'Storm' Over Tour Criticism
LONDON, Jan. 3. A.A.P.— The people of New Zealand must give up being "over-sensitive," said a columnist in…
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Floods & storms, 1954
428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
Gale Rips Sails In Lake Race
The south-easterly gale caused much damage to gear on skiffs entered for the Lake Macquarie 16ft. skiff sailing championship on Belmont Bay on Saturday…
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LONDON: "Granta", oldest Cambridge undergraduate magazine, was suspended for the year because of a poem about God. Its 22-year-old editor is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods Threaten Britain
LONDON, Monday, (A.A.P.): Floods are today threatening Britain, Belgium and…
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KIEL (Germany ), Tues. (A.A.P.). — Dykes were broken and villages and islands flooded in violent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Athletics Storm May Hit Australians In America
LONDON, Tues., (O.S.R.): A storm brewing in the amateur athletic world may affect Australians now studying in the United States. Among the Australians…
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LONDON, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—After a night of anxious watch on Britain's east coast flood defences, the threat eased this morning…
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LONDON, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—Storms pounded the entire German Baltic coast yesterday breaking dykes and flooding islands and villages in the coastal plain…
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SYDNEY. — Storm warnings have been issued to shipping along the N.S.W. North Coast as a result of a cyclonic depression moving cast from…
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WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. A.A.P.-Reuter—A 55-mile-an hour gale lashed Wellington when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh drove to St. Paul's Cathedral for morning service to-day…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—At least 60 deaths were attributed to the worst worm in five years on…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Sydney Trades Hall was flooded to-day with applications for…
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LONDON, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—Icy gales sweeping Europe have caused death and destruction in the wake of the havoc —left by the avalanches. At least nine were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →7 Inches In 2 Hours £¼M. Deluge In Victoria
Floods caused by a cloudburst deluged 150 farms at Werribee South yesterday. Losses are estimated at £250,000. Seven inches of rain fell…
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Maitland City Council would recommend furthed straightening of the Hunter River, the Mayor (Ald. Fahey) said last night…
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Alternate schemes for the discharge of floodwaters from the South Maitland area are to be submitted to Maitland City…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A three-hour weather break saved Mackay and Proserpine, in Northern Queensland, from…
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BRISBANE, Monday.— Three people were marooned in a shearing shed when the Thomson River broke its bank…
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BRISBANE Tuesday.— Heavy rain fell on 250 miles of the Queensland coast between Cairns and Townsville…
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A storm is brewing at Nobby's Beach over damage to beach life-saving equipment. It was learned today that the council beach…
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