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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 72

A Dust Storm

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 22

It was a hot, sweltering, windy day. The wind was blowing from the north, and the northern horizon was blotted out…

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Fashion Spies Flood London Big Bribe For Queen's Frock Design American and French Quest

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 4

LON DON, Thursday.--French and American fashion houses intelligence officers are in London to obtain advance information on the dresses…

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Fashion Spies Flood London

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday.--French and American fashion houses Intelligence officers are in London to obtain advance…

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Fashion Spies Flood London Big Bribe For Queen's Frock Design American and French Quest

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--French and American fashion houses intelligence officers are in London to obtain advance information on the dresses…

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Poppy Sellers Storm Sydney

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 6

Hundreds of voluntary workers were abroad in the metropolitan area from an early hour this morning selling poppies…

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Poppy Sellers Storm Sydney

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 6

Hundreds of voluntary workers were abroad in the metropolitan area from an early hour this morning selling poppies…

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La Page des Jeunes Conversational French Une Tempete Souffle Sur Le Havre (A Storm Is Raging in Le Havre)

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 14

Odette: Quelle tempête épouvantable! Je suis bien heureuse de ne pas étre en mer aujourd'hui! Ginette: Et moi done! C'est qu'on…

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Heavy Rain Checks Bushfires All Outbreaks Under Control; Houses Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 7

Heavy rain which began to fall at 5 p.m. yesterday checked the big bushfire on the Armidale-Kempsey Road near the Styx River. An hour earlier the fire was burning on a…

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U.N.O. Storm Likely on Bases America's Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--America's plan to gain control of former Japanese islands in the Pacific is expected to precipitate a storm at the…

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A Calm Follows Storm of Sequins

The Sun · Sunday 10 November 1946 · page 16

THE daytime storm of sequins that hit the continent in an iridescent hail of…

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Storm Washes Out Big Cricket; Play Tomorrow

The Sun · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Consistent rain, following a thunderstorm, with hail, fell over the city and Melbourne Cricket Ground today, preventing resumption of play in the England v. an Australian XI match. Some rain fell on the wicket before the covers could be brought out. The captains…

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Xmas Buyers Flooding London's Stores

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--London's shops are packed with Christmas-present buyers, who have heeded warnings that stocks are not large and that the early shopper will get the best…

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Big Cricket Wash-out All Play Today Stopped Ground Drenched by Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE,Tuesday,--At 2.40 this afternoon the . rival captains, Bradman and Hammond, decided there would be no play today in the M.C.C.-Australian XI cricket match…

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Big Cricket Wash-out All Play Today Stopped Ground Drenched by Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At 2.40 this afternoon the riyal captains, Bradman and Hammond, decided f lucre would be no play today in the M.C.C.-Australian XI cricket match…

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Big Cricket Wash-out All Play Today Stopped Ground Drenched' by Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At 2.40 this afternoon the rival captains, Bradman and, Hammond, decided there would be no play today in the M.C.C. Australian XI cricket match…

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Big Cricket Held Up Melbourne Thunderstorm Rain Washes Out Morning Session

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A. heavy thunderstorm which broke at 11.40 prevented any play before lunch on the cricket match between the M.C.C. and an Australian XI…

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Xmas Buyers Flooding London's Stores

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--London's shops are packed with Christmas-present buyers, who have heeded warnings that stocks are not large and that the early shopper will get the best…

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Big Cricket Wash-out All Play Today Stopped Ground Drenched by Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At 2.40 this afternoon the rival captains, Bradman and Hammond, decided there would be no play today in the M.C.C.-Australian XI cricket match…

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59-m.p.h. Gale Hits City, Checks Plane

The Sun · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 3

A sharp gale struck Sydney and outer suburbs this afternoon, reaching 59 miles an hour in the city, blew off several roofs and prevented a flying-boat from landing at Rose Bay…

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Gale Smashes a Window

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 4

A vicious wind that raged in Penrith yesterday wrought destruction at the well-known ladies and children's wear shop of Anna Q. Nilsson, corner of…

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