News Service Banned But Horror Comics Flood In
ALLIED LABOR NEWS, a working class news service, been banned from Australia by the Federal…
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2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 104
Caught by the Heavy Rain
EVICTED FROM her home at 23 Carnation Aye., Bankstown, last Monday, Mrs. L. Dowd had a busy time during the heavy rain yesterday wringing water from the upholstery of her lounge which with other furniture is on the…
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NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- A man was killed when he was struck by a car during heavy rain at Charlestown tonight…
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A MAN was killed and seven people were injured in road accidents during a wild gale on the east coast of Australia yesterday. A 70 mph wind tore roofs from houses and a church hall…
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Howling gales, accompanied by torrential rain and in many areas heavy falls of snow, swept practically the entire eastern half of the State yesterday…
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CLARK Mr. Deputy-Speaker…
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UPPER: Yesterday's storm lifted the roof bodily from a newsagency in Joseph Street, Lidcombe. The…
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BREAKDOWN MAN chops away a tree which was blown down over the Bellevue Hill tramline in Edgecliff Road last night. Trams were held up for 40 minutes…
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In conditions that Maori players described as the worst they had ever seen, the New Zealand Maoris won the First Rugby Union Test 12-3 against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. On a waterlogged…
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"COME in your gum boots" could have been the invitation to last night's big Red Cross Head quarter's Auxiliary cocktail party at "Knellerpore," Double Bay, home of Mrs. Nigel Smith…
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St. George Rugby League centre Matt McCoy yesterday kicked seven goals from nine attempts in blinding rain during City 1's 23-2 win over Country I, at Sydney Showground…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—Sydney's crew won the most sensational inter-University boat race ever rowed on the Brisbane River when they defeated Victoria and Queensland with Tasmania swamping today…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →75 mph gale stops planes, ferries, wrecks homes Winter's First Snow Mantle
Winds up to 75 miles an hour in Sydney yesterday stopped ferry services and plane traffic and tore down high tension wires in all suburbs…
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THE roof of the Royal Hotel, Carlton, collapsed on three bedrooms at the rear of the building last night, when the hotel was struck by lightning twice…
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Rain over the past month has caused four dams in the Sydney catchment area to overflow…
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Stone wall of St. Gabriel's School for Girls, Waverley, was badly damaged when a tree fell on it during the storm at the weekend…
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Stone wall of St. Gabriel's School for Girls, Waverley was badly damaged when a tree fell on it during the storm at the weekend…
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Stone wall of St. Gabriel's School for Girls, Waverley, was badly damaged when a tree fell on it during the storm at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage in Storm
Stone wall of St. Gabriel's School for Girls, Waverley, was badly damaged when a tree fell on it during the storm at the weekend…
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TOP: A 60-foot launch which was wrecked off George's Heights Military Reserve, Mosman, in yesterday's heavy winds. CENTRE: The former Dutch Navy submarine, which broke free while being towed from Manly amusement pier. The last of the four men aboard is on the deck. The inset shows him being taken off the vessel. (Story on…
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