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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

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Official to Examine Road Damage Flood Grant Application Pressed Further

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 2

WHILE in Sydney last week the Shire President (Cr. M. J. Gleeson) took up the matter of the application for a grant for…

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Flood Precautions Wagga Arrangements Complete Collapse of Burrinjuck Dam Considered Remote Reduced Storage Urged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 4

More than 100 leaders and deputy leaders of groups of the Wagga flood precautions committee attended a meeting in the Town…

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Sturt Highway Flooding After Rain Leeton Progress Association Criticism Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Leeton Progress Association was held last night, the president (Mr. J. Brock) presiding…

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Darlington Point Flood Waters Receding

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 2

The flood, the crest of which reached Darlington Point, on Friday last, and which is now receding, caused some inconvenience to people living on…

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East Wagga Floodings Residents Complain Letter to Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 4

Thirty-three residents of Tarcuttaroad petitioned the Wagga Municipal Council last night and asked the council to take steps to prevent flooling…

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Kyeamba Shire Monthly Council Meeting Encroaching Flood Waters Defence Assistance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 4

Although no word has been received from the Main Roads Department on the question of liabiliay for damage incurred by flooding, the Kyeamba…

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Heavy Rain Welcomed by Poles London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

Budapest reports that heavy rain is falling at Warsaw, for which the citizens are rejoicing, because the autumn rains turn a great part of Paland into a sea of mud in which, it is hoped, the German Army will be bogged…

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Flood Damage Claim Unsatisfied Carrathool Roads

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 3

No progress has been made toward satisfaction of the Carrathool Shire Couned's claim for assistance to setoff flood damage to roads…

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East Wagga Flooding Railways Effect Improvements Completing the Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 5

When the Wagga Municipal Council met last night, a report was placed before the aldermen from the engineer, dealing with the recent…

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Dutch Nervous New Reservoirs to Flood Country London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 6

The Amsterdam correspondent of the British United Press says that, despite German denials of any intention to violate Dutch neutrality,…

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The Floods of '93

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 3

(Recited by the late J. H. Rainsford, at the Sydney Town Hall, May 6, 1893, at the unveiling, by Miss Manning, the Lady Mayoress, of Mons. Leysalle's…

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Heavy Rain Nearly Two Inches at Randwick Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 8

If the heavy rain ceased to-night all would be well for Randwick on Saturday, but otherwise a heavy track will be certain. The A.J.C. course…

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Bands Take Finley by Storm Huge Gathering on Showground

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 3

YESTERDAY the irrigation water was turned on to Finley, and like our towns, gives promise to be a fast-growing centre now…

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Murray in Flood Homes Evacuated at Mildura Mildura

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 2

Dramatic scenes were witnessed at Mildure bridge to-night when the Murray broke the levee banks on the Victorian side and flooded a low lying…

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Power House Flood Lights a Danger to Motorists (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 6

Sir.—I beg to draw your attention to the grave danger that exists to motorists travelling at night on the south side of the railway line from…

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Amusements "Storm Over Bengal"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 9

Glorious in its sweep of exciting adventure in north-west India, farflung outpost of the Empire, and moving in its depiction of gallantry and…

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Mildura Floods Mildura

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 9

The river at Mildura is still rising, but further floodings are not feared. The victims of the floods during the week are now housed with friends in…

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Amusements "Storm Over Bengal"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 6

Republic Pictures take screen audiences on a thrilling trip right into the heart of north-west India in "Storm"…

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"Storm Over Bengal"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 3

Starring Patric Knowles and Rochelle Hudson, "Storm Over Bengal," showing at the Plaza Theatre this afternoon and to-night, is one of the…

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Savage Purge in Germany Storm-troops Killed London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 3

The diplomatic correspondent of the "World" says that when Hitler addressed the Reichstag several members were absent. They had been shot by…

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