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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

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Bombers Brave Storms To Attack Germany London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 1

Flying through thunderstorms last night, Bomber Command planes continued their attack on enemy industries in the Rhineland, the main…

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Weathered Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 1

MR. MENZIES At a much publicised meeting of the Parliamentary U.A.P. yesterday the Prime Minister weathered a…

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Flood Lights for Bowling Green

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 8

The Wellington Bowling Club is having its green lit by flood lights, which should prove a great improvement to the old lighting…

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British Planes Bomb Germany in Gale London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 1

In a gale last night a large force of Bomber Command planes attacked objectives at Mannheim, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe with conspicuous success,…

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Storms Defied by R.A.F. Bomber Crews London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 1

Winter weather over the North Sea on Wednesday night made a rough passage for crews on their way to continue the Bomber Command's…

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Havoc and Death in Chilean Storm (A.a.p. Message)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 1

Santiago, (Chile), Wednesday. A severe storm which raged in Central Chile for seven days killed 40 persons and seriously…

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Round Mountain Road Cost of Flood Repairs Coolah Shire Has No Funds

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 1

Councillors of the Coonabarabran Shire Council on Tuesday considered that the Coolah shire Council should pay a share of the cost of repairs to Round Mountain road, in the parish of [?]…

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No Funds To Increase Flood Relief Grants

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1941 · page 2

The whole of the funds at his disposal having been distributed, the Minister for Local Government and Housing (Mr. McGirr)…

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Cupboard is Bare No Funds Available For Flood Relief

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 11

On the assumption that a Government which could summarily promise to wipe out unemployment relief…

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The Weather Heavy Rain Storm 35 Points Registered

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 15

A change in the weather occurred late on Friday last when a heavy rain storm, accompanied by…

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Struck by Lightning Gummin Wool Shed and Plant Destroyed During Fierce Electrical Storm

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 1

Gummin iwool shed, in the Tooraweenah. Warrumbungle district, was, during a storm, presumably struck by…

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Gift Hurricane Ran Into Storm Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 1

A Hurricane lighter plane, presented to Australia by the British Air Minister (Sir Archibald Sinclair) landed at Mascot from Melbourne a few minutes before six o'clock…

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Effect of Dam Flooding London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 1

British United Press reports from Moscow that the destruction of the Dnieper dam flooded an area of 100 miles on both sides of the…

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Local & General Storm at Mendooran

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 2

Following very humid weather early last week, a storm broke over Mendooran on Thursday last, and a nice fall of rain was recorded…

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Is A Storm Brewing ? in Castlereagh Labor Circles?

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 September 1941 · page 7

Chatting at the week-end over a breach in Gilgandra Labor League in the Gilgandra Labor League with a man who takes a very active…

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Western Centres Narromine Violent Storm Broken Promise of Good Rain First Returned Soldier Welcomed Home

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1941 · page 6

Shortly after dark on Monday night a heavy windstorm, carrying with it dense clouds of dust, struck the tewn. For nearly an hour it…

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Arthurville Good Rain During Monday Night's Storm Crops Will Benefit

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 September 1941 · page 4

Mr. Case, a ganger here, fell from a tricycle recently, causing injuries to his back. After spending a week at home he has again…

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Western Centres Narromine Cold Change Follows Gale Force Wind

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 3

Following a severe blow on Tuesday might, in which the wind approached game force, wintry conditions nave set in…

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Savoy Theatre Current Programmes “The Mortal Storm”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 11

Looking at history in the present rather than the past tense “The Mortal Storm,” a thrilling document of current world affairs…

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Floods Expected

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 October 1941 · page 1

The long range forecaster, Mr. Inigo Jones, believes that his theories will be advanced greatly if, as he expects,…

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