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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 52

King Albert's 'Plane Strikes Gale London, Friday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 1

A CAIRO message states that the Imperial Airways seaplane, in which King Albert of Belgium is Hying from…

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Night Flight Scott Delayed by Storms at Karachi Karachi

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 5

Mr. C. W. A, Scott, who is trying to regain the England-Australia air record, at present held by Mr. C. A. Butler, reached here at 8.45 a.m…

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Scott Is Ahead of Butler's Flying Time Despite Storms and Headwinds Third Stage Basra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 1

C. W. A. Scott, who is attempting to break the record from England to Australia, was…

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Huge Drop in Oil Blames Soviet for Slump Flood Selling London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 5

Sir Henry Deterding, chief of the Royal Dutch oil group, declares that yesterday's £12,500,000 slump in Royal Dutch shares…

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Any Port In A Storm

The Sun · Sunday 24 April 1932 · page 10

Patrons at Canterbury Park yesterday found the totalisator closed by the Government's edict, a haven of refuge front the rain…

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Cyclone in New Hebrides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 11

According to advice received last night by the Sydney Weather Bureau a severe cyclone is operating south-east from Vila, in the New Hebrides. It is causing north-easterly to…

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Relief For Flooded Settlers

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 9

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) is preparing legislation for the relief of settlers who are unable to work their holdings owing to floods…

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"Dandenong Gale" When Racehorses Suffered Survivor Who Became Famous

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 14

The tragic death of Phar Lap recalled this week to a veteran racegoer the disastrous "Dandenong" gale of 1876, when…

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Terrific Gale in N.Z. Many Small Craft Wrecked AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 13

A terrific north-east gale is sweeping Auckland, and many yachts and launches have been driven ashore and smashed to matchwood, and great…

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Relief for Settlers No Rent or Interest on Flooded Urana Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 7

Legislation to give relief to farmers on flooded areas in the urn[?] (N.S.W.) district has been promised by the Minister for Lands (Sir. Tully), who recently…

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Flooded Farms Near Urana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) recently inspected flooded areas in the Urana district; and, as a result of the inability of settlers to farm or otherwise work their…

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Ashore in Cyclone

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 9

The position of the inter-island steamer Malinoa, which was driven ashore in the cyclone which swept the New Hebrides on Tuesday, is…

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Gale At The Heads

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 9

South Head reported to-day that at 11.30 sudden squalls came from the south and that the weather later became increasingly severe. Early his…

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Fierce Cyclone In New Hebrides. Steamer Malinoa Ashore. Vila (New Hebrides)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 11

A cyclone struck Vila during Monday night and Tuesday Houses and stores were unroofed, and goods were damaged by rain Lighters were sunk in Vila Harbour, trading…

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Passions Stirred by Old Memories Storm In The Dail Deputy's Boast Dublin

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

PLAIN speaking rather than subtlety marked the debate on the Oath-Abolition Bill in the Dail to-dlay and led…

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Flood of Cheap European Labor Sinister Amending Immigration Bill Is Introduced In Federal Parliament Deportation Bludgeon License Is Given to Intimidate Like Leg-iron Legislation Wives and Children Drawn in Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

REMINISCENT of the leg-iron legislation of the Bruce-Page Government, the Amending Immigration Bill, under cover of which the Federal Government proposes to admit a flood of cheap Southern European labor to the Commonwealth, was read a first time in the Senate to-day…

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Heavy Storm Toll

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 3

Blinding rain and sweeping winds in last night's storm caused many collisions and other accidents, resulting in a man being killed and 11…

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Yachts Wrecked. Gale in New Zealand. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 13

A strong easterly gale which sprang up early yesterday morning and continued for several hours caused considerable damage among pleasure craft in the harbour…

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Why Brown Was Appointed Secretary of the Interior Fed'l Storm Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 5

THE stormy circumstances which attended the amalgamation of three Government departments into the Department of the Interior, and…

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In The Storm They Defied Bruce And Acclaimed Lang People Voice Their Protest at Grab Act 50,000 Stand in Rain for Three Hours Lang Cheered Great Processions in Four Large Centres

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 6

FIFTY thousand cheering people, who gathered at four large centres in the metropolis, stood in the rain for three hours last' night…

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