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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 67

£27,000 for Storm Waxes Drainage

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 7 December 1933 · page 5

The member fort Botany, Mr. Heffron, has been informed by the Minister for Labour and Industry that the Unemployment Relief Council has provided…

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Flood Fear Town Prepares For Onset MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 7 December 1933 · page 33

People in the northern flood areas are still fighting back the rising waters. Kerang, about 30 miles to the north…

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Families Run From Floods 1300 Sheep Carcases Against Fence Building Wall Melbourne Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 December 1933 · page 8

THE settlements of Yenda, Durham Ox and Canary Island were still under water to-day through the flooding of the Loddon River and…

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Deluge at Capertee. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 12

In one of the most severe thunderstorms experienced in that area, Capertee Valley was deluged. It is estimated that the damage runs into thousands of pounds. Settlers in…

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Cyclone Strikes Melbourne Suburb Suffers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Tiles were torn from roofs, fences were razed, and windows broken, by a cyclone which struck a section of…

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Hail Storm. Growing Crops Damaged. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 12

Crops and fruit trees were extensively damaged by a hailstorm which broke over the Parkesbourne and Breadalbane district last night. At Parkesbourne the disturbance was…

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Victorian Floods

The Land · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 9

A general view of the flood waters from the Little River pouring over the main Geelong-road (Victoria), with cars trying unsuccessfully to negotiate the thoroughfare…

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The "Gull" at Charleville "Herald" Expedition. Flight Across Flooded Country. (From Our Special Commissioner.) Charleville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 11

The "Herald" aerial expedition to the Northern Territory reached Charleville in two hops from Sydney to-day. Bumpy conditions were experienced over the western part of New…

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Rescued From Flooded River

The Sun · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 17

DORRIGO. Friday.--Two relief workers, J. Bannister and R. Randel, returning from Megan, found the Bellsdown River swollen, so divested…

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Flood Menace Position Worse In Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 15

The flood position was worse today in two northern districts. Great alarm has spread through Kerang, where earth embankments…

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Flood of Jap Goods Britain Is Watching Says Official London

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 1

COLONEL COLVILLE, of the Board of Trade, said he had received reports of competition from Japan in various colonial markets…

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Tax-paying Farmers to Be Excluded From Federal Wheat Grant. Storm of Protests from Growers. Govt. to Conduct Early Inquiry into Economics of Wheat Production and Baking Industries. Dr. Earle Page. Flour Sales Tax Provokes Criticism From Consumers' Interests

The Land · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 4

WIDESPREAD protests from wheatgrowers have followed the announcement that the Federal Government's Wheatgrowers' Relief Bill limits financial assistance to those growers who did not receive taxable income during the financial year ended June, 1933…

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Heavy Rain. After a Sultry Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 16

Heavy rain fell in Sydney last night, following a warm and sultry day, with a maximum temperature of 85.3 degrees at 3.55 p.m., and a high degree of humidity…

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Storm Traps Crowds In City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 7

THOUSANDS of people were caught and a number of trams delayed in a heavy deluge last night in the city…

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Flood Fight Embankments In Vic. Town MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 3

The floodwaters pouring down the Loddon River into the swamps which surround the town of Kerang had reached within an inch of the…

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Hail Storm Hits Crops Property Damaged, Fowls Drowned West Wyalong

The Sun · Sunday 10 December 1933 · page 11

Over a strip of country about three miles wide, extending 14 miles from Mildil to West Wyalong, one of the most severe hall and rain storms…

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Floodlights for Gap

The Sun · Sunday 10 December 1933 · page 6

Vaucluse Council is co-operating with the Watson's Bay Citizens and Ratepayers' Association in preparing a plan for the flood-lighting of the…

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Guard Against Floods Vic. Residents Erect Embankments Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 December 1933 · page 1

The residents of Kerang, in endeavors to save towns from flood- waters, have erected embankments, and are confident that they will…

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"Storm at Daybreak."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 December 1933 · page 2

Three big stars the cast in "Storm at Daybreak." to be shown at the Roxy Theatre this Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday at 2 and…

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Lightning Dashed Ice From Hand Casino Boy's Escape in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 December 1933 · page 11

CASINO, Sunday.--A boy had an amazing escape when a terrific storm swept the town. He was walking across the street…

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