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Floods & storms, 1926

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Stone Age New Guinea Wilds Fierce Gales

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 7

A story of a stone-age people, living in the New Guinea wilds, was told by Mr. E. A. Briggs, zoology lecturer at the Sydney University, who…

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Severe Hail Storm. Farmers' Heavy Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 3

A severe hailstorm, which swept over a track three miles in width, from Ben Lomond to Emmaville, inflected considerable damage to crops…

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Tasmania's Vices . Methodist Storm Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

At the Methodist Conference to-day. when Rev. H. Worrall, who yesterday described Tasmania as a "citadel of vice," returned to…

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Ferry on Rocks Motorists in Danger Engine-room Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

Early yesterday morning the steering gear of the vehicular ferry, Killara, was carried away. The punt, which was conveying a…

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Cosy Havens From Political Storms Plums of Office Go to Outsiders

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 6

"WE should be represented in London by one of our own people," said Mr. Maloney treasurer at the A.N.A conference, to-day in…

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Hove to in Gales Sailor Swept Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 3

Gales encountered in the Northern Pacific severely buffeted the Norwegian motor ship Borgestad on the voyage from Gray's Harbor, and the…

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Blown by Gales Schooner France Safe Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 3

The schooner France, with a scientific party aboard, for which some anxiety had been felt owing to her non-arrival at Stewart Island, is reported safe at…

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Coastal Strike Storm in a Teacup Owners Get Crews Wharfies Look on Bitter Recollections

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 7

THE STRIKE of seamen on the constal ships as a result of the union's demand for wharf-laborers wages at wayside parts, hat…

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Eagel and McGale

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 5

NEXT Saturday night, at Rushcutter's Bay, George Eagel will cross gloves with 'Frisco McGale. It should be a good scrap—provided George does not…

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The Promised Land Viewed in a Gale a Story of £500

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 7

MR. JUSTICE HARVEY, in the Equity Court today, continued the hearing of the suit brought by Evelyn Robert Dunean…

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Eagel and McGALE Saturday Night in Sydney

Referee · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 3

THE contest for Saturday night next will be between the American welterweight, George Eagel, and the plucky coloured man, also from the…

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Floods and Odors a Guildford Grievance

Evening News · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 6

Guildford Chamber of Commerce, has decided to draw the attention Of Granville Council again to the menace to public health caused by the drainage…

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Heavy Rain. In Western Australia. Spreading Eastward

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 9

Heavy rain has been falling over Western Australia, and has now entered South Australia. The rainstorm is extending eastward, and present indication point to New…

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The Coming Storm

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 8

Two thousand miles away the storm is moving which may bring relief to the drought-stricken areas of this State. As it moves across the vast spaces of the interior its…

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Fender's Speech Storm in Tea Cup London

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 8

The "Daily Express" says that Australia's concern over P. G. H. Fender's speech is a mere storm in a teacup. Fender says he never…

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Flirting Rain Storm Puzzles Mares East or South? Whim Creek on the Map

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 13

Will parched New South Wales get rain in the next few days? The question is beginning to…

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Flood Debris Belated Clearing Up Wagga

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 6

Taking advantage of the low level of the Wollundry Lagoon at Wagga, the Municipal Council has set a gang of men to work to clear the big pi[?] of debris…

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Storm Brewing A.L.P.'s Action Question of Expulsions?

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 10

"Your action is childish in the extreme. Furthermore, we are of the opinion that your executive would be well advised were they to concentrate…

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Black and White Americans Meet Eagel and McGALE at Stadium To-morrow : By Solar Plexus

Arrow · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 10

George Eagel, the hardhiting American left-handed boxer, who was beaten by Collins in an unsatisfactory…

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To-night's Boxing M'gale and Eagel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 8

"Frisco" M'Gale, the colored welterweight, who was recently defeated by Harry Collins, is to box George Eagel at the Stadium to-night. M'Gale proved himself a good and game boxer…

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