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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 67

Adelaide Struck by Fierce Storm Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 5

DAMAGE was done by wind, hail and lightning in Adelaide last night, when the metropolitan area was…

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Fifteen Miles of Meetings! a Deluge of Words Bulli Is Now at Fever Heat Pay Night Bulli

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 3

FIFTEEN miles of street meetings! The Bulli electorate was invaded last night by hordes of political…

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N.Z. FLOODS Roads Ten Feet Under Water AUCKLAND

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 8

Torrential rains have caused serious floods in the North Auckland district. Hundreds of stock have been drowned, and the roads in some areas…

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Flood of Japanese Imports Minister Defends the Influx of Cheap Labor Goods Letter Sent Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 5

ANOTHER instance of unfair competition by Japanese goods produced by cheap labor with Australian products was given by…

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More Rain Is Needed in the West Storm Approaching From S.a

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1933 · page 2

Although conditions are still overcast in some parts of the country, the acting-State Meteorologist (Mr. Camm) is not…

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New Zealand Flood. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1933 · page 10

Serious flooding has occurred in the Hawkes Bay district as the result of seven inches of rain in three days, following a long dry spell. The Tutaekuri River, the channel of which…

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Electric Storm City Aldermen and Government Dept. Control

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 11

Suggestions that the Electricity Department should pass from the control of the City Council…

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Side-step by Lang Willis's Challenge To Debate Caused Storm Bulli

The Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 13

MR. LANG at Thirroul last night provoked a gale of mingled cheers and hoots when he adroitly…

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Burrinjuck Dam m Flood, N.S.W.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 11

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Calm Champion As Storm Lashed Liner MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 8

Stud stock valued at £3000 was in clanger of being swept from the deck of the Shaw, Savill liner Tairoa on her run from Adelaide. She reached…

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Saale Flood Caused By Fall Of Lime BERLIN

The Sun · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 2

An accident, susceptible of producing far-reaching and disastrous results, occurred near Latdorf, in the vicinity of the city of Dessau,…

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Stud Horses in Gale at Sea Crew's Difficult Task Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 6

When the liner Tairoa reached Melbourne from Adelaide to-day, graphic descriptions were given by members of the crew of the efforts…

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Bridge Storm American Expert's Challenges LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 3 June 1933 · page 1

STORM clouds are gathering around the Anglo-American bridge contest, as the result of very caustic comment by Mr…

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Tennis Storm Is Committee Illegal? No-confidence Motion Carried

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 June 1933 · page 1

One of the stormiest meetings in the history of Nepean District Tennis Association took place on Tuesday evening, when a meeting…

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And Harry Horton Had Had Her Two Days! Loratip "Blew," but Came Home With Gale Behind Her Young Hoop Who's Come to Stay

Truth · Sunday 4 June 1933 · page 2

FORMER A.R.C. trainer Harry Horton had mixed luck at Rosebery yesterday. Bat what he missed on the merry-go-round, he picked up on the swings. AFTER Nellie May had been just beaten, Harry snared the…

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Liners Held Up Fierce Gale At Fremantle

The Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 16

FREMANTLE, Tuesday. SO boisterous is a gale which began yesterday afternoon that big mail liners…

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Floods Feared. North Coast Rivers. Torrential Downpours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 9

Torrential rain which has fallen on the North Coast has caused fears of floods on all river systems between the Bellinger and the Hunter Flooding of minor creeks has already…

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Southern Cross Marooned in Flooded Paddock. KEMPSEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 9

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, in the Southern Cross, accompanied by five members of his staff, landed at Frogmore, about four miles outside Kempsey, on Sunday, in low-lying…

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Threat to "Old 'Bus" Famous 'Plane In Flood KEMPSEY

The Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 11

HOPELESSLY bogged in a paddock at Frogmore, near Kempsey, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's famous…

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Threat of Flood Rivers Rising In North

The Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 15

AS a result of the continuance of heavy rain, the fear of floods on parts of the North Coast is…

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