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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

50 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Land Notes Cyclone GATES and FENCES Storage of Grain Prevention of Weevil Infestation

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

The common grain weevil is a cosmopolitan insect that infests maize, wheat, outs, barley and other grains stored in stacks…

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Heavy Rains in City Jamboree Camp Flooded SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

Rain which fell in Sydney yesterday afternoon was the best since October last, but falls in the country were disappointing…

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A Dry State Intense Heat and Dust Storms Heavy Rain Badly Needed

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 2

Hot and extremely dry weather prevailed over most sections of New South Wales during the period under review, while heavy…

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Devastating Cyclone Houses Washed Away. Perth

North West Champion · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

An eighty-mile-an-hour cyclone at Port Hedland, West Australia, raised such seas that many houses in town were washed away. The town is…

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Floods at Kalgoorlie Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

The total damage done by floods in Kalgoorlie district is estimated at £250,000. Industry is paralysed…

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Land Notes Cyclone Gates and Fences Inverted Eyebrows in Lambs Method of Treatment

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 6

Inverted eyelid seems to be quite a common occurrences among lambs, and though its remedy 13 very simple, failure to use treatment often…

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Western Australia. Heavy Storms and Floods. Perth

North West Champion · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

Continued storms, with heavy rains in the south-western districts, caused enormous damage and resulted in the drowning of a baby in a flooded creek…

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Damaging Storms Crops Destroyed at Albany PERTH Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

Continued storms with heavy rain in the southwestern districts have caused enormous damage and resulted in tho drowning of a baby in a…

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Heavy Rain Follows Days of Excessive Humidity District Registrations

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 1

After days of cloudy sultry weather, a heavy rain storm broke over Narrabri last night shortly before nine o'clock…

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North Coast Storms. Old Man Pinned Down by Shed Wall. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

During a heavy storm, which swept the Upper Manning district yesterday, J. B. Richardson, aged 75, was knocked down by the wall of a shed…

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Storm

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

There was a terrific storm on Mr. G. A. Coulton's property last week which caused a lot of damage. The storm affected a narrow…

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Land Notes Cyclone Gates and Fenges The Wool Industry Methods of Reducing Coot of Production

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 4

To maintain the wool industry on a sound footing, with the capacity to compete successfully with the manufacturers of…

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Late Wires Thousands Homeless SoutH African Floods DURBAN

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 1

Fifteen were drowned and thousands rendered homeless by heavy floods in Nata and the Transvaal…

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Lost in Gale Three Men in Dinghy Wellington (N.z.)

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Three men, Thomas Haggerty, 39, James Poppenhagen, 31, Frank Rask, 27, and Hilary Haggerty, 11, are believed to have been drowned in the…

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Land Notes Cyclone Gates and Fences Restoration of Soil Fertility On Wheat-growing areas

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3

In the restoration of impoverished wheat lands, it was evident that it was necessary to put back into the soil something of the substances that…

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Fire—the Floods. Melbourne

North West Champion · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

Noojee, a township which was wiped out daring the recent bushfires, has been flooded by rain and homeless residents, who have been…

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Statewide Rains and Floods Predicted. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

Heavy rains were reported practically throughout the whole State during the past 48 hours and, according to Mr. Mares, more falls are likely,…

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Land Notes Cyclone Gates and Fences a Classification of Wheats for the Guidance of Show Societies and Exhibitions

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 3

The following classification of wheats, designed by the Department of Agriculture for the assistance of agricultural societies…

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Cyclone in Islands Auckland

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 1

Caught by a cyclone between Eua and Kologa Islands, in the Tongatabu group, a canoe containing 29 natives foundered, and 19 were drowned…

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Flood Danger Passed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 1

Although rain is still falling in a number of places in the Central district areas, in the South the flood danger has…

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