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Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 85

Von Nida's Grand 75 in Howling Rain Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday.-- Despite a day-long gale and driving rain, Norman Von Nida, Australian golf star turned in a magnificent 75 in the first round of the Brand Lochryn golf tournament yesterday, to be two strokes behind the…

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Von Nida's Grand 75 in Howling Rain Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday. -- Despite a day-long gale and driving rain, Norman Von Nida, Australian golf star turned in a magnificent 75 in the first round of the Brand Lochryn golf tournament yesterday, to be two strokes behind the…

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Von Nida's Grand 75 in Howling Rain Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday.-- Despite a day-long gale and driving rain, Norman Von Nida, Australian golf star turned in a magnificent 75 in the first round of the Brand Lochryn golf tournament yesterday, to be two strokes behind the…

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Von Nida's Grand 75 in Howling Rain Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday.-- Despite a day-long gale and driving rain, Norman Von Nida, Australian golf star turned in a magnificent 75 in the first round of the Brand Lochryn golf tournament yesterday, to be two strokes behind the…

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Von Nida's Grand 75 in Howling Rain Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday. -- Despite a day-long gale and driving rain, Norman Von Nida, Australian golf star turned in a magnificent 75 in the first round of the Brand Lochryn golf tournament yesterday, to be two strokes behind the…

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Storm Damage in Redfern Council "Flat Out"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

The Town Clerk of Redfern, Mr. F. W; Wright, said yesterday that aldermen and council officers were "flat…

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38 Men Trapped in Storm - Shattered British Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.-- With a crew of 38 trapped aboard, the British merchantman Samtampa (7000 tons) is breaking up off Porthcawl (Wales)…

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Earle Page Supports Red Cross Appeal For Flood Relief

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

IN a special message to "The Farmer and Settler," Sir Earle Page, M.P., commends the Red Cross Appeal for Flood Relief Funds to help Great Britain. "I have much pleasure in…

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Red Cross Younger Set Appeal for Flood Relief in Britain

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

Answering the call from the British Red Cross for assistance to the sufferers in the flood area in Great Britain, the Australian Red Cross appeals…

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Flood of Money for Jew Terrorists Minister Gives Stern Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. -- Between £8,000,000 and £10,000,000 had been subscribed already this year in support of Jewish terrorist activities in Palestine Lord Hall started in the house of Lords yesterday…

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Flood of Money for Jew Terrorists Minister Gives Stern Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. -- Between £8,000,000 £10,000,000 and had been subscribed already this year in support of Jewish terrorist activities in Palestine, Lord Hall Stated in the House of Lords yesterday…

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6 Deaths, Damage in Japan Storms

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 16

TOKIO, Friday. -- Heavy storms thorughout Japan have brought reports of six deaths and widespread damage…

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49 Drowned in Wreck U.K. Gale Hits Shipping Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, April 24.An 80-mile-anhour storm which lashed England yesterday drove ashore a British tanker in the Bristol Channel. Her crew of 41 are…

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Storm Stops Anzac Parade

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--For the first time since the introduction of the Anzac Day commemorative services the Dawn Parade could not be held in Wellington yesterday because of stormy…

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Storm Stops Anzac Parade

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--For the first time since the introduction of the Anzac Day commemorative services the Dawn Parade could not be held in Wellington yesterday because off stormy…

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Gale Victims Found Tanker, Lifeboa Crews Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 3

LONDON, April 25. — The bodies of 26 of the 49 men lost in the Samtampa wreck during Wednesday's gale in the North Atlantic…

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Fen Country Still Flooded Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, April 25 (A.A.P.).— About 80,000 acres of the agricultural fen country are still flooded, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr…

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Burma Cyclone, 5000 Houses Destroyed

The Sun · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 8

RANGOON, Monday.-- A cyclone struck 28 villages in Lower Burma. Five thousand houses were…

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Cyclone Destroys Burmese Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, April 28 (A.A.P.).— Five thousand houses were destroyed by cyclone in and around the harbour town of Ye, Lower Burma,…

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Buyers Flooding To N.T. Disposed Sales

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 8

DARWIN, Wednesday.--Large numbers of southern buyers for the Commonwealth Disposals Commission sales continue to arrive in Darwin to swell the hundreds already here. ALL available accommodation at…

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