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Floods & storms, 1943

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Storm in Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 January 1943 · page 5

A protest against the method of electing the chairman of the Sydney County Council was made at today's meeting by…

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Dog Storm Started by Hoax Brown Refutes Story Of Control Job: Baddeley Awaits Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1943 · page 16

Mr. W. Brown, secretary of Cessnock Greyhound Club, yesterday said a hoax originated the suggestion that he would be appointed chairman of the proposed…

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Bureaucratic Waste Flood of Regulations Huge War-time Departments by a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 6

Since the war began more than 820 statutory rules embracing more than 2,350 regulations have been promulgated under the National Security Act. To administer and police the bewildering multiplicity…

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Tidemark on Anniversary Flood Stranglehold on Big Race

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 3

TIDEMARK, winner of Tattersall's Cup, appears to have a stranglehold on the Anniversary Handicap. Conditions of the latter event did not provide for penalties or rehandicap, and Tidemark is engaged with exactly the…

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Floodlit Convoys As U-boat Defence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Full illumination of Allied convoys at night as a defence against U-boats is suggested by Admiral…

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Storm Damages Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Roman Catholic church was demolished, the Church of England memorial hall badly damaged, and 10 houses were…

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Storm Gathering Over Scandinavia

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 8

NEW YORK, Friday.--Storm clouds are gathering over Scandinavia, according to Albin E. Johnson, I.N.S. representative in Stockholm, who says there is growing apprehension in Europe's northernmost lands, following the lifting of the Leningrad siege…

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BALKANS Before the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1943 · page 15

The suspicion that Germany may be losing the war--or might have already lost it--cankered the subject…

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Nice Boost For Enderby Tidemark at Flood

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1943 · page 3

TIDEMARK, who won Tatt's Cup, escapes a penalty for the Anniversary Handicap to be run next Saturday. And we didn't see anything in yesterday's January Handicap to suggest that Tidemark admirers have reason for apprehension…

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"It Was an Education in Hardihood" Sanananda Battles In A Flood

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 4

IT'S good to be wearing dry clothes again; but there are a lot of chaps in the front line who are still wet and will be so tomorrow and the next day. They are the fighters of…

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U.S. View Of New Flood Of German Propaganda Hitler to Yield Army Command

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Leading news commentator, Raymond Gram Swing, says it appears that the German leaders are preparing to relieve Hitler of his command of the army before setting the stage…

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Storm In Railway Teacup

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

Preference in buffet service to Members of Parliament on the afternoon train from Canberra…

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8000-lb. Bombs Shake Hamburg 94th Raid On Nasi Stronghold Electric Storm 'Challenges R.A.F.

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hamburg was -shaken by bombs weighing 8000 pounds apiece on Saturday night, when R.A.F. heavy bombers made a 30 minutes' concentrated attack on the city…

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8000 -lb. Bombs Shake Hamburg 94th Raid On Nazi Stronghold Electric Storm Challenges R.A.F.

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.-- Hamburg was shaken by bombs weighing 8000 pounds apiece on Saturday night, when R.A.F. heavy bombers made a 30 minutes' concentrated attack on the city…

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8000-lb. Bombs Shake Hamburg 94th Raid On Nasi Stronghold Electric Storm Challenges R.A.F.

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hamburg was shaken by bombs weighing 8000 pounds apiece on Saturday night, when R.A.F."heavy bombers made a 30 minutes' concentrated attack on the city…

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8000-lb. Bombs Shake Hambur[?] 94th Raid On Nazi Stronghold Electric Storm Challenges R.A.F.

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.-- Hamburg was shaken by bombs weighing 8000 pounds apiece on Saturday night, when R.A.F. heavy bombers made a 30 minutes' concentrated attack on the city…

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8000 - lb. Bombs Shake Hambur[?] 94th Raid On Nazi Stronghold Electric Storm Challenges R.A.F.

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.-- Hamburg was shaken by bombs weighing 8000 pounds apiece on Saturday night, when R.A.F. heavy bombers made a 30 minutes' concentrated attack on the city…

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"Lolly Water" Flood For Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- A soft drink factory with a capacity for making 900 bottles a day is now in the course of erection in New Guinea, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said last night. IT was the Army's policy, he added…

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"Lolly Water" Flood For Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- A soft drink factory with a capacity for making 900 bottles a day is now in the course of erection in New Guinea, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said last night. IT was the Army's policy, he added,…

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"Lolly Water" Flood For Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- A soft drink factory with a capacity for making 900 bottles a day is now in the course of erection in New Guinea, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said last night. IT was the Army's policy, he added,…

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