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Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 83

Opportunity! Knocks for Ruffler at Hawkesbury Lull Before the Storm

The Sun · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 4

Like a full before tbe A.J.C. spring storm, Hawkesbury R. C. will afford racegoers a pleasant trip -- unless outsiders roll home…

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Catholics Will Storm Ship Welcoming Archbishop Problems and Plans of Churches

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 8

A great welcome home on October 9, beginning at the ship itself, is planned by his co-religionists for Archbishop Kelly…

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Forced Back by Storm Matthews Makes a Second Try RANGOON

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 4

Captain Matthews left Rangoon at 6.50 a.m, for Bangkok, but when near the mountain range beyond Moulamein he encountered heavy…

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Helpless Cruiser in Gale Plight of 6 Men Aboard Broke Adrift From Tugboat Shipping Menace "News" Special LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 1

WITH six men aboard, the old cruiser Conquest broke adrift from a tugboat during an exceptionally severe gale off the east…

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U.S. Embargo on Soviet ? Storm Coming Activities to Be Probed Senate Stirs Ban Food Gambling ? WASHINGTON

The Sun · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 1

A violent upheaval in Congress over Soviet activities in the United Stales looms as a certainly for the coming session, with…

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40,000 Homeless. Floods in Sind District. Calcutta, Sept. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 16

The immensity of the floods in the Sind district in the Bombay Presidency, which only now are subsiding after six weeks, is revealed by the District Commissioner, who says that…

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Van Eyk Meets More Storms Police Make Arrests In Queensland [?]WOOMBA

Evening News · Monday 29 September 1930 · page 7

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Taxation Burden. Huge Expenditure. Britain's Economic Storm. London, Sept. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 September 1930 · page 9

The dangers of Britain's colossal expenditure and taxation are emphasised in three authoritative sources to-day. Mr. Hewetson Nelson, past president,…

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Storm Sweeps Auckland

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Monday.--In a terrific sto[?]m which swept Auckland a factory chimney crashed, narrowly missin[?] dozens of workers…

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Auckland Swept By Fierce Gale AUCKLAND

Evening News · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 8

A FIERCE westerly gale is sweeping " Auckland. All shipping has been delayed and great ha[?]stones have caused havoc among gardens…

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Calm After the Storms Aust. Rulers Praise One Another: Curtain

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 23

Last night's Australian Rules Football League meeting, in direct contrast to previous ones, was perfect in its equanimity…

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Tram Dash to Save Boy Plucky Rescue from Storm Channel

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 3

Acting as an ambulance waggon, a tram made a record trip yesterday in carrying Charles Smith (6), of Barnes Street, Rozelle, who was…

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ATMOSPHERICS. Warnings of Cyclones and Thunderstorms. New Instrument at Mt. Stromlo. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 9

The Radio Research Board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has established at the Commonwealth solar observatory at Mount Stromlo a centre for…

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Heavy Rain Coming Nearly Record "Drought" for September

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 2

RAIN will soon rejoice farmers throughout the State, according to the Weather Bureau. Showers are expected to-day in the…

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Great Storms Auckland Swept Terrified Stock Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 2

Unprecedented storms continue. Huge hailstones caused havoc to stock in paddocks. Terrified, they have rushed madly through fences…

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STORM - Swept New Zealand 3 Drowned in Launch Wreck Lightning Peril Auckland

Evening News · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 9

UNPRECEDENTED storms continue in the Auckland district where huge hal[?]stones have caused hav[?] among stock…

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Flood of Correspondence to Head Office

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 5

MR. S. BIRD, A.L.P. general secretary, has been so overwhelmed with correspondence dealing with the elections--expressing opinions and…

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Glut of Wheat Canada's Crop Floods All Her Elevators MONTREAL

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 4

THE new wheat crop is being rushed to the elevators, and there is congestion at all the principal terminals. Country elevators are estimated to…

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Mussolini in a Storm. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 10

Miss Lilian Overell, Tasmanian delegate to the quinquennial congress of the International Council of Women held at Vienna in May and June, passed through Fremantle on the…

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Violent Storm in N.Z. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 11

A violent electrical storm raged in various parts of the province. Seven yearling helfers on a farm at Waiuku were struck by lightning and killed, and two brick chimneys were…

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