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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 85

Repairing Storm Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

Messrs. E. and H. Herman at work yesterday repairing the damage done by Monday night's storm to the garage of Mr. C. Smith, in Bunnerong Road, Kingsford…

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Storm Costs Surfers £200

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 24

MAROUBRA SURF CLUB has three days left to raise £200 to send a team of 30 to the Australian National surf titles at Southport next April…

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Storm Costs Surfers £200

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 23

MAROUBRA SURF CLUB has three days left to raise £200 to send a team of 30 to the Australian National surf titles at Southport next April…

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Storm Costs Surfers £200

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 23

MAROUBRA SURF CLUB has three days left to raise £200 to send a team of 30 to the Australian National surf titles at Southport next April…

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Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WlLL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type --will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as "The untamed tennis outlaw…

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Storm Costs Surfers £200

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 23

MAROUBRA SURF CLUB has three days left to raise £200 to send a team of 30 to the Australian National surf titles at Southport next April…

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Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WILL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type --will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as "The untamed tennis outlaw…

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Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WlLL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type --will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as "The untamed tennis outlaw…

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Storm Costs Surfers £200

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 24

MAROUBRA SURF CLUB has three days left to raise £200 to send a team of 30 to the Australian National surf titles at Southport next April…

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WILL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type-- will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as. "The untamed tennis outlaw…

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Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WILL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type --will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as "The untamed tennis outlaw…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WILL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type -- willl we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as "The untamed tennis outlaw…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Tennis Cyclone Flash-back on Sport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 22

WILL the current Country Week tennis carnival at White City courts reveal another hard hitter of the Emily Westacott type --will we ever see her like again? Em used the long handle to such effect that scribes referred to her as, "The untamed tennis outlaw…

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More Tiles For Storm Repairs

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 7

Councils in Sydney's storm-damaged areas reported today that tile supplies are now being delivered to them at a satisfactory rate by the manufacturers…

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Hail Storms Don't Puzzle The Weather Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

IT would be very easy to be a little smug if you were a meteorologist at the Weather Bureau. While the great majority of Sydney…

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Big Diplomatic Storm Squatters In U.S. Embassy POLISH GOVT.'s Act Deplored

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--A diplomatic storm is brewing between America and Poland. THIS follows the decision of the Warsaw Government to allow…

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Big Diplomatic Storm Squatters In U.S. Embassy POLISH GOVT.'s Act Deplored

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--A diplomatic storm is brewing between America and Poland. THIS follows the decision of the Warsaw Government to allow…

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A Storm

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 23

It was a fine, sunny day, and the birds were singing sweetly, while the animals went to and from their homes collecting…

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"Sun" Readers Say- War Insurance & Storm Damage

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

As one of the victims of the recent devastating storms, I suggest that the Government' has an opportunity for a gesture…

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Remarkable Hail-storm. Hundreds of Roofs Damaged

The Propeller · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 8

The severe hail-storm on New Year's Day caused extensive damage in the St. George district and Sutherland Shire. The hail-stones were as…

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