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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 64

Aftermath of Heat Wave & Cyclone Gardeners Must Replant Beds Still Time For Dahlias And Chrysanthemums

The Sun · Saturday 17 December 1938 · page 6

If proof were needed that garden-minded people have stout hearts and willing hands, last week's heat wave and wind storm provided plenty. Everywhere one went a scene of desolation met the eye. We can "take…

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Thunderstorms

Daily News · Saturday 17 December 1938 · page 1

Hot and hazy conditions over the week-end may result in a thunderstorm or two…

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Faces Another Storm

The Sun · Sunday 18 December 1938 · page 13

Always ready to face a storm -- Britain's Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, clinging to the rail of the cross-channel steamer, Canterbury, on his way to Paris with Viscount Halifax to discuss foreign politics. (By Air Mail)…

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Lighthouses Cut Off By Gales LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 18 December 1938 · page 2

Only one of four emergency calls in 24 hours, asking for sick or injured lighthouse-keepers, could be answered because of gales lashing the western…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 18 December 1938 · page 2

IT was a sultry night. Inside, insects buzzed around the lights; outside, the rain poured down with tropical intensity. Rob Pearce and…

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Goods Set Floating In Shop Flood AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 18 December 1938 · page 7

A terrific rainstorm flooded shops in Christchurch and did heavy damage to Christmas goods to-day…

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Our Daily Feature Strips Stories Jim Gale (New All-Australian Story Strip)

Daily News · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 6

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Credits for China. View in Tokyo. Influence of Britain. Yellow River Flood. TOKYO, Dec. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 11

The influential Tokyo newspaper, "Asahi Shimbun," commenting on the reports of American and British credits for China, says that Britain…

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Boy's Death In Gale; Two Others Same Day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 8

Three boys were killed ore Sydney's hurricane - swept Saturday, December 10. Their deaths were, inquired into…

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Hot-cold World Europe Flayed By Gales, Frosts Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Heat-wave news from Australia made strange reading in Britain over the week-end, as fierce gales lashed Channel coastal towns…

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Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale (New All-Australian Story Strip)

Daily News · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 6

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New Offensive Postponed. Floods in Spain. LISBON, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 13

It is revealed that the new large-scale offensive by General France on the Catalonian front, which was scheduled to start to-day, has been postponed…

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Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale (New All-Australian Story Strip)

Daily News · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 6

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Floodlighting at Cabramatta "Step Forward" Big Crowd Celebrates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 2

"This district has popular advantages possessed by few on the Southern line, and i feel that the switching on of his flood-lighting is a very definite step…

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Llandilo. Gale and Fire

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 5

The wind and subsequent fires of Saturday, 10th inst., did considerable damage here. The wind was responsible for the carrying of iron from the roofs…

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State Aid For Cyclone Sufferers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 4

Special State aid will be found for fruit and vegetable growers and poultry, farmers who suffered in the cylone on December 10…

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Storm Damage in N.Z. Christchurch (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 12

A severe thunder and hall storm swept portion of South Canterbury this afternoon and caused extensive damage to crops at Temuke and Geraldine. Hail is lying to a depth of…

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Govt. Restricts Storm Aid Only More Distressed Will Benefit

Daily News · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 5

Only the more distressed cases of the fruit and vegetable growers and poultry farmers who suffered losses as a result of the hurricane on December 10 are to…

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Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale (New All-Australian Story Strip)

Daily News · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 6

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Flooding a Green Is Not "Watering" It

Referee · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 22

THERE is an art in green preservation and watering not generally, understood. It should be understood by those most concerned…

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