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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 72

Flood Warnings In Southern Districts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 7

The Weather Bureau yesterday issued flood warnings to areas in the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut Rivers areas. The bureau expects that…

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Flood Danger From Melting Snow on Alps

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

The menace of floods draws nearer as milder temperatures begin to have their effect on the heavy snowfalls on the Alps,…

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Murray River Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 14

THE menace of floods draws nearer as milder temperatures begin to have their effect on the heavy snowfalls on the Alps, but reports today from Albury and Tumut do not indicate…

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Murray River Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 14

The menace of Hoods draws nearer as milder temperatures begin to have their effect on the heavy snowfalls on the Alps, but reports today from Albury and Tumut do not indicate…

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Floods, Drought, Frosts, Cause Losses To Sugar Producers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 13

IN view of the disastrous loss of production, which has resulted from the effect of, devastating floods, drought and frosts on this year's…

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Thaw May Cause River Floodings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 7

The Weather Bureau last night renewed warnings of floods along the headwaters of the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut Rivers…

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Flood Danger in South

Truth · Sunday 25 August 1946 · page 35

With snow masses on the Southern Highlands beginning to thaw rapidly, areas along the upper reaches of the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut Rivers are in serious flood danger. Weather Bureau officials warned last night. River levels in the region showed a…

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Storm Over Gaoling Of Stowaways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 15

A storm of protest has been aroused among child welfare workers at the detention of two Chinese youths, aged 15 and 16…

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Storm Over Gaoling Of Stowaways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 15

A storm of protest has been aroused among child welfare workers at the detention of two Chinese youths, aged 15 and 16,…

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Storm Over Gaoling Of Stowaways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 15

A storm of protest has been aroused among child welfare workers at the detention of two Chinese youths, aged 15 and 16,…

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Storm Over Gaoling Of Stowaways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 15

A storm of protest has been aroused among child welfare workers at the detention of two Chinese youths, aged 15 and 16,…

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Storm Over Gaoling Of Stowaways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 15

A storm of protest has been aroused among child welfare workers at the detention of two Chinese youths, aged 15 and 16,…

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Flood Peril As Thaw Sets In

The Sun · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 7

Following a marked rise in temperature overnight in the Southern Alps, the snow thaw has begun. No significant rise in any of…

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Restoration in Holland Floods Drained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Aug. 28. (A.A.P.).— An official party which has inspected the great progress Holland has made since the war reports that…

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Flood of Entries for Ballarat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Bailarat Turf Club has received 201 nominations-- the highest for any race meeting ever held there-- for the…

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Flood of Entries for Ballarat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Ballarat Turf club has received 201 nominations-- the highest for any race meeting ever held there-- for the…

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Nazi leaders' rage in shadow of the gallows Goring Defiant, [?]Hess Storms Nuremberg

The Sun · Sunday 1 September 1946 · page 1

GIVEN a last ten minutes to talk themselves out of the gallows, Nazi big shots used it today to hurl defiance and abuse. Rudolf Hess stormed and raged…

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High Tide Run That Took Out Campbelltown Handicap Shannon at the Flood Swamped Field But May Miss Epsom

Truth · Sunday 1 September 1946 · page 3

Although he scored one of his most brilliant and easiest wins in yesterday's Campbelltown Handicap, Shannon is by no means a certain starter in the Epsom Handicap, for which he is now a raging hot favorite…

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Motorists Storm Firms For Tyres

The Sun · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 7

Motorists who for five years have not been able to buy new tyres staged a wild rush at the stores of…

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Storms Lash Britain Farmers Despair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 4 (A.A.P.).— British farmers are in despair because the first days of September have carried on August's bad record…

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