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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 74

Flood Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 6

WAGGA.--Mr. C. A. M. M'Innes, an engineer, of the Public Works Department, made an inspection of the damage to roads in Wagga municipality,…

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Gippsland Floods Waters Now Receding MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 6

Weather conditions in East Gippsland are improving, and the flood menace is decreasing rapidly. For the 24 hours ending 9 a.m…

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Storm Cloud in Fiji Will There Be New Kenya? Indians Nurse Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 4

Australasia cannot ignore Fiji. Infinitely graver problems than the tariff on bananas may knock at our door in the future. Mr. Massey, Australian…

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Exaggerated Flood Tales Tokyo, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 7

The earlier Press reports of the floods in South Korea are said to have been greatly exaggerated, according to an official report just received…

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Thousands Drowned Floods in Korea Jap. Rice Crop in Danger Tokio, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 1

The weather is phenomenally cold and wet, leading to gloomy predictions regarding a failure of the rice crop. Some writers are discussing the…

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The Moving Picture Show Flood News

The Sun · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 12

One becomes tired, now that the sun has been shining in Sydney again, of reading the stereotyped paragraphs from the country correspondents:--…

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Traffic Police Visible by Night Flood Light Scheme

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 4

THE spectacle of a traffic policeman on a dark night bathed in a flood of light may be expected in Sydney in the near future…

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V.-g. Still a Storm Centre Rockdale Opinions

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 7

The Valuer-General was the subject of conflicting opinions expressed at Rockdale Council last night. Ald, Farrar said it was a pity that…

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Storms Ahead! Ugly Political Horizon a Sitting a Day What Will Opposition Do ?

The Sun · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 11

The Executive Council to-day adopted a minute fixing August 12 as the date for the opening of the next session of Parliament…

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U.S. Fleet in a Storm 1755 Miles From Australia Australian Musig at Sea, July 16

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 1

Shortly before noon yesterday we ran into a heavy rainstorm, which, broke up manoeuvres and gun- pointing practice…

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Stood the Test Burrinjuck Dam and Big Floods Future Precautions Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 11

A departmental report, made by Mr. H. H. Dare, commissioner of the Water, Irrigation, and Conservation Commission, to the conference on the flood…

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The Weather Prospects Cyclonic in South Heavy Rain Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 3

Indications of a cyclonic disturbance were evident yesterday aver the southeastern districts of New South Wales. The development is regarded as…

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Deluge in Hongkong. Hongkong, July 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 15

A deluge of rain this morning, following the torrential rains of the last few days, caused the collapse of seven houses at Po-hing-fong, near the disinfecting station at…

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A Changing River Effects of Flood

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 1

During the recent flood on the Hawkesbury two acres of hind and two hundred yards of road bank at Freeman's Beach were swept away…

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Picnic Grounds Ruined by Floods

Evening News · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

MOST of the beautiful picnicking grounds and swimming beaches on the Nepean and Hawkesbury have been destroyed by the recent…

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The World's News. Novelty in News and Views Serial and Short Stories When the Floods Are Out

The World's News · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 3

THE tidings that the flood waters are out in the Lachlan Valley bring back many memories of "the days when the world was wide" to the writer's…

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Motors and Motoring Havoc of the Floods Battered Roads News for Motorists

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 14

Tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage has been inflicted on many miles of main roads in the southern and south-eastern parts…

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To Prevent Floods. Costly Scheme Mooted MURWILLUMBAH

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

A flood prevention scheme is to be submitted to the ratepayers of South Murwillumbah by the municipal council. One estimate provides for the…

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Country News. Murrumbidgee Flood. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 12

A conference of delegates from several shires and municipalities within the area affected by the recent disastrous floods in Murrumbidges Valley was held here. Mr…

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Country News. Flood Prevention. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 10

At a conference of representatives of the Grafton City Council, Copmanhurst Shire Council, the Great Marlow Drainage Union, and the North-street Drainage Union, a…

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