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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 52

Miss Nell Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 8

A recital is to be given by Miss Nell Gale, pianist, at the Arts Club, on Thursday evening next. Her programme will consist of compositions by Chopin The assisting artists will be Miss Gwen Selva and…

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Survived the Storm Dr. Angus and His Theology Cleric's Hit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 4

THE "heresy hunt" at the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday was not a hunt at all…

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The Storm Clouds Lower

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

While Messrs. Stevens and Bruxner worried and parried throughout the hours of yesterday afternoon concerning the "Cabinet" personnel most likely to put over the £2116 slave code, storm clouds gathered and hung threateningly over the Bridge, harbingers of the storm of…

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Storm Omens in Manchuria LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

WHEN will the Russo-Japanese war begin? is a question that is asked everywhere in the Far East, says the special correspondent of the "Scotsman." Russians in Harbin and the vicinity have been secretly ordered to return to Russia, and 2000 have left, within ten days. The Soviet troops on the frontier…

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Watch for Anti-boycott Winners To-morrow Judges Have Competition Well in Hand Magnificent Success Replies From All Parts Other States Eleventh-hour Flood of Entries Is Received

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 8

THE closing of Anti-Boycott Week competition last night was marked by a sudden rush of letters from all parts…

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From the Gallery. Federal Notes. After the Storm. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 10

"... how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors!" said Shakespeare…

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Through Roof Worshippers Rescued From Flood-trap BERLIN

The Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 9

Praying in a church at Guel. near Coblenz. 25 people were trapped by the floods which followed a cloudburst, which extensively damaged the…

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Miss Nell Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 4

A recital will be given to-night at the Arts Club by Miss Nell Gale, pianist, who will play a Chopin programme. Miss Gwen Selva and Miss Sadie Irwin will be the assisting artists…

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DELUGE Pope's View of World Conditions Radio Encyclical Rome

The Sun · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

"SO widespread is the calamity that the present economic and social chaos can only be compared to the floods in the time of…

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Miss Gale's Recital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 13

Miss Nell Gale, in her recital at the Arts Club last night, played with temperament, attractive tone, and technical facility a programme drawn entirely from the works of…

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Will Be Able to Depot on Any Pretext Sweeping Powers for Federal Govt. in New Bill James' Appeal Can Flood Australia with Cheap Labor Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 7

AN appeal by Mr. James (A. L. P.) to the Government to provide free passages to Britain of migrants who had been lured…

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Soutar's Best Shot; In Gale

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1932 · page 37

When a golfer has been playing first-class golf for more than 30 years, naturally he will play many dazzling shots, but there is always one, usually a match winner, which lingers in his memory…

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Cheering and Hoots N.S.W. Try Raised A Storm

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1932 · page 37

Few football incidents in recent years have given rise to so much comment as the action of Referee Arthur…

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Coastal Cyclone. Gales and Rough Seas. More Rain Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 6

A cyclonic disturbance which on Saturday was centred off the south coast, has brought gales, rough seas, and unsettled weather to all coastal districts of New South Wales…

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Storm-clouds

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 10

It was one kind of storm cloud that made her put up the umbrella and another that was reflected in her face when she saw the man with the…

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All Have "Tangoitis" Taken London by Storm ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 4

"ALL London is seething with the new Argentine tango," said Miss Mae Bird, Australian dancer, who is a passenger on the Ballarat, which arrived in the Outer…

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Sydney Is Swept by Cyclone Torrential Downpours Reported in the Suburbs To-day, Too

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 5

A CYCLONIC disturbance swept. Sydney yesterday bringing cold conditions and scattered showers: The south-westerly to…

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Woman Flier Crosses the Atlantic. Graphic Narrative. Leaking Petrol Pipe and Storms. LONDON, May 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 9

Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, the famous American aviatrlx, who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air when in 1928 she was a passenger in a…

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Night Terror Flood's Swoop on English Town LONDON

The Sun · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 9

The heaviest cloudburst anyone remembers in the Midlands brought terror to the Leicestershire town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch last…

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League Argument on Coaching Methods a Storm Hennessy Was Considered Selectors Win

The Sun · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 2

Undoubtedly actuated by the best of motives, Mr. J. L. Dargan, a vice-president of the New South Wales Rugby…

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