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Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 33

Storm Over War Awards

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 5

Evidence collected by the R.S.L. indicates a rising storm among servicemen concerning the issue of the 1939-43 stars…

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War Award Storm Increasing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 5

Evidence collected by the R.S.L. indicates a rising storm among servicemen concerning the issue of the 1939-43 stars…

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War Award Storm Increasing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 3

Evidence collected by the R.S.L. indicates a rising storm among servicemen concerning the issue of the 1939-43 stars…

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War Award Storm Increasing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 3

Evidence collected by the R.S.L. indicates a rising storm among servicemen concerning the issue of the 1939-43 stars…

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Granville Mr. William Flood

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 4

Mr. William Flood, of Railway Street. Granville, died on July 13. He leaves a wife and daughter (Mrs. Medbury). The interment took place at the…

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Storm on Snoopers Defence By Treasurer Debate in House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) was subjected to a concerted attack by Opposition members in the House of Representatives today over the attitude of the…

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Storm on Snoopers Defence By Treasurer Debate in House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Treasurer (My. Chifley) was subjected to a concerted attack by Opposition members in the House of Representatives today over the attitude of the…

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Storm on Snoopers Defence By Treasurer Debate in House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Treasures (Mr. Chifley) was subjected to a concerted attack by Opposition members in the House of Representatives today over the attitude of the…

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More Heavy Coastal Rain Is Forecast

The Land · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 19

CROHAMHURST OBSERVATORY, QHd.—Owing to the intense cloud, no observation of the sun is possible but the last glimpse showed no spots so…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.-- Thirty- six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Thirty- six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Thirty- six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Thirty-six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Thirty-six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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Deluge Stops France Battle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Thirty- six hours of incessant rain in Normandy has reduced the battle area to a quagmire. Practically all land and air operations have been brought to a standstill…

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North Sea Gales "A Tough Foe!"

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 1

The officers and men of H.M.S. Puffin, a "Kingfisher" class corvette, which has steamed nearly 120,000 miles escorting convoys…

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Flooded Streets in Normandy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

Top: Military traffic moving along a flooded street in Brettevilie I'Orgueilleuse, where recent rains have slowed activity on the Normandy front. Bottom: A Bren-gunner (left foreground) covering British troops as they move along a…

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Russians Prepare to Storm Warsaw Rokossovsky's Dual Blow Advance of 75 Miles in Two Days

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 1

LONDON, July 25 (A.A.P.).—The Russians are relentlessly smashing all German attempts to bar the road to Warsaw and if they continue to advance at their present rate (75 miles in two days) should…

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Marching to the Line Through Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 1

British troops marching to the battle area in Normandy are shown knee-deep in water, the result of the torrential rain which interfered with land operations around Caen last week. A military policeman is controlling traffic. (A.A.P.-British…

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£100 Notes Flood in Betting Orgy

The Sun · Sunday 30 July 1944 · page 9

THROWING £100 notes around like useless Japanese invasion money, cask punters at Moorefield yesterday staged the most remarkable betting display seen on a Sydney racecourse…

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