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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 52

Freight Rebates Regulations to be Amended to Provide for Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 21 July 1932 · page 4

A REQUEST that dairy farmers should be given the benefit of freight rebates on starving stock removed because of the failure of feed due to floods, and…

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Land at Moree Granted as Flood Refuge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 7

MOREE, Thursday.—The local land board has given its decision in the matter of the Curragundi leases and distributed the 2477 acres as follows:—D. N. Moore 400 acres[?]…

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Floods in W.A. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 10

A telegram from Bunbury states that fa[?] roads, crops and garden at [?] Iris [?] inundated bv flood water from the Pre[?] River on Wednesday, causing serious losses…

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Gales Over Tasman

The Sun · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 9

The Weather Bureau has issued the following warning to shipping:-- An extensive disturbance is…

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Steamer Morinda Fights Storm at Sea. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 July 1932 · page 9

After fighting a cyclonic storm, the island steamer Morinda reached Auckland yesterday. Shortly after her departure from Norfolk Island, Miss L. Harvey, of Auckland, who was…

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Sixty Perish When German Vessel Sinks Training Ship Founders in Storm in the Baltic Sudden Squall Over Fifty Rescued by Warships and Seaplanes London, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 1

OVER sixty members of the complement of the German training ship Niobe perished when the vessel foundered in a…

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Lake Urana Relief for Settlers Driven off by Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 4

IN reply to Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., who made representatld[?]s to the N.S.W. Minister for Lands, on behalf of settlers on Lake Urana, the Under-Secretary of…

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Press. Hoover Refuses to Open Games Regarded As Affront to California State May Lose Job Storm Over Attempt to Reinstate Nurmi, of Finland Los Angeles

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 July 1932 · page 1

THE President of the United Slates, Mr. Hoover,. has refused to open the Olympic Games on Saturday. As a result, it is…

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Conversion Scheme. Flood of Applications. LONDON, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1932 · page 9

Another flood of applications for conversion of the war loan was received by the Bank of England yesterday the total being 74,000. The day's applications at the Post Office Savings…

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Flood Mitigation. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1932 · page 10

Greta Council has decided to co-operate with Newcastle and other councils in an endeavour to have extensive works carried out with a view to mitigating flood damage in the lower…

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Should Weather Storm Aorangi's O.K. HAVASPOT?

Truth · Sunday 31 July 1932 · page 5

AORANGI experienced a choppy sea the last time he was out. That was in the Macquarie Grove Handicap at…

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A Turn In Godby's Lane of Misfortune Plunge on Glideaway Came Off Was Backed Solidly Money Came In Flood Winning Lists Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1932 · page 15

CECIL GODBY has at last found that the long lane of bad luck has a turning. He was showered with…

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Accidents in the Storm

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

Greasy roads and bad visibility for drivers were responsible for several accidents yesterday and last night…

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A Wellsian Storm Vigorous Attack on Labor LONDON

The Sun · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 9

MR. H. G. WELLS, addressing the Liberal summer school at Oxford, accused the Labor Party of being an utter…

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Storm Sweeps South Coast. Great Masses of Hail. Lightning Damage in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 9

A terrific hailstorm caused damage on the south coast, between Bellambi and Thirroul, late yesterday afternoon. In the metropolitan area a heavy…

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Hail Is Piled a Foot High at Maroubra Bondi Residents Say They Saw Snow Falling City Cyclone Lightning Hits Signal Box at N. Sydney Station

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

HERALDED by blinding flashes of lightning and deafening thunder, a cyclonic storm broke with amazing suddenness over…

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Freak Storm Flays South Coast Fireball Seen at Northbridge; Vivid Lightning Hail Lies Three Feet Deep in Places at Bulli and Thirroul Damage to Shops; Cars Abandoned on Pass

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

To the accompaniment of vivid lightning flashes and bursts of thunder, Sydney was plunged again into the depths of winter last night after a day which bore all the signs of approaching spring…

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Flood and Fires Sweep Chinese City. 200 People Dead. Hongkong, July 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 10

More than 200 people are dead as the result of floods and fires at Canton. The rapid rise of the river menaced the city on Friday. Reinforced by a torrential…

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Late News Disastrous Floods Hongkong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

Floods at Canton resulted in the death of 200 inmates of a home for the aged and a million dollars damage. Many suburbs of…

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Nairnbank In Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1932 · page 7

The motorship Nairnbank from South Australia, on her way to the Philippines, is expected off the Heads at noon to-morrow to land a…

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