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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 67

More Rain Coming: Flood Warnings Are Issued Tamworth Danger As River Rises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 9

MORE heavy rain fell over most of the State yesterday. Still more is expected, and flood warnings have been issued by…

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Floods. Namoi River at Gunnedah. Other Streams Rise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 14

The Namoi River was in flood yesterday at Gunnedah, and had commenced to break its banks at Boggabri. Large areas of low-lying land were under water, but all stock had been…

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Campers Rescued By Boat In Macintyre Flood Boggabilla May Suffer Rises in Inland Rivers

The Sun · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 13

SURROUNDED by swirling floodwaters, as a result of a sudden rise of the Macintyre River at Boggabilla today, many campers were rescued by Sergeant Jones and three men in a boat…

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Flood Danger Passes Good Rains Inland

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 7

FOLLOWING Monday's heavy falls of rain on the North Coast, north-west slopes, Hastings and Manning districts, where floods were,…

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Flooded Namoi Bursts on Gunnedah Milk Delivered By Boats To Some Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 11

SWIRLING flood waters descended upon Gunnedah last night, when the Namoi River, which had been rising…

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Slashing the Tariff Epitaph of Our Home Industry Speech By Customs Minister Raises Storm Remissions Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 8

THE Minister for Customs (Mr. White) met a storm when he rose to speak the epitaph of Australian…

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Floods Abating. Rescue at Boggabilla. Water Enters Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 13

Unless further rain of a heavy nature results from a new disturbance which is now spreading over New South Wales, floods in northern inland rivers should gradually abate…

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Danger Now At Narrabri in Flood Zone But Rivers Are Falling the Reports

The Sun · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 18

AS no further rain fell in the catchment areas of the northern inland rivers yesterday, the flood waters…

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Smashing Blow to Aust. Industry 70,000 Workers Will Be Thrown Out Of Jobs Tariff Slashes Make Way for Flood of Imports Federal Budget Chaos CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 1

OVERSHADOWING the grotesque munificence of the Federal Government's Budget for 1933-34, providing taxation remissions of £7,500,000 for the wealthy and insignificant pension and salary restorations for the poorer…

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Menace of Floods in the North Lower Reaches Of Rivers Still Threatened WITHIN 24 HRS

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 5

WHILE the flood situation in the upper reaches of the Macitityre, Namoi, Barwon and Hunter rivers improved yesterday, reports late…

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From Farm to Market Supplies of Fish Increase Green Vegetables Flood Market Egg Surplus

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 10

Supplies of estuary fish were heavy to-day, and despite prices for most varieties being reduced, there was a large…

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Danger of Floods Past

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 11

POLICE reports late last night indicated that floods are abating on the coastal and northeasterly inland river areas, and…

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History and Romance "Storm At Daybreak" Has Power the Regent

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 13

REGENT: "Storm at Daybreak," with Kay Francis, Nills Asther, Walter Ruston, Phillips Rolmes, Eugene Pallette, Lonipe Clonner Hale. "The…

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Wage Tax on Compensation Money Causes Storm in House Premier Defends Budget Remissions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 10

THERE was a sudden storm in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, when, angrily denouncing a proposal by the Assistant Treasurer, Mr. Spooner, to make certain compensation payments subject to wages tax. Mr. Davidson (Labor,…

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Floods Abating. Rise at Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 15

The floods on the northern inland rivers continued to recede yesterday, and as no more rain has fallen in the northern or central parts of the State it is expected that…

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Flood Danger Ended Boggabri Road Is Still Cut Off

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 11

While some low-lying country areas still remain under water and some rivers continue to rise in the lower reaches, all danger of serious…

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Heavy Rain

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 24

"Listeners might be surprised to know that the ingredients of radio rain can be purchased from the grocer and the ironmonger."…

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Storm Troopers' Rally

The Sun · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 1

The Nazi flag flying over the gathering of 100,000 Storm Troopers at Nuremberg, in connection with the Nazi "victory congress."-- Air Mail…

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In Flood Water Narrow Escape From Drowning TAREE

The Sun · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 7

During heavy rain on the wallamoa. two dairy farmers narrowly escaped drowning. Mr. A1. Mullens, of Brown's Creek, was attempting to…

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From Farm to Market Cabbages Sold for 6d DOZEN Market ls Flooded With Vegetables Fish Cheaper

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 7

Most varieties of vegetables were cheap to-day. The markets were glutted with peas, broad beans, cabbages, and cauliflowers,…

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