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Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 98

Narrandera Floodings Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 4

An offers of the Public Works Department has visited Narranders and explained and pre[?] for a dis[?] of rain water from the [?] water…

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Flood Disaster. Relief Fund. Tasmanians Gratified. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 13

About 350 sufferers from the Tasmanian floods are still being maintained by the Tasmanian Government. They are being accommodated at the Elphin Showground at…

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Golf in Gales Resource Severely Tested Fawcett, Dobson, Keane and McQueen Show Form

Referee · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 18

Golfing conditions were far from pleasant in the metropolitan area on Saturday. A cold, high, and, at times, boisterous wind blew more or less persistently from the south-west, and the majority of the players were in difficulty…

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Battered by Gales Sails in shreds ETHEL M. STERLING safe in port NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

AFTER -To days' butting against, n succession of gales, the four masted auxiliary Sublimer Ethel .M. Sterling arrived at Newcastle to-day…

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Tasmanian Floods Appeal Fund Now £2824

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 7

AT the Mary Elizabeth ten-rooms to-night a bridge party, organised by the Tasmanian women's committee, will be held in aid of the flood relief fund…

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Flood Victims Why Money Is Needed

The Sun · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 13

At yesterday's meeting of the Citizen's Tasmanian Flood Relief Committee at the Town Hall it was agreed that the disastrous effect of the floods…

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Flood Waters Cover a New Road in the Randwick Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 18

The submerged portion of Avoca-street, South Randwick. After the heavy rain of the past few days, flood waters from the old rifle range ment. The State Government has repeatedly been asked by the Randwick Council to drain the Crown land. On the right, portion of site formed a lake over the road, extending to the tramway embankAnzac-parade is shown covered with water draining from the lake…

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The Theatres "The Baby Cyclone"

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 7

AN undersized Pekinese pup causes all the trouble In "The Baby Cyclone," which looks aa though It will stay at the St. James…

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The Soul's Peace a Refuge from Storms

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 3

EACH one can build in his soul a house of peace. Lay well the foundations in a contrite heart. Erect strong walls of firm-set resolutions, all in…

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Wife Hurls Deluge of Questions at Husband in Divorce Judge Intervened and Checked Flow; It Was Only Momentary, and Wiil Continue Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 12

Florabel Harrison (formerly Williams), is not a solicitor, but she conducted her own suit in the Divorce Court yesterday…

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Bruce's Arbitration Storm Will He Step Right Out? Great Consequences Federal Labor Will Fight His Scheme

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 5

ALL other topics of discussion in political circles were dropped yesterday, in the storm of controversy which has followed the Prime Minister's announcement that, unless certain unlikely things arc done, the Federal Government intends stepping entirely out of the field of arbitration…

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Golf for Women Flooded Courses Hold Up Play Battle in Kenso. Slush Hole in One Habit Manly : Inundated

Evening News · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 15

WATER. water everywhere has been the outcry of the associates all the week. Golf has been almost impossible On Monday, when the open stroker and…

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The Weather "Thunderstorms Inland with Frosts and Fors"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 4

The State Meteorologist has issued the following special forecast of the weather throughout New South Wales during the week-end:—…

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Tas Flood Fund

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 12

Tickets for the ball at the Arts Club to-morrow night, in aid of the Tasmanian Flood Relief Fund are obtainable at the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau…

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"Evening News" Motorists' Guide in Flooded Country

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 13

Mr. V. O'Riordan, driving his Stade through three feat of water in the Grafton district…

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Dress Suit for Flood Victims

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 5

EXPLAINING why be would not be able to attend the Tasmanian flood relief ball at the Arts Club to-morrow night, a leading Sydney business man…

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Through the Flood Amphibious Car Swam Water 3 Ft. Deep

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 18

During recent floods, on the North Coast a road bridge 70ft. long, situated at the Bluff, between Glenreagh and Grafton, was covered to a depth of three feet by the flood waters…

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"Tasmania Forgotten" N.S.W.'s Response to Flood Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 2

Miss Lilian Overell, of Tasmania, has a grievance against Sydney. "I admire your progress," she stated at a meeting of the National…

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St. James Theatre—"the Baby Cyclone."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

Success continues to mark the career of the amusing piece,"The Baby Cyclone," in which Miss Leona Hogarth, Messrs.Leonard [?]oyle, Raymond van sickle, Wyrley Birch, Miss. Evelyn Wade, and other artists…

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Boat Wreck Man Missing Survivor's Story Gale's Havoc Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 8

WHEN the motor launch Erica, 25 tons, overturned and was smashed at Catherina Hill Bay at…

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