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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 74

Flood Damage Queanbeyan's Wants . Cabinet May Help

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

A deputation from Qucanbeyan was Introduced by the Lord Mayor, Aid. Stokes, M.L.A., to the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Cann,…

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Labor Logic Storm Predicted a Queer Position

Evening News · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 10

"MEMBERS of Parliament are not eligible as members of the Executive..." So runs rule 34 of the Australian…

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Nose for Notes Gale Knows All About It Art of "Donkeying"

The Sun · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 12

Discussion on the methods of pickpockets in the Central Police Court today brought the revelation that the magistrate, Mr. Gale, knows all about…

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Storm in N.Z. PARLIAMENT Cabinet Appointments Party Charges Wellington, N.Z.

Evening News · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 12

In the House of Representatives the question of fusion again cropped up. On the previous day a member of…

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Flood Damage. Valuable Sheep and Cattle Lost

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 4

In the course of his report to the Dubbo (N.S.W.) Postures Protection Board last week, the Block inspector for the district reported that along…

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Musty Fodder Aftermath of Floods Dancer of Poisoning

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 10

A warning has been issued by Mr. F. H. Whyte, stock inspector of the Wagga (N.S.W.) Pastures Protection district, to residents of areas that…

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By the Way Flood-God's Gift

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 19

WAGGA (N.S.W.) has with the aid of the flood solved its old problem of dear house fuel, as the flats are strewn with acres of loges from the…

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Gales in South Some Showers Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 3

Rough conditions developed over the southern ocean areas during the weekend. The scope of the disturbance should…

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Steamer Waimarino. Damaged in Gale. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 15

The steamer Walmarino, which put into port Chalmer for repairs, was badly battered in a gale during the voyage from Newcastle. The deck fittings were damaged, some of the…

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On the Tracks at Randwick Gallops in a Gale Some Fast Times

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

A COLD suc[?] westerly breeze was in evidence when training op[?]cations commenced at Randwick this morning. It increased almost to…

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When Navy Meets Navy Storm of Cheering Smoke Concert at Town Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 5

Every one of the large body of citizens in Sydney Town Hall was thrilled last night when hundreds of men from the American and Australian Navies…

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Randwick Gallopers in a Gale Cycling Triple Dead. Heat Amateur Road Race Cutcliffe's Great Feat

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

The great top[?] among cyci[?]sts to the unique result of the Dunlop Premierships, in which three clubs managed to run a dead heat on…

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Heroes Honored Memory of the Flood [?]AMPEN

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 1

Mr. H[?]old Lowe and Mr. Edward Top[?] the two young men who rescued Mr. George Thorn and Mr. Perey Peters during the recent disastrous flood were…

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Bravery During Floods Camden Man Honored CAMDEN

The Sun · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 8

At a large and representative gathering at Camden last night Mr Harold Lowe was presented with a wallet of notes, and an inscribed rose bowl, and…

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Terrible Toll of Floods 400 Lives Lost in Korea 225,000 People Homeless New York, August: 2

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 1

Four hundred people have been drowned and 225,000. a re homeless as a result of disastrous floods in Korea…

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Fuddle Not to Blame Storm waters at Homebust

Evening News · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 12

The Water Board informed Strathfield Council last night that an ex[?]stive investigation regarding the f[?]eading of certain premises in…

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Closest Call Admiral Wiley in Calliope Cyclone Sydney Man There

The Sun · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 13

Snatched from death in a storm- lashed sea that claimed the lives of scores of his comrades, a young American naval cadet survived to visit Sydney as Commander of Battleship Divisions of the United States fleet…

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Bravery Rewarded Camden Flood Heroes Camden

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 8

Messrs. H. Lowe and E. Paplin were last night tendered a complimentary social evening, at which they were made the recipients of…

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Flood Warnings From Burrinjuck Narranedra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 8

To provide safeguards against further serious damage from floods in the Murrumbidgee Valley, it has been decided that the resident engineer at…

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No Electricity More Gales in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 1

Through a failure at Lake Coleridge hydro-electric works, Christchurch city was shut off from its electric power supply, and stand-by plants supplied…

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