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Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 39

"Cheap U .S. Flood" on Australian Radio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 9

''Australia 'S radio life is flooded with cheap - skate American stuff, especially in continuities which have been designed to suit the mental age of the U. S. A., which psychological experiments have shown to be six years."…

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"Cheap U. S. Flood" on Australian Radio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 9

"AUSTRALIA'S radio life is flooded with cheap - skate American . stuff, especially in continuities which have been designed to suit the mental age of the U. S. A., which psychological experiments have shown to be six years…

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"Cheap U. S. Flood" on Australian Radio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 9

''AUSTRALIA''S radio life is flooded with cheap - skate American stuff, especially in continuities which have been designed to suit the mental age of the U. S .A., which psychological experiments have shown to be six years."…

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"Cheap U. S. Flood" on Australian Radio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 9

" AUSTRALIA'S radio life is flooded with cheap - skate American stuff, especially in continuities which have been designed to suit the mental age of the U. S. A. psychological experiments have shown to be six years."…

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N.Z. Record Breaker Had Gale To Assist

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 17

Blue Trout, who recently smashed Machine Gun's long established five furlongs Australasian record in New Zealand, was assisted by a gale, writes former Sydney trainer George Gorvin…

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N.Z. Record Breaker Had Gale To Assist

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 17

Blue Trout, who recently smashed Machine Gun's long established five furlongs Australasian record in New Zealand, was assisted by o gale, writes former Sydney trainer George Garvin…

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N. Z. Record Breaker Had Gale To Assist

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 17

Blue Trout, who recently smashed Machine Gun's long established five furlongs Australasian record in New Zealand, was assisted by a gale, writes former Sydney trainer George Gorvin…

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N.Z. Record Breaker Had Gale To Assist

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 17

Blue Trout, who recently smashed Machine Gun's long established five furlongs Australasian record in New Zealand, was assisted by a gale, writes former Sydney trainer George, Gorvin…

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N.Z. Record Breaker Had Gale To Assist

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 17

Blue Trout, who recently smashed Machine Gun's long established five furlongs Australasian record in New Zealand, was assisted by a gale, writes former Sydney trainer George Gorvin…

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New Rising in Persia Holy City As Storm Centre Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 6.—A new revolt has broken out in Persia—at Meshed, Persia's third largest city. The holy city of Meshed is near the…

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Hungry Europe folks only flood at the Golf Club They Counted Crumbs

The Sun · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 7

WHEN you are constantly hungry; when you are continuously beset by a craving to taste something you know you cannot have, you will discover that your one topic of conversation tends to become solely, monotonously, FOOD…

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Thunderstorm hits Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 5

Sydney had 29 points of rain during a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. Skies were clear again within an…

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Storm Damage Holroyd Mayor's Report

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. E. G. Maunder, reported to last meeting of Holroyd Council that after a conference between the Committee (appointed by the…

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Cyclonic Storm Damage Electrical Engineer's Report

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 4

During the cyclonic storm of 18th November, 26 of 31 substations were out of action. 8 of these were back on the line within 40 minutes, the next 6 within 2½…

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Hens Flood Poultry Market: Prices Drop

The Sun · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 1

Deluge of hens to the poultry markets, coupled with the hopeless cooking outlook for Christmas, has alarmed poultry agents, and prices of interior birds have dropped 25 per cent…

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Gale Sinks Ships

The Sun · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--A heavy gale off northern Norway sank two ships and destroyed three others hv driving them ashore.--…

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Storm Damage Holroyd Mayor's Report

The Biz · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 2

The Mayor, Ald. E. G. Maunder, reported to last meeting of Holroyd Council that, after a conference between the Committee (appointed by the…

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Cyclonic Storm Damage Electrical Engineer's Report

The Biz · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 4

During the [?]clonic storm of 18th November, 26 of 31 substations were out of action. 8 of these were back on the line within 40 minutes, the next 6 within 2½…

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Java Blood-and-Iron Policy Raises Storm

Tribune · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 2

LONDON.—British Labor protests against armed intervention in Indonesia are mounting since the British authorities threw off all pretence and announced a blood-and-iron policy to restore Dutch rule…

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Cloudburst causes flood in S.A. ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 16 December 1945 · page 2

WHEN Ceduna was hit late this afternoon by the heaviest rainstorm since 1913, rising water…

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