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Floods & storms, 1935

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Shorts and Some Are Long Gallant 500 Storm White City

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

IN long dresses and short dresses; in little shorts and long shorts, divided skirts and transparent skirts; in big hats, and little hats…

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Ship on Reef: Wild Gale Vessels Speeding to Help Two Die When They Take To Boats New York

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

CAUGHT in a terrific gale 50 miles off the east coast of Florida, the Ward Line steamer Havana, with 175 persons aboard,…

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Queensland's Cyclone Season

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

The Commonwealth Meteorologist wishes to draw public attention to the special arrangements which have been made to give…

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Air Mail Ran Into Storm Darwin

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 7

The mail 'plano Astraea arrived at 4.45 p-m. to-day with Captain Taylor in charge. Also on board were Pilot Tapp, of Qantas, who had…

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Air Mail 'Plane Passes Through Storms Pilot's Experiences. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 11

Despite severe electrical storms which have been raging around Darwin and across the Timor Sea during the last 48 hours, the Imperial Airways air liner, Astraea, bringing…

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Flood Relief

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 11

Contributions to the Lord Mayor's Fund for Victorian Flood Relief now total £060 7s 6d. Latest subscriptions are:--Mrs. E. S. Ross, £3 3s; Mr. and…

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Gas Floodlights at Govt. House

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 9

a striking effect in illumination has been achieved at Government House by the use of gas with which the building is to be flood-lighted…

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More Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 9

Scattered thunder-storms and variable rain are likely in the eastern half of the State to-day, with some isolated severe…

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Auckland Gets the Deluge

Referee · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 20

AT the time of writing there is strong evidence of "Melbourne Centenary conditions" for the opening of the Dominion…

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Storm Sweeps City

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

HEAVY rain accompanied by flashes of lightning and strong wind swept the city and suburbs last night…

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Electrical Storms. Ship's Wireless Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

Electrical storms and persistent lightning so affected the wireless of the freighter Erica, which reached Sydney yesterday, that for almost a week she could not get into…

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Farewell "At Home." Governor and Lady Game Receive 700 Guests. Storm Spoils Garden Entertainment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

Lightning, playing hide and seek across the dark akies, enhanced rather than detracted from the effect of the floodlighting in the gardens of Government House last night, when the Governor (Sir Philip Game) and Lady Game were "at home" to seven hundred guests as a…

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Disturbed Weather. Thunderstorm in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 12

A cyclonic depression, after advancing rapidly across the State during the day, reached Sydney last night, causing rain and thunder. Following the rain, which…

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Victorian Flood Fund

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

Further subscriptions to the Victorian Floods Relief Fund are:-- Amount previously acknowledged £95316 Mrs. E. J. Ross £33. Mr. and Mrs…

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Australia's Unhealthy Trade Position Flooded With Imports Exports Lower by £11,000,000 Overseas Balance Down By Over £16,000,000 Gold Shipped Canberra, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

ALTHOUGH Australia had a favorable commodity trade balance of £14,305,000 sterling for the first five months of 1933-34,…

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Harvest Nears Its Close Storms Have Delayed Operations Patchy Quality

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

REPORTS of agricultural instructors show that the 1934-35 harvest, one of the most prolonged in the history of wheat-growing in New…

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Cyclone Blew Them Down the Straight Boisterous at Randwick Work Was Practically Confined To Short Spurts Vista Vimful Over Half a Mile

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 10

THOSE who went to Randwick on Thursday morning "just for love" must have given themselves a kick in the pants for leaving a warm bed. Cyclonic conditions prevailed and horses who worked from the half-mile…

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Gale Beat Yachtsmen Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 7

A fierce south westerly gale which broke over the bay this afternoon seriously interrupted yachting fixtures. Caught with full sails set. A…

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Storm Rages in South Telegraph Lines Down

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 2

A severe cyclonic storm is raging in Southern Victoria. Telephone and telegraphic communication over an area of nearly 100…

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Lady Peacock "Storm" "Politics a Man's Job" She Says Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 15

LADY PEACOCK, widow of the late Sir Alexander Peacock, popular Speaker and Member of the Victorian Legislative…

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