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Floods & storms, 1934

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In Town Safety Sought Flood Area in Narrandera

The Sun · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 11

SEVERAL families, who have deserted their flood-invaded, low-lying properties around Narrandera, have…

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Wagga Floods

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 1

A scene in a Warra street on Sun day, showing how the flood waters had enereached ans entered one of the hotels. See story on p. 5, col. 3…

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Floods at Wagga Move on Narrandera Ready For Wash-out Leave Homes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 5

WITH huge volumes of water coming down the Murrumbidgee River from Wagga, and higher up, it is expected that the low-lying…

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Flood Ruins Fodder

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 5

With the fodder ruined by the flood, Mr. L. Judd, Senior Agricultural Instructor for the Riverton, advises all U[?]lrymen on the river to…

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No Wagga Levees "Flood Banks Too Costly" Murrumbidgee Is A Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 9

LOW-LYING Wagga, one of the most prosperous and up-to-date towns in N.S.W., will have to foot another flood bill…

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Floods in the South

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 1

A VIEW OF TRAVERS STREET, Wagga, during the floods at the week-end…

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Flood Death Sick Man's Day-long Rush to Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 7

WAGGA, Monday.--The ambulance was out all day on a trip which usually takes three hours, transporting Bernard Hoffman from…

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Sun Shines, Floods Subsiding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 7

WITH continued fine weather the flood menace on the inland rivers of New South Wales yesterday showed signs of…

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October Storms. Prove Mixed Blessing to Wheat Growers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 11

Heavy flood rains, cyclonic storms, and hail have done much damage to wheat crops in the south-eastern Riverina. Last month the district agricultural instructor (Mr. G. C…

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At HONOLULU. Kingsford Smithy Pacific Flight. Peril During Storm. Departure for California Delayed. HONOLULU, Oct. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 13

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. P. G. Taylor (navigator) arrived at Wheeler Field this morning at 8.40, having covered the 3150 miles from Suva in 25 hours, compared with 34 hours 50 minutes taken on the flight from Honolulu to Suva in the Southern Cross six years ago…

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Flooded Rivers. Murray Overflows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 13

The Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera rose steadily throughout yesterday, but the rise was very slow, and the peak of the flood is not expected to reach there until to-morrow…

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Canberra Flood Damage Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 1

It is estimated by the Department of the Interior that the damage to roads, bridges, parks and gardens throughout the Federal capital…

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NARRANDERA & Floods Danger Point Is Near Wagga

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 5

The Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera is still rising slowly, and reached 22 feet to-day. It is expected that the danger point of…

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Wagga Flood River Falls an Inch Each Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 1

The flood position at Wagga improved last night, the Murrumbidgee falling at the rate of an inch an hour. The road to North Wagga became…

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Taking Sydney by Storm Delysia's Triumph

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 12

Delysia, the famous French actress, is causing phenomenal business at the New Tivoli in "Mother of Pearl." She has taken Sydney by storm, but…

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Pacific Flight. Storms Continue. Aviators Refreshed. Honolulu, Oct. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 11

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. P. G. Taylor are waiting for good weather for the take-off for Oakland (California). The storm area is now midway between the Pacific coast…

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The Wheat Position Prices Expected to Rise and British Exchanges are Optimistic October Storms Affect the Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 14

ON the eve of the Australian harvest the wheat market is in its usual state of stagnation at such a time, nevertheless, with the Orient a potential…

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Rev. Dr. Rumble M.S.C. and His Radio Talks to the Unseen World Catholic Problems Solved (Copyright throughout Australia.) The Deluge. J. O'Reilly, Leadville

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 6

How could Cain marry a sister when he did not have any sisters? Your question is based on insufficient information. Cain did have sisters. Gen…

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To Remedy Flood Loss

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 2

THAT dairymen and mixed farmers in the Wagga district should take immediate steps to prepare land for sowing summer fodder crops in order…

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Wagga Flooded High Water and Damage in West and South-east

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 2

EXTENSIVE floods occurred in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, and in the streams about Canberra at the beginning of the week. The town of…

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