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Floods & storms, 1933

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

Flood Waters in Melbourne Suburb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 12

Many homes were flooded out in Kensington, Melbourne, following a heavy rainstorm on Christmas Day…

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Melbourne Floods. Relief for Sufferers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 7

The Melbourne City Council to-day made a grant of £500 to provide for the immediate wants of the people whose homes were flooded in the Kensington, Macaulay, and Footscray…

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Blew Like Cyclone

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 10

JOHNNIE wasn't the "Johnny on the spot joker" at Kensington on Wednesday. The Smith steed is generally…

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Keep Going in Storm

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 1

REFERRING to a recent instance of a car being struck by lightning near Murwillumbah, the chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. states that such cases…

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Havoc Is Caused by Cyclone Subsidences And Landslides In North Heavy Seas Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 6

THE tropical cyclone which has been causing heavy rain along the central and southern coasts of Queensland had by this morning…

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Gentile Novel of Jewish Life Causes Resentment Opinion Divided On New Book Australian Authoress Raises Storm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 5

THERE is a hubbub around Melbourne Town and arguments on orthodox Jewry interrupt business luncheons, for the Jews of the southern capital are divided in their opinions regarding "Brass and Cymbals" the novel which…

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Queensland Deluge

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1933 · page 10

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Heavy rain has fallen along the sugar belt. Cardwell registered 725 points, Silkwood 800, Kennedy 810 and Tully 447,…

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"The Deluge" Is Here Terrific Scenes

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1933 · page 31

IN "The Deluge." at the Capitol Theatre, R.K.O. has combined a simple story, with a wealth of spectacle. When the deluge comes to the…

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Storm in Summer

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1933 · page 32

There is something about this book that sets it above the usual run of modern novels. Miss Morrison has achieved very much the same feeling…

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Warning Light Is 75 Miles Out Drifted Away in a Cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1933 · page 10

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Breaking away from her moorings in a cyclone, the Breaksea Spit lightship is still adrift…

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