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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 83

Egg War Marketing Tangle Storm Grows Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 11

New South Wales dissatisfaction and interstate competition, which., have resulted in forcing down the price of…

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Maitland Mines in Danger? Deputation Fears Spread Of Flood Menace Plea to Minister

Evening News · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 3

THAT then was a danger of the barrier between Glen Ayr and Ayrfield Collieries breaking as a result of having been weakened by the floods, was the…

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Farm Areas Flooded In New Zealand WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Evening News · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 4

An extremely cold month has been succeeded by heavy rains, especially in North Canterbury, when many of the rivers are high, and large areas of farm lands…

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Flooded Mines Govt. Aid Sought Safety of Men

The Sun · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 13

As the outcome of a deputation of miners' and owners' representatives to the Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) to-day, a Government surveyor…

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Boats in Street Heavy Flood in N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH

The Sun · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 11

The worst floods within memory have occurred in Heatheote, a suburb of Christchurch. The Heathcote River, normally a…

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Lynch Him! Mob Storms Gaol Amarillo (Texas)

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 12

Angry mobs broke into one gaol at daylight, and threatened another when cheated of the pleasure of lynching Allan Payne,…

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A Storm in an Egg -Cup

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 15

In Sussex -street, the storm centre of the egg -marketing war, nasty insinuations are being made about the size and quality of the henfruit supplied from the Marketing Board's controlling floor…

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Coming Storm in America. Millions Out of Work

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 30

Something very strange is happening in the United States just now. The soul of America seems to be swiftly changing, and Mr. Sinclair Lewis will soon be…

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Sea's Fury Cyclone=battered Ship Officer Lost Many Sailors Injured London

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 12

The story of a terrific three -day battle with a cyclone, in which the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'s steamer Tainul (9965 tons) lost…

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Liner's Battle with Big Cyclone First Officer Lost Overboard Tainui's Epic London

Evening News · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 9

A TERRIFIC three days' battle with a cyclone, during which the first officer was swept overboard and five of the…

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Floods in New Zealand. Families Driven From Their Homes. Wellington (N Z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 11

Heavy rain in Canterbury during the past three days has converted the rivers in the vicinity of Christchurch into bankers, and the Heathcote River has overflowed, flooding…

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Flooded Mines. Survey to be Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 11

In consequence of the recent rains in the Maitland district, a number of pits are flooded, some to such an extent that they may never be used again. Others are only partly flooded…

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Govt. Flood Grant for South Coast Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 1

The Department of Local Government has informed Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., that in response, to his personal representations. a special great of £300 each will he…

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Flood Dangers in Mines Deputation to Minister

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 6

That the Government wan not a pumper and that the duty of pumping water from collieries devolved on the owners thereof was the response from Mr. Weaver…

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Birmingham. Heavy Rain Falls. Play Abandoned. LONDON, Aug. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 11

Though it was fine this morning at Birmingham, the wicket had been so softened by rain that tho match between Australia and Warwickshire…

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Mr. A. P. Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 15

Mr. Arthur Percy Gale, a prominent figure in the Clarence River district for many years, dird at his residence in Chase-road, Turramurra, on Sunday last, at the age of 63 years…

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Rain Storm Wheat Belt Gains Good Falls

The Sun · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 10

Under the influence of an extensive weather depression, consisting of tropical and southern activities, a splendid rainstorm has resulted over New…

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Caught in Cyclone. Steamer's Three Days' Battle. Chief Officer Washed Away London, Aug. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 11

Particulars of a terrific battle with a cyclone, extending over three days, were given when the Shaw, Savill liner Tainui, from New Zealand, via Panama, berthed to-day in London…

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All Happy A.l.p. -Fed. Members Storm Over

The Sun · Saturday 9 August 1930 · page 3

"We will be good," was, in effect, what a small army of New South Wales Federal members told representatives of the…

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Washed Down with the Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 August 1930 · page 15

WATTLE BLOSSOM (Stewart's Brook).—We had 11[?] of rain in a week during the "big flood." The place where I live is called Stewart's Brook, and the brook rose to about…

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