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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 52

Tax Inquiry Feels Effects of Big Cricket Property Income and "Personal Exertion" in Review One Standard Flood of Protest Sets in Against Present System

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 December 1932 · page 5

IT was not surprising that the Royal Commission on Taxation adjourned yesterday at noon. Many other bodies and…

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Light on the Mountains Katoomba's System of Flooding

The Sun · Sunday 4 December 1932 · page 15

The Federal Minister for Health. Mr. Marr, switched on a flood-lighting system at Katoomba last night and congratulated the council and…

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Flood Lighted. Mountain Scenes. Beautiful Transformation. New Tourist Era Inaugurated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 9

The Minister for Health and Repatriation (Mr. Marr) worked an electric switch at Katoomba on Saturday night, and glorious scenes in the Blue Mountains were revealed…

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Katoomba Celebrates Floodlighting Of Falls

The Sun · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 11

Banquet at Katoomba to celebrate the switching-an by the Postmaster-General (Mr. Marr) of the floodlights, which illuminate the falls…

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Flood Lighting at Katoomba Enterprise Praised

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 December 1932 · page 4

The Katoomba Council and citizens were heartily congratulated on Saturday night, when the new flood-lighting system was officially…

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Storm Debris on Oval

The Sun · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 7

Thirty-six cartloads of debris were taken off the Birchgrove Oval after the recent week-end storm, according to a letter received at the Balmain…

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STORMS. In Queensland. Houses Unroofed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 12

A storm of cyclonic force visited Gayndah last night and caused extensive damage. Hail fell for a long period, and smashed windows in nearly every business house and…

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Many Clerics Aboard Got Blame for Big Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 9

OLD salts nodded their heads when they heard yesterday of terrific weather encountered by the arriving steamers…

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Windows Go in Hail Storm Stones Weighed a Pound

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--A cyclonic storm broke over Gayndah, lasting half an hour, during which extensive damage was done…

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Floodlight at Leura Torn Down and Destroyed. KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 10

It was reported to-day that one of the largest floodlights at Leura Cascades had been torn down and destroyed on Saturday night. An examination of the scene left no doubt…

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Marrickville Flood Problem Drainage Board's Big Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 4

To prevent the impounding of water in the low-lying areas of Marrickville and adjoining municipalities, the Water and Sewerage Board…

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Japanese Destroyer. Capsizes in Heavy Gale. TOKIO, Dec. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1932 · page 12

The destroyer Sawarabl (900 tons), while proceeding in company with the 13th flotilla from Kure to Formosa, capsized during a Leavy gain with mountainous seas…

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107 Japanese Missing; Loss of Destroyer Foundered in Big Storm at Night Kobe

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 December 1932 · page 8

THE Sawarabi, one of four Japanese destroyers caught in a storm yesterday 100 miles north of Formosa, foundered…

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Katoomba Floodlighting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1932 · page 7

The scheme for the floodlighting of Katoomba's beauty spots was the work of Mr. R. J. N. Franki, consulting engineer, of Sydney. He prepared this at tile request…

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Gales on Coast Small Coasters Turn Back

The Sun · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 25

The Weather Bureau reports that a severe cyclonic disturbance, with its centre in approximately latitude 40 S. and longitude 164 E. (east from…

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Severe Storms. Damage in Queensland. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 10

A belt of country from Kilcoy to Nanango received the full force of a severe storm this afternoon. Kilcoy and Nanango and numerous smaller…

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Gale Assists Randwick Gallopers Waugoola's Half Breaks 50 on Tan Nellabar Is Speedy Five at Top

The Sun · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 13

Unusually fast times were recorded in one or two track trials at Randwick racecourse this…

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Many Reverses Low Prices, Lean Years, Floods Mice and Rats

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 4

MR. C. R. MOULTON, of "Dandaraga," Berrigan, had no intention of taking part in the Berrigan competition until a friend induced him to submit an entry…

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Not Wanted Markets Flooded with Unsuitable Table Poultry

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 10

LOW prices for table poultry have precipitated a storm among English breeders, who are seeking a reason for the downward tendency of the Smithfield…

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The Three Sisters—flood Lighting at Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 12

[?] A view obtained from Echo Point this week showing the familiar Three Sisters illuminated by six powerful floodlights set in the cliff below…

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