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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Short of Fuel in Storm Holyman Plane Landed on Golf Links

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday:--Having been delayed by head winds and believed to be running short of petrol, the Holyman Tasmanian…

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Fierce Gale Lashes Victorian Coast Steamers Compelled to Seek Shelter Life Boat Crew Risked Lives In False Alarm

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday:--A gale which reached a velocity of more than 50 miles an hour caused several vessels to take refuge last night. The Holyman Line steamer Wareatea (474 tons), which should have arrived on Saturday afternoon…

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Flood and Drought Queensland Pastoralists Harried

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

CHARLEVILLE, Sunday.--A remarkable contrast in weather conditions is provided in the Queensland pastoral areas. Owners cannot get…

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Hide And-seek with Storms Mail Plane "Astraea" Arrives at Darwin

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

DARWIN, Tuesday:--The mail plane "Astarea" arrived from Koepang at 4.45 o'clock this afternoon, after playing hide and seek…

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More Storms Terrific Falls at Mullumbimby. Brunswick Heads Light Disorganised

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last a terrific storm passed over Mullumbimby, and in less than un hour 135 points of ruin were recorded…

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King in Terrific Storm Biographer's Narrative

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

Admirals Mark Kerr's appreciative biography of Prince Louis of Battenberg describes a perilous experience of H.M.S. Bacchante, in which…

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After Seventy Years Britain The Storm Centre of Quotas Regulation of Agriculture

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 3

As far as the Commonwealth is concerned Great Britain is the storm centre of the quotas and restrictions disturbance. It has been the market for this State ever since its first export of primary product was sent overseas. Now the British…

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Queensland Floods of the Sixties Will Such Disasters Even Come Again?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

The following interesting letter, signed Member of the Historical Society," appeared in a recent issue of Brisbane "Conrier-Mail:…

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Wet Season Floods Indicated in February and March

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

The wet season may now be watched for. The formation of a slight depression off the central coast at the week-end was part of the change,…

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20,000 Storm Fascist Rally Smash Through Police Guard

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 2

The police had to control a crowd of 20,000 people in the centre of Manchester late in the night after Sir Oswald Mosley had addressed a Fascist…

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OVERTURNED Racing Dinghies Buffeted in Gale

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday:--While the annual regatta of the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club was in progress on Saturday afternoon, a south-westerly gale…

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Lashed by Storms N.s.w. Districts Streets Flooded; Man Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday:-- The Central and Central Western districts of New South Wales were lashed by terrific storms to-day and at…

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Severe Storm Grafton Suffers Again

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

A fairly heavy storm passed over the Mid Richmond somewhere about 11 o'clock on Sunday night. The visitation was accompanied by a fairly stiff…

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Flood Warning More Thunderstorms

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 4

The Superintendent of Telegraphs, Sydney, advised the Post Office today of a flood warning issued by the Weather Bureau, as follows:…

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Latest Telegrams. Flood Rains. Warning to North Coast. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

Heavy rains have fallen ut the weekend, along the Tablelands and on sections of the coast. Indications point to further heavy rains and thunderstorms…

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To England in March Mr. T. Flood Plunkett

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 1

It is reported from Melbourne that Mr. T. Flood Plunkett, the chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board, will leave for England…

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Deluge in Northwest Rail and Road Washaways Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 7

When the Dumeresq River at Armidale broke its banks to-night flood waters drove many residents from their homes. The police rescued an…

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Heavy Falls Rain on N. Coast Seven Inches at East Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 6

Torrential rain fell in parts of the Richmond River district during the disturbance which passed over the north-eastern quarter…

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Famous London Street To Be Flood-lit At Night

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 3

London, Dec. 29 (by Air Mail). Regent Street, that famous thoroughfare, which connects Piccadilly Circus with Oxford Street, and is as full of…

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Severe Flooding Reported Rural N.S. WALES Towns Inundated; Stock Drowned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Many districts in the North-Eastern section of the State suffered flooding and damage as a result of heavy rain and railway…

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