 hours, further floods are threatened in the north-eastern districts of Tasmania. The South Esk River is 6ft above summer level…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gallery Notes The Federal House the Gathering Storm Canberra
There was a lightning flash to-day, and the thunder will roll to-morrow. The Federal storm is beginning. The opening weeks of the first session of Parliament in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cholera Ravages Panic-Stricken Refugees Heavy Floods in India Calcutta, August 15
Thousands of panic-stricken refugees are fleeing from the Middle and Upper Sind, where the ravages of cholera, following the floods, are taking a heavy toll…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →DELUGE City Streets Flooded Trams Held Up
A torrential downpour of rain made Newcastle city streets running streams last night. Gutters were unable to cope with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Protest Flood Letters to Canberra Movie Tax Canberra
A snowstorm of letters and telegrams is [?]elugins Canberra, in protest against the proposed new entertainment tax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amusement Tax Deluge of Protests Discussion at Earliest Opportunity Canberra
In the House of Representatives this afternoon, Mr. J. E. West (Labour, East Sydney) announced that he had been interviewed in the week-end by a number…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bruce Attacked Expulsion of Hughes and Mann Senator's Criticism Storm at National Party Meeting CANBERRA
Senator Massey Greene opened the attack on the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) at the Nationalist Party meeting at Canberra yesterday. Senator Massey Greene strongly objected to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Red Rain Melbourne's Muddy Deluge Clothes Suffer Melbourne
Red rain fell in Melbourne last night. Thousands of persons, who had been shopping, and many more who were returning to their homes…
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