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Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 98

Sent Dress Suit! for Tas. Flood Victims

The Sun · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

Amongst a parcel of clothing sent to Tasmania for the victims of the floods, a leading Sydney business man forwarded his dress suit!…

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Some Cyclone Pekinese Pup Wrecks Homes

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 June 1929 · page 4

PACKED houses are the order of the times at the St. James, where George M. Cohan's comedy of laughter, "The Baby Cyclone," has been running…

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Us Fellers [?] Social Stuff and a Storm

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1929 · page 1

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Yankee Fighter Get Trip Home? La Salle Stalls And Stadium People Storm Bad Boy Bobby in Blue

Truth · Sunday 2 June 1929 · page 7

IF Bobby La Salle ever takes up his abode at the place where the Stadium people wish he were residing right now there'll be no need for him to worry over the absence of radiators and hot baths…

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Yesterday's Social Flood Relief Dance at Arts Club

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1929 · page 27

THE Tasmanian Association headed by the president (Dr. Purdie) organised a dance at the Arts Club last evening to add to the Flood Relief Fund…

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Air Mail Delayed by Gale English Letters May Miss Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--After battling for over 90 minutes against heavy weather conditions, the De Haviland Hercules plane. City of…

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Briseis Tin Flood Losses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 11

According to an official statement by the London directorate of the Briseis Tin and General Mining Co., Ltd., It will cost at a rough estimate £60,000 to rebuild and…

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Tas. Flood Relief

The Sun · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 9

Mr. S. M. O'Rlordan, of 172 Avoca- street, Rand wick, has sent to "The Sun'' £2 2 s towards the Tasmanian flood relief. This has been forwarded…

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Heavy Rain. In Tasmania. Railways, Damaged. Washaways, Landslides. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 15

Heavy rains of Monday in the northwestern areas caused the rivers to rise considerably, and much damage to railway lines is reported…

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Syd. Dempster's Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 10

AN experience on the Duchess of Edinburgh of which the late Mr. Syd. Dempster used to tell:—"WE were making the trip from Calcutta to…

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Golfing, Billiards, and Athletics in Sydney Golfing Competitors for the Royal Sydney Cup Playing in the Heavy Rain on

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 36

THE billiards much between Smith and Lindrum was commenced is the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Monday afternoon. The table (by Home…

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Country News and Personal Notes Wandered Away in Dust Storm Small Boy Out All Night

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 21

WILCANNIA, Tuesday.--The four-year-old son of Mr. J. Brown, caretaker, of Cawker's Well Station. 30 miles from Wilcannia, wandered from…

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Federal Industrial Arbitration Bruce's Threat to Scrap Court's Machinery Is Resented. Storm of Protests Throughout Commonwealth

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 20

THE announcement by Prime Minister Bruce last week, that when the Federal v Parliament reassembles in August he will submit legislation to scrap the…

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Flood From Burst Ma in Wrecks Household

Evening News · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 1

The torrents of water from the 36-inch water main which burst in Cleusland-street last night wrecked the home of John White. This picture shows some of the damage…

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More Floods in Tasmania Rail Dislocation Big Landslides Burnie, Tas

Evening News · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 12

FLOOD conditions have again caused serious dislocation of rail services in North Western…

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Relief for Flood Refugees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 20

A section of the depot in the Albert Hall, Launceston, showing goods purchased by means of subscriptions to the relief fund…

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Water Main Bursts Break at Redfern Houses Are Flooded

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 5

Two houses and a service station were flooded and the tram permanent way wrecked when a water main burst in Cleveland Street, Redfern,…

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More Floods in Tasmania Rail Washaways Hobart

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 5

Further floods are reported along Nort-west Coast. The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T, P. Sthitl states that owing to a big rise in the…

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Caring for Children Left Homeless Through Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 10

AT TWO AND A PENNY A POUND BUTTER is something to talk about, and butter factory managers had much to say regarding the scientific side of primary production at their big conference in the Agricultural Hall yesterday. HINEMOA HAD THE ADVANTAGE, at the bend in the Second division of the Trial Stakes…

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Lidcombe Subdivision Storm Trickery Allegation Railway Land "Pocket Handkerchief" Lots

Evening News · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 15

ALLEGING that the railway estate agent. Mr. P. Hunt, in whose department the major of Lidcombe, Ald, [?] is an employee hd tricked alderman into approving a subdivision of land near Berala station, the local…

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