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Floods & storms, 1934

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Floods Subside

The Sun · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 25

Since yesterday there has been a rapid subsidence in river levels on the North Coast, and danger of further floods now appears to have…

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Eels Left When Floods Depart

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. --Though communication has been restored with some of the Banks Peninsula valleys Isolated by storm…

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NOVELS. "Market Flooded." Oversea News

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 4

"The English market for light fiction is just flooded at the moment," said Miss Mary Atherton (Mrs. F. Worthington Simon), who…

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Lismore Flood Falling. Sulky Washed Down Creek. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 11

Anxiety over the flood at Lismore decreased to-day, when the river fell five feet to 22ft above the normal level There were a few showers during the day. The slow fall of the…

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Capsized in 30 Feet of Water Men's Narrow Escape In Flood FLOATING 10- LISMORE

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 7

LOSS of life in the floods was narrowly averted when a sulky driven by S. Cooke, mail contractor, between Casing and…

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Flood Anxiety Goes Rivers Fall with Fine Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 9

Flood anxiety on the North Coast has ceased. Generally fine weather was experienced over the State yesterday. Rivers were falling…

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Mrs. Sarah Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 19

The death has occurred of Mrs. Sarah Gale, of Daniel-street, Botany, at the age of 99 years, Mrs. Gale, who had lived for more than 50 years in the district, had been free…

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Trouserless Through Storm Water

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 7

GRAFTON, Friday.--Taking off its boots and trousers yesterday the Nymboida Power Scheme Public Works…

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FLOODWATERS. Residences Menaced at Coraki. CORAKI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 15

Though the Richmond River at Coraki has fallen several feet, backwaters have entered the back of the town, and are still rising slowly…

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At Peak Coraki Flood Farmers' Losses Coraki

The Sun · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 3

THE flood on the mid-Richmond is now at its peak. Though the river has fallen about three feet, back waters…

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Floods on the North Coast—Wreck of the S. S. Nambucca

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 26

FIVE FEET UNDER WATER. The roadway at Billinudgel, between Murwillumbah and Lismore. A VIEW OF NORTH LISMORE LOOKING TOWARDS THE HIGH SCHOOL. So serious was the inundation here that the police had to patrol the area in…

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Floods on North Coast. a Wonder Valley. Contract Bridge. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 12

The serious floods on the North Coast are the subject of a set of splendid pictures in this week's issue of the "Sydney Mall " The photographs were taken by a special…

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Three Floods Since Christmas

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 15

PHYLLIS SMITH (Murrah):— Since I last wrote to the junior page we have been nearly flooded out, having sixteen inches of rain in three days after having about eight [?]…

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Dairy Farm Judging Now in Full Swing Local Inspections Dairy Instructors Active Now that Floods have Subsided Championship Starts on 4th JUNE

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 5

ALTHOUGH handicapped by flooded creeks and almost impassible roads, the field officers of the dairy branch of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture…

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FLOODLIT. Government House Gardens. Farewell Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 3

Like some enchanted scene from a fairy tale, the grounds of Government House, shimmering under the green and amber of strong…

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Diprotodon's Jaw. Uncovered By Flood. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 10

The Queensland Museum has received a fossil of the top jaw of a diprotodon, showing the palate and two molar teeth which was found by the Mayor of Dalby (Alderman T…

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"Reds" at Innisfail Flood Of Propaganda INNISFAIL

The Sun · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 27

The Communist Party is confident, that by manipulation of the foreign vote it can secure the defeat of the Acting-Premier (Mr. Pease) at the…

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Cyclone in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--A wind of cyclonic force swept in a narrow path across the back of New Plymonth this evening, followed by…

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Cyclone Hits New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 8

A WIND of cyclonic foren swept a narrow path across New Plymouth at dusk this evening. It was immediately followed by a deluge of…

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New Zealand Cyclone. Damage at New Plymouth. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 12

A cyclonic wind followed by a deluge of rain swept New Plymouth at dusk to-night Several houses and other buildings were un roofed and damage was done to fences gul…

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