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Floods & storms, 1925

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"Bolshevik" Mailey He Wants the Wicket Flooded Nice and Sticky Nerves and Players in Big Cricket Trial

The Sun · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 10

Humorously inferring that he is a cricket "Bolshevik," Arthur Mailey discusses the big trial match commencing next Friday, refers to "nerves" and other effects, and suggests the "doctoring" of the wicket to give the players something of the English "atmosphere."…

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Streets Like Rivers Ashfield's Deluge

Evening News · Wednesday 2 December 1925 · page 12

Aahfield's engineer reported to council last night that, when it rained three inches in 45 minutes recently the streets becames like…

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Coaching Cricketers High-priced Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 2 December 1925 · page 16

HOPE TO BEAT ENGLAND'S BEST—The Australian Silver Band which is can its my to Great Britain compete in the British Band Championships. It is under Mr. Abut H. Ball, who led the Newcastle Steelworks Band to its triumphs abroad. It includes players from several States. COACHING THE VISITORS.-The New Zealand cricketers have been taken in hand by M. A-Noble…

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Appeal to Fuddle; North Shore Worried Floods and Writs

Evening News · Wednesday 2 December 1925 · page 13

NORTH SYDNEY'S stormaster drains are coming council con-cern. Ratcpayers complain of damage to property after heavy…

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'Twas True Heavy Rain at Bondi

The Sun · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 9

Yesterday morning the sun shone fiercely on business men hurrying to the city. Everyone was hot and more or loss bad-tempered. This morning…

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Paddock Flooded a Drainage Bungle Claim Against a Council

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 11

Mancunian states that workmen employed by the local shire council, while repairing a stone crossing near his laud, have made such alteratlons…

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In the Bush To-day Spider Forecasts Floods

Evening News · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 8

I have often seen along the Richmond River, one of the best Indications of flood weather, in the form of a shower of large white cobwebs. which blow along some days before the heavy…

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Nawng Pet Flood Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 13

The head office of Nawng Pet Tin, Ltd., advises that the flood damage to the big dams is not serious, and will be quickly repaired. It was estimated that the mine will be cleared and working within…

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Foot of Rain in 24 Hours Deluge in N.z. Extensive Damage

Evening News · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 1

THE HEAVIEST rainfall ever experienced in New Zealand has been experienced in the South Island, especially in Cantrbury and on the West Coast…

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Heavy Gale. Damage in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 16

An unusual number of heavy northerly winds have been experienced in the Wellington district during the last few weeks, and during last night the gale became he violent that the…

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Great Gale in New Zealand Steamer Adrift Services Upset Auckland

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 1

A heavy gale broke over Wellington and the northern part of the South Island to-day, accompanied by torrents of rain, causing heavy floods…

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Ring of Floods Town Isolated in N.Z. Aerial Line Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 4

The middle portion of the South Island is having a rough time with gales and rains. Rivers are swollen, and washouts have occurred on roads…

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Rain and Snow Floods in New Zealand Town Isolated Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Sunday 6 December 1925 · page 2

Twelve inches of rain fell at Otira in 24 hours. The Waimakarirl, swollen by melting snows, burst through the protective works near Belfast,…

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Melting Snows Cause Serious Floods Town Isolated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. Melting snow has caused serious flooding of the Waimakariri River, in Canterbury. The stream burst…

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Where To, Now ? Getting in Storm's Way Unlucky Town Wrenched by a Cyclone Rockhampton

The Sun · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 12

Clermont, in the Peak Downs district, is the unlucky town of Queensland. When it was in a hollow it…

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Flooded River. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 11

The flooded Waimakarirl River seriously threatened the Kaianga week-end settlement at Stewart's Gully owing to a groin being washed away and the erosion of a bank…

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Heat Wave. Thunderstorm in Sydney Southerly Change Spreading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 12

The heat wave continued to affect a large area of New South Wales yesterday, including the northern and western districts. A cool southerly change, however, was…

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Great Damage by Floods Bridges Wrecked Severe N.Z. Losses Christchurch

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 1

The floods in the Canterbury district have caused extensive damage over a wide area. [?] a week--end settlement at…

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Thunderstorm Terrifying Spectacle Cool Weather Coming

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 1

A TERRIFYING peel of thunder started Sydney last night, and so loud was it that for a moment many pedestrians looked apprehensively…

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Heavy Thunder Storm Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 5

A heavy thunderstorm broke over the town yesterday afternoon. One particularly heavy clap of thunder, accompanied by vivid lightning, sent…

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