Flood Peril N. Zealand Rain Roads Blocked Wellington, N.Z. Wednesday. Traffic Head Ill Mr. Turbet Retires
Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 5
HERETAUNGA Plams, in the Hawkes Bay district, are threatened with floods—which may equal those of 1897, when several lives AFIER having served in the N.S.W. Police Force in various positions for 37 years. Superintendent Turbet has retired from the position of chief of the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 5
BALMAIN alderman declined last night to contribute to the fund for the relief of victims of the Tasmanian flood disaster. Ald. Shiel said that residents…
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Referee · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 18
As heavy rain fell at intervals during the day, and several of the golf courses had been more or less flooded by the falls of Friday night, there was not…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Elwick Races for Flood Relief Fund Close Thing in Gill Stakes
Referee · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 5
Tasmanian Amateur Jockey Club held a meeting at Elwick on Saturday in aid of the Flood Relief Fund, and the satisfactory total of £4999/10/ passed through…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 4
A deputation of the unemployed waited on the Minister for Works. Sir Walter Lee. to-day. and pointed out that the men out of work had been…
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Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 12
AS a result of 20 inches of rate in four days. floods now cover the biggest area for many years, Much territory in Wairarapa, Mana[?] Hawkes Bay, East…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 11
On arrival from Sydney yesterday the Ulimaroa reported having had a hard tussle with the gale, but the experiences were not nearly so severe as those which marked her recent…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 10
Unless in effort is made to alleviate the nulsance arising from an insanitary open sewer and storm channel, residents in the locality have expressed their…
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Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 8
A BIG campaign is being launched in Sydney to raise funds for the 3000 victims of the disastrous floods in Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Damage in New Zealand. 75 People Isolated. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 11
A fierce southerly gale, accompanied by heavy rain, is sweeping the lower half of the North Island. Floods are reported in many districts. The rainfall in the back country…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 4
WELLING TON (N .Z.)Wednesday.--Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay districts are threatened by floods. If the Radclyffe bridge is wasben…
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The Land · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 9
Heavy rain fell on the coast, particularly in the metropolitan area and on parts of the South Coast, during the seven days to…
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The Labor Daily · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 1
By live votes to four, Globe Municired council last night refused to reseind a motlon passed on April 4 where by month's allowance was deducted…
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Evening News · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 12
Though there have been heavy rosses of stock, the floods in the Hawkes Bay and Northland districts have abated without having caused loss of life…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 12
The flood situation in Hawkes Bay is easing. The position in the Manawata, however is more serious The Manawatu River last night had risen 13ft above normal. Many settlers…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 13
Directors of the Pioneer Tin Mining Co., Ltd., have decided that necessary repairs to the dam, and the water race to power station, shall be completed, and that the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big "If," But Right Spirit Helping Tasmanian Flood Victims
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3
With his contribution of clothing to the Tasmanian. Disaster Citizens' Committee an optimist wrote yesterday promising a cheque if he struck…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2
AUCKLAND, N.Z., Thursday.-- Tempestuous seas are still raging on the coast. A launch which left Whakatane on Sunday with four Europeans and two Maoris aboard…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1929 · page 6
GOOD fare and reasonable prices have combined to make "The Baby Cyclone" a rasing success at the St. James Theatre…
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The Sun · Sunday 19 May 1929 · page 1
The giant German airship, the Graf Zeppelin, which narrowly escaped disaster while returning from her attempt to fly over the Atlantic, poised over her base at Friedrichshafen…
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