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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 98

Soldiers' Graves Flood-light Scheme Adelaide

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 9

IN the midst of West Terrace Cemetery—Aoclaide's huge burial-ground—is the only cemetery specially reserved for soldiers in the southern Hemisphere…

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Flood Threat Sind's Predicament Calcutta

The Sun · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

The district of Sind, province of Bombay, is threatened -- for the third time recently -- with devastating floods, this time as the result of heavy…

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Milk Flood at Marrickville

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

FORTY gallons of milk flooded part of a street in Marrickville yesterday, when a horse boiled with a milk cart…

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Federal Tax Slugs. Business Men Up in Arms Ruinous Taxation Picture Industry Faces Grave Outlook Flood of Criticism

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 5

THE Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, was not "at home" to the Press in his office at the Commonwealth Bank Buildings yesterday. The chilly blasts of criticism with which his Budget has been assailed were too much for the Country Party stalwart, so he shut himself up…

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Violent Storm. 70 Japanese Fishermen Drowned. Tokio, Aug. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 11

A very violent storm raged over Hokkaido on Monday night and Tuesday. Seventy fishermen are reported to have been drowned Boats were wrecked, and scores of houses…

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Record Speed of Cool Change "Thunderstorms To-night"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 3

The thick fog which enveloped the city yesterday morning was brought down by northerly winds, and did not enter into the weather man's…

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Storm Grows Nat. Senator Attacks Bruce Massy Greene, Now Some at Yesterdays Party Meeting Canberra

The Sun · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 11

The storm within the Nationalist Party which Mr. Bruce has aroused by his action in excluding Messrs. Hughes and Mann from the party meeting is increasing rather than subsiding…

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Flooded Hotel Case Against Shire [?]

Evening News · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

BEFORE judge Wales and a jury of four B. F. [?]…

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300 Drowned Indian Flood Big Works in Perh Calcutta

Evening News · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

MORE than 200 inhabitants of Dera Ismall Khan, a town on the north-west frontier of India, are believed to have been drowned in the…

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Dust-storms Widespread Disturbance Rain Next Week

The Sun · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 3

Although a fine and warm week-end is indicated, Mr. Mares thinks there is good prospect that rain will fall early next week…

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Mostly Fine, But May Be Storm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 10

MOSTLY fine conditions are expected to prevail over the city to-day, but there may be a thunderstorm this…

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Golf the Pro. C'ship. in Howling Gale Adelaide

Evening News · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 5

The final match for the Professional Golf Championship of Australia was [?] over [?] to-day. Fierce wind [?] with gusts is rain…

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Amusement Tax. Deluge of Letters. Ms.P. Recover From Fright. Some Sharp Replies. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 17

Though the stream of telegrams protesting against the proposed amusement tax continued to-day, it is now lessening appreciably, but an outgoing stream of replies has begun…

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Floods in India. Frontier Towns in Danger. Calcutta, August 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 17

Three hundred inhabitant, of Dera Ismail Khan, a town on the north-west frontier, are believed to have been drowned in the floods that are sweeping down the mountain…

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STORMS in the Talkie Tea-cup

Truth · Sunday 1 September 1929 · page 11

NORMA SHEARER (M.G.M.) yearns to bring "The Merchant of Venice" to the screen with herself as Portia. Not to be outdone, Joan Crawford has…

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The Man in the Storm Why Not Leniency for Phillips?

Truth · Sunday 1 September 1929 · page 5

DIRECT cause of all the upheavals in the South, Bill Phillips, will be up before the st[?] of phillip-street to-morrow night to have his…

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Cycling. in a Gale. Moss Vale to Sydney Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 16

More strenuous conditions could hardly be imagined than prevailed for the New South Wales Cyclists Union's 80 miles Adelaide Tailoring open road race from Moss Vale to Wallis-avenue…

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Rain. Hail and Squalls Gale at Adelaide Havoc at Seaside Resorts Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 1

A GALE With a "velocity of 50 miles an hour swept over South Australia. The blow, which began shortly…

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Dust Pall Over Sydney Interior Storm Droughts the Cause Semi-darkness

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 1

BRINGING the first breath of approaching summer, a hot, dust laden north to westerly wind swept through Sydney and over the harbor…

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Flood of Oil on Steamer Australian Passenger Heavy Losses COLOMBO

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 4

Eighty passengers on the P. and O. Branch liner Baradine, bound for Australia, suffered loss late on Friday night, when oil,…

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