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Floods & storms, 1939

1,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 53

C.P. Rocks in Storm Leadership Scramble CANBERRA

Daily News · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 5

FURTHER internal shocks are being suffered within the main Country Party faction, led by Sir Earle Page, in…

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Daily News · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 5

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Terrific Buffeting in Gale

Daily News · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

AFTER a buffeting in a howling gale in which they drifted for two days with their engine disabled, two men in a 25ft. launch were rescued off Cronulla yesterday…

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Daily News · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 5

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Gale Batters Disabled Launch Swamping Peril in Four-day Fight with Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

Two Yugoslavian steelworkers who set out from Sydney in a launch last Wednesday for Wollongong were blown back almost all the way…

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Storm Breaks Over Jury Trial Ban Legal Men Bitter Critics Of Government's Proposal Bruxner's Third Party Bill

Daily News · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

PUBLIC agitation may cause the Government to abandon the proposal to substitute a separate tribunal for trial by jury in motor accident cases…

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Daily News · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 5

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Rice Harvesting Delay. Smaller Deliveries. Effect of Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 11

Rice harvesting operations in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area were considerably delayed by the heavy rains last month, following on a late season,…

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More Army Drama. "Storm Over Bengal."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 32

CONTINUING the vogue for military films is "Storm Over Bengal," which will be the feature attraction at the Lyceum Theatre with "Block-Heads."…

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Daily News · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 6

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Crowd Storms Stadium 2000 Fail To Get In; 500 More Clamor To Get Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

About 2000 people were turned away from the Sydney Stadium last night. Five hundred who gained admission could not see the fight, in which Richards beat Stewart on points…

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Wheat May Yet Cause Political Storm If Court Decides Against Flour Tax Govt. Would Face Problem

The Land · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

IN political circles there is grave apprehension regarding the possible consequences of an adverse judgment of the High Court of Australia on the validity of the flour excise legislation, on which is…

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Italy to Flood Local Hat Market

Daily News · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

JOBS of thousands employed in the felt hat industry in Australia are jeopardised by the activities of an Italian…

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"Storm Over Bengal."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 9

The Republic film, "Storm Over Bengal," with Patric Knowles, Rochelle Hudson, and Richard Cromwell in leading roles, will be the next attraction at the Lyceum Theatre…

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Cap'n Yonsson Any Port in a Storm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 5

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Daily News · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 6

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Daily News · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

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R.A.A.F. Plane in Heavy Rain. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 12

Residents of Dromana heard the engines of a Royal Australian Air Force Avro Anson bomber cut out after the machine had been flying low over Dromana in heavy rain this…

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Diphtheria Talk Storm

Daily News · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 1

THE Deputy-Mayor of Erskineville, Ald. J. P. McCarthy, threatened last night to resign unless the council supports immunisation of children against diphtheria…

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Storm in Caucus Brewing Coalfields Members Undecided

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 2

Coalfields members who rebelled against Mr. Lang have not yet decided whether they will obey the instruction of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation and make a complete break…

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