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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 98

The Melting Pot the Deluge

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 23

THERE is a frequent summer flood That drowns no cats and stirs no mud. Yet housewives feel a sense of woe…

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St. James Theatre—"the Baby Cyclone."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 14

"Lido Lady" having finished its season at the St. James Theatre, its successor, "The Baby Cyclone," will be staged today at the matinee. This entertaining farce by George M. Cohan tells how a tiny…

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Storms Leave Trail of Death in U.S.A. New York

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

A trail of death and destruction has been left by storms which ravaged seven Southern States and the Mid-West yesterday and on Wednesday, 44…

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MOIR : Owen Progress for Karachi Today Fighting the Desert Storms Bunder Abbas

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 3

CAPTAIN MOIR and Flying-Officer Owen, in the Vickers Jaguar Vellore 'plane arrived at Bushire from Bagdad yesterday, and came on to Bunder Abbas today. From Captain Mair and flying Officer Owen…

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At the Shows "Interference" As Talkie Other Newcomers Today are "Pigs" and "Baby Cyclone"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 9

Today is important to entertainment seekers. "Interference," a brilliant "talkie," starts what should prove a record season at…

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U.S.A. Tornado Death Roll Now 44 Two Days' Storm New York, Friday.e

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

FORTY-FOUR persons lost their in the violent storms which have swept. the Middle West and the Southern States in the past two days.e…

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Bridge Party Aid Flood Sufferers

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 8

A COMMITTEE of ladies, mostly Tasmenian residents in Sydney, are endeavoring to raise money for those rendered homeless by the recent floods in…

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Heroic Constable. Rescues Flood Victims. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 17

Senior Constable W. R. Taylor, of Derby, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant and awarded the police medal. He rescued eight men who were marooned on two small Islands…

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BEHIND the Footlights in "Baby Cyclone"

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 38

Wryley Birch, in his quiet way, has put a girdle or even two round the earth in his stage career. He went to South Africa first for the…

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Last Night's First Nights The Baby Cyclone

Truth · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 21

IT is conceded that the players of "The Baby Cyclone," which opened at St. James Theatre yesterday, do remark- ably well by a…

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"The Baby Cyclone" Happy Play at St. James'

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 6

"A woman has a bag of tricks; a man only one!" "His bat--and out the door!" "At the first stream!" That is a sample of the lessons in domestic management…

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"Baby Cyclone" Comedy of Pekinese St. James in Shrieks

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 2

"The Baby Cyclone," George M. Cohan's Broadway success, came to the St. James yesterday, and its unadulterated and wholesome fund kept…

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"Baby Cyclone" an Entertaining Farce

The Sun · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 7

The revolt of a husband against the atmosphere of a home in which 99 per cent. of the wife's affection is lavished on a diminutive Pekinese, forms the…

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"The Baby Cyclone" an Entertaining Farce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 8

All the complications in George M. Cohan's play, "The Baby Cyclone," rise from the ' rivalry of two women over a tiny Pekinese. They are quite intricate complications, too,…

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Vic. Theatre Tax Raises Storm Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 1

THE announcement that the State Cabinet proposes to discuss the imposition of a levy on theatre tickets not at…

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Saturday's First Nights "Peke" Causes Trouble "The Baby Cyclone" George M. Cohan Farce at St. Iames

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 7

BECAUSE Mr. Hurley objected, and very properly, to sharing his wife's affections with an sized lap-dog the…

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New Comedies, "Silents," and "Talkies" Hilarious House at St. James "The Baby Cyclone" Made Them Happy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 10

"The Baby Cyclone" is a hilarious comedy about a Pekinese whose ownership is violently disputed by two silly women…

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Floods in Perth. Building Collapses. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 11

Good rain has fallen over a large area of farming country Heavy rains in the metropolitan area overtaxed the stormwater drains[?] lifting hundredweight manhole covers. Flood…

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Flood Mitigation. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 12

The district engineer for public works has informed Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., that the work of removing rocks from the Hunter River at Tomaga will begin next week. The…

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Flood Victim's Body Recovered Hobart

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 1

The body of Mrs. Whiting, who with her husband and children, was washed away by the flood waters while they were having their dinner, was…

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