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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 31

Caucus Storm Over Finance Heated Exchanges By Members Bitter Fight on Banking

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 December 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- There were remarkable scenes in the Federal Labor Caucus meeting last night, when proposals to abolish the Commonwealth Bank Board and…

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Labor Men Make Attack on Curtin Ministry Expected To Survive Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 December 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.-- It is now long odds on that the Curtin Government will survive the storm which has blown tip in the House of Representatives and will reach the haven of recess safely tonight, although perhaps…

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The Flood of Arms To-morrow's Big Parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 December 1942 · page 4

To-morrow, when Australianmade tanks and guns begin at 9.40 a.m. to rumble through the streets of Sydney in a giant…

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Freak Storm Washes Away Town's Gardens MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 13 December 1942 · page 7

TWO and a half inches of rain fell in an hour in a freak storm at Cowwarr, Gippsland, washing away practically every garden in the town. Floods raced down the main…

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North-west Rivers May Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 December 1942 · page 7

There is a prospect of local floodings in parts of the Macintyre Gwydir, Namoi, and Castlereagh river systems as the result of rain over the…

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N.g. Thunderstorms Like Bomb Raids

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 2

This is a camp scene behind the Sanananda front in the bombed wreckage of a native village…

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More Heavy Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 2

DURING the past week monsoonal activity produced heavy rains on the north-west plains and slops and in the north-eastern corner of the western…

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Council Storm Looming

The Sun · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 2

With three caucus groups-- Civic Reform, Labor and the breakaway "Big Six"--a…

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Big Solway Flood Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Dec. 21.—In the bigest flood for 20 years, in the Solway Firth, early in December, flocks of sheep were lost, crops…

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Xmas Shoppers Storm City In Frantic Rush For Gifts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 7

HUGE crowds swarming the city today for last-minute Christmas buying found that most of the goods they wanted were almost unprocurable. Jewellers, particularly, found it hard to cope with the demand, as almost all popular lines were sold out early in the week…

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Xmas Shoppers Storm City in Frantic Rush For Gifts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 7

HUGE crowds swarming the city today for last-minute Christmas buying found that most of the goods they wanted were almost unprocurable. Jewellers, particularly, found it hard to cope with the demand, as almost all popular lines were sold out early in the week…

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Xmas Shoppers Storm City In Frantic Rush For Gifts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 3

HUGE crowds swarming the city today for last-minute Christmas buying found that most of the goods they wanted were almost unprocurable. Jewellers, particularly, found it hard to cope with the demand, as almost all popular lines were sold out early in the week…

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Xmas Shoppers Storm City in Frantic Rush For Gifts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 7

HUGE crowds swarming the city today for last-minute Christmas buying found that most of the goods they wanted were almost unprocurable Jewellers, particularly, found it hard to cope with the demand, as almost all popular lines Were sold out early in the week…

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Big Flood of U. S. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- Donald Nelson, U. S. War Production Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Big Flood of U.s. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Donald Nelson., U.S. War Production Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Big Flood of U.s. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- Donald Nelson, U.S. War tion Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Big Flood of U. S. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Saturday-- Donald Nelson, U. S. War Production Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Big Flood of U. S. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- Donald Nelson, U. S. War Production Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Big Flood of U.s. Arms in 1943

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 December 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday,--Donald Nelson, U.S. War Production Chief, declares that in 1943 the United States will carry out…

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Mobs Storm Bakeries

The Sun · Monday 28 December 1942 · page 3

Bakeries at Gladesville and Paddington were stormed today by surging crowds wanting fresh bread. Rationing of ice was today again resorted to…

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