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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 94

Lull in Storm at Lithgow Works Lithgow

Evening News · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 15

IN conformity with the derision of a meeting of the Federated Ironworkers Union, the various departments at the steel works, which had…

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Strike Clouds in Victoria Are Clearing But Storm Not Over Piecework Squabble Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 13

INDUSTRIAL tr[?] which were perturbing the community last week, when several [?] indicated that they would take…

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To Fight U.S. Floods Washington

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 1

Mr. H. C. Hoover [?] S. Secretary of Commerce in a compulsory report on the Mission Road disaster recommends a scheme for protection…

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Man Who Discovers Comets Work of Mr. Walter Gale (An Interview by W.f.w.)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 July 1927 · page 16

WE live in an age of speed. We think we know something about getting over the country. We see the racing motor-cars going, round the…

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Busy Cyclone Worst Since Easter More Rain Coming

Evening News · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 10

THE [?] disturbance now affecting the whole of the Tasman [?] rough sees on the southern and central coast of…

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11056 Miles Trip Women Motorists' Return Storm and Fire

The Sun · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 11

Completing their 11,056 miles car trip through Australia. Mrs. Sandford and Miss Christie returned to Sydney today. They had gone from Sydney to…

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Cyclone Moves

Evening News · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 10

THE Weathere Bureau to-day issued the following warning to shipping:— "The severe cyclone is slowly…

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Cyclone Moves Eastward

The Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 6

The severe cyclone is slowly moving eastward, but covers all the Tasman Sea. Gales and rough to high seas are still Indicated generally, but are…

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CYCLONE. Warning to Shipping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 12

The following special ocean forecast was issued by the Weather Bureau last night:— "The severe cyclone is slowly passing eastward. Its centre at 3 p.m…

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Shipping Warned of Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 26

A severe cyclone is operating over the Tasman Sea, and Mr. Mares, Divisional Meteorologist, at 3 p.m. yesterday issued a warning to shipping. The…

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Maheno in Gale Racers Ride It Out

Evening News · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 6

THE Maheno, which arrived from Wellington, N.Z., to-day, met a cycionic disturbance on Saturday night and passed through the centre of the…

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Blew, But Won Lenient in a Gale a Headache Remedy

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 3

BACKERS fell in badly over Lenient in the third division of the Rosebery Flying. The Bananalander was being…

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Chapter X. in Which a Calm Precedes a Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 6

"It's all so simple," Bill remarked, unfolding a napkin with leisurely precision. "We entered from Haymarket. Possibly the sleuth who is at the moment cooling his heels…

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"He Is Here" Ypres and Us Lesson Thunderstorm of Death

The Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 18

Ten thousand pilgrims assembled at Menin Gate. Yyres, on Sunday, to live again In those heroic and terrible days when the world was aflame, to…

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Gales Expected

The Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 11

The following warning to shipping was issued by the Weather Bureau tills morning: -- The cyclone still covers the…

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Marama Delayed Storms [?]Man

Evening News · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 16

THE Me[?] which was [?] head [?] street at [?] The…

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Hove to Ulimaroa in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 18

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The Huddart, Parker steamer U[?]maroa, from Sydney, has been delayed by a heavy easterly gale. She was hove-to yesterday. The captain expects…

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Rough Off Coast N.Z. Steamers Meet Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 18

The Union Company's steamer Maheno made a quick run from Wellington, despite rough weather in the Tasman Sea. She was off the Heads at 2 a.m. yesterday, and entered at 6.10…

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More Racers Arrive on Marama in Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 7

After assovers tossing in the sale which delayed the Maram[?] to 24 hours. four racehorses, [?] by Mr. W. Schoftum, of New Zealand…

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Dropped Dead Mr. W. A. Gale Heart Failure ? CANBERRA

The Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 13

Mr. Walter Augustus Gale. Clerk of the House of Representatives, dropped dead at Federal Parliament House today. His age was 62…

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