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Floods & storms, 1934

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Delayed by Floods Judging the Dairy Farm Competitions in Inland Centres Inspecting Farms for the Championship

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the serious floods in the Murrumbidgee Valley have districted arrangements for the preliminary judging of the Inland dairy farm…

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Flood Area Roads Impassable N.R.M.A. WARNING

The Sun · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 8

Although the main coastal and inland highways to Melbourne are fully trafficable, roads further down the Murrumbldgee, below Wagga, are…

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Danger Passes Falling Rivers Reduce Flood Risk

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 9

No rain having fallen since Sunday morning flood dangers are believed to he over in those country towns which passed through a very anxious…

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Wheat Prospects Vary In Different Districts Rainfall in October Outlook Improved in Some Areas Storm Damage

The Land · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 6

REPORTS of agricultural in structors for the month of October show that there have been changes in the crop out…

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Wild Floods Damage in South and West Wagga Suffers

The Land · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 19

AFTER some anxious days at the end of last week, when the Murrumbidgee broke over its banks, sweeping the countryside and…

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Floods at Bathurst

The Land · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 8

Flood waters spreading over the flats on the outskirts of the town…

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MURRUMBIDGEE Breaks Its Banks. Flood at Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 11

With the crest of the flood rising to 26 feet, the Murrumbidgee River broke its banks and covered hundreds of acres of pastures and fields in the Narrandera district yesterday…

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Far West Scheme. Floods Interfere with Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 15

The Rev. S. G. Drummond, of the Far West Children's Health Scheme, who has Just returned from a visit to Bourke, said yesterday that the flood rains last week had greatly…

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Country News. Flood Damage. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 12

The engineer of the Hume shire, after surveying the damage done to roads by the heavy rain, estimates that at least £15,000 will be required to put the roads in order…

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Stop Press Narrandera Floods. Wagga

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 1

The flood was hardly as serious as anticipated at Narrandera. The river reached 28ft. to-night, which appeared to be…

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Battling for the Saar a Deluge of Propaganda Rich Centre

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 8

Of all the storm-centres of Europe, the Saar Basin is regarded as the most dangerous. ON January 13 next a…

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Another Storm Brewing at Sydney University "Dooking" the Duke Two Ways

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 4

FRESH fuel has been piled upon the smouldering embers of dissatisfaction at Sydney University with the publication of rival magazines to commemorate the arrival of the Duke of Gloucester in Sydney…

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NARRANDERA. Floods Stationary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 15

The flood in the Murrumbidgee River remained almost stationary yesterday, and last night the river was at the 20ft 2in level at Narrandera…

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Floods Fall Narrandera Outlook

The Sun · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 8

The Narrandera flood-crest eased four inches during the night, and residents are hopeful that the water will fall considerably in the next few…

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Ruining Crops Flooded River Devastates Wide Area

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 10

The river at Narrandera was reported last night to be still overflowing its banks, thousands of acres being under water, ruining wheat…

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Flood Danger Is Almost Over Wagga Stands Where She Always Did!

Truth · Sunday 4 November 1934 · page 16

THE flood reached its "peak" of 26 feet 2 inches at Narrandera yesterday afternoon, and has now receded four inches. A…

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Heavy Rain Is Likely To-day Thunder-storms, Too

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 1

FOLLOWING on the heavy rain which drenched the city and suburbs during the week-end, isolated and severe thunder-storms are…

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Church Storm "Ichabod" Incident

The Sun · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 10

STORMY scenes are anticipated at a meeting of Ashfield Baptist Church on November 14, when the dispute…

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Ivan And George, Domain Orphans Of The Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 7

MOST Domain orators stayed out of the wet yesterday. Even that well-known Sunday afternoon elocutionist, the…

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Study of Storms During the Air Race. Valuable Discoveries. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 8

Remarkable features of the last stage of the centenary air race have been disclosed in the results of a research on thunderstorms, which was conducted under the direction of…

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