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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 67

Floods in China. Thousands Starving. Shanghai Threatened. Shanghai, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 10

The White Swastika Relief Organisation at Harbin reports that terrible conditions exist in the Suihwa territory, which has never recovered from the disastrous floods of last…

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Me Nace to Local Industry Cheap Japanese Lamps Flooding Australian Market Strong Protest Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 4

A threatened reduction of the number of employees at the electric lamp works at Hamilton through the flooding of the…

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Wily Japan Floods All Markets London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

IT is apparent that no fiscal agreements are possible for many months. Whether it be agreed that…

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"Soldiers of the Storm" (Columbia)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 21

DESPITE the fact that it has been somewhat over-exploited in recent films, here is some of the…

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Before the Coming of the Storm

The Sun · Sunday 2 July 1933 · page 3

THE whole sky was covered with clouds, not black dreary clouds, but just soft, grey curling fleece. A light shone dimly through…

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Lang Takes Coalfields by Storm Hard-hitting Speeches at Cessnock and Kurri Arouse Vast Audiences To Enthusiasm Police Forced to Erect Barriers at Both Ends of Street Grim Warning Is Sounded by the Party Leader Labor or Fascism Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

IN hard-hitting speeches at Cessnock this afternoon and at Kurri to-night, which roused his vast audiences to high pitches of enthusiasm, the leader of the Labor Part, Mr. Lang, said that he would not believe that the rank and file of the…

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Storm-tosh Pacific Guards Grim Secret Only the Waves Know Fate of Christina Fraser No Hope Left (Continued from Page 1.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

SOMEWHERE in the vast storm-tossed waste of the Pacific waters off the Australian coast lies the answer to the fate of the…

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Imports' Flood From Japan Aust. Manufacturers Perturbed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 1

One of the important matters to be reviewed at the series of meeting of the Federal Cabinet at Canberra tide week is the large…

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Serious Floods in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Monday. -- Serious floods have occurred north of Auckland, and the rivers are rising rapidly. Stock losses are feared…

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At the Pictures And Some Musical Notes Talkies Reviewed This Week "The Warrior's Husband" a legend of the Amazons. . . . "Soldiers of the Storm." . . . "Rynox," with Stewart Rome and John Longden

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 25

THE scene of "THE WARRIOR'S HUSBAND" is the ancient land of Pontus, on the shores of the Black Sea, and the time is said to be 800 B.C. This uproarious farce is, however, neither…

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Six Hindus Went To Death In Flooded River In An Indian File Rescue CALCUTTA

The Sun · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

ONE after another, as if in Indian file, five members of a wealthy Hindu family were drowned in rescue efforts at Ajmere, after a servant girl had fallen into the river. All were walking beside the river,…

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Police Marooned In Flood Area Two Days in Hut 10 Miles Away From Telephone Poison Case

The Sun · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 13

TEN miles from telegraph and telephone facilities, and surrounded by rain swollen rivers and creeks…

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Greek Myth of Flood

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

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Inter-association Match Metropolis v. Newcastle District : Played In a Gale

Referee · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 19

NEWCASTLE is the biggest association affi[?] with the parent body in New South Wales, and embracc[?] clubs.[?] In the district a very strong…

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Trading in Wheat Goes Back Calm After the Storm

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 6

After the storm comes the calm. The feverish activity in the world's wheat markets caused by speculation has given…

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Huge Seas in the Bight Rollers 50 Feet High; Howling Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 9

PERTH, Thursday.--Tremendous seas and howling gales in the Bight buffeted the City of Perth and the Ormiston, which reached Fremantle…

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The Man in the Cave the Knife in His Hand...the Gate of Doom...the Travellers and the Storm...and the Tragic Revelation of a Diary

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 20

THE man crouching in the cave could see the two troopers less than forty yards…

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Drought and Flood Relief. Time Extended for Applications

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 11

Mr. Buttenshaw, Minister for Lands, yesterday drew attention to the fact that the Government had decided to extend the time for lodgment of applications for flood and drought…

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Floods' Toll Tremendous Loss In India Many Perish Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 3

Tremendous loss of life, human and animal, has been caused by monsoonal floods, throughout India. The material damage is enormous…

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Flood Warning

The Sun · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 5

The Weather Bureau advises that a tropical depression is situated over northern New South Wales and is expected to result in further heavy…

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