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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 104

Vegetable Growers Facing Big Changes Over-Production Could Mean Poor Conditions, President Warns Floods Ease Effects of Strike

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

IT was obvious that if huge quantities of vegetables had not been destroyed by recent rain and floods, prices during most of the winter would have been below present costs of production and marketing, said the president (Mr. S.R.B.Hunt) at the annual meeting of the N.S.W. Vegetables Growers' Association in Sydney on Tuesday…

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Trust Mooted For Hunter Flood Control

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

CONSTITUTION of a Local Trust, with statutory powers of control over land use within the Hunter Valley, was one of…

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Production In Flooded Areas "Unpredictable"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 5

OWING to loss of pastures and crops, and general disruption of farming caused by severe local [?]oodings in such district[?] as the…

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Corn Suffered In South Coast Flooding

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 4

ALTHOUGH flood damage on the Far South Coast cannot be accurately assessed, the Bega agronomist (Mr. Flynn) expects…

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Effects Of Floods Still Felt In Milk Board Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 15

MILK supplies were good, but the future was uncertain owing to efforts of the coal strike, said a spokesman for the N.S.W…

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June Floods Cause Serious Corn Losses Stored Grain Destroyed Machines To Counter Labor Shortage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 16

JUNE floods in corn-growing districts of New South Wales caused losses, some serious, to standing crops and stored fodder and grain. Special agronomist (Mr. W. D…

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Storm Toll Over S. England

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 July 1949 · page 1

LONDON, July 16 (A.A.P.). —Lightning struck a train when violent thunderstorms, with torrential rain, swept southern…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Violent Storm Sweet's Southern England

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 July 1949 · page 44

LONDON, Sat.--Violent thunderstorms with torrential rain sweet Southern England and London today…

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100 mph storm destroys houses

The Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 6

TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Gusts of wind reached a velocity of 100 miles an hour in a freak storm with heavy…

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60,000 Lose Lives in Floods 350,000 Chinese Now Faced With Starvation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 9

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned an Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation. Government officials estimate…

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60,000 Drown As Floods Sweep Yangtse Valley

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 6

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned in Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation, Government officials estimate. ANOTHER 350,000 persons…

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60,000 Lose Lives in Floods 350,000 Chinese Now Faced With Starvation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 9

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned in Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation, Government officials estimate…

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60,000 Lose Lives in Floods 350,000 Chinese Now Faced With Starvation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 9

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned in Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation, Government officials estimate…

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60,000 Drown As Floods Sweep Yangtse Valley

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 6

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned en Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation, Government officials estimate. A NOTHER 350,000 persons…

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60,000 Lose Lives in Floods 350,000 Chinese Now Faced With Starvation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 9

CANTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 60,000 persons were drowned in Hunan Province, north-east China, as a result of the worst floods in 50 years. Another 5,000,000 face starvation, Government officials estimate…

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Any Color in Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 7

CANTON, Wednesday. —The Nationalist Foreign Ministry claimed yesterday that ships and junks in the…

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Any Color in Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 7

CANTON, Wednesday. — The Nationalist Foreign Ministry claimed yesterday that ships and junks in the…

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Any Color in Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 7

CANTON, Wednesday. -- The Nationalist Foreign Ministry claimed yesterday that ships and junks in the…

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New Move On Flooded Homes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 1

Parramatta City Council has asked Mr. W. H. Lamb, M.L.A. for Granville, to break the deadlock…

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Churches Aid Flood Victims

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 7

Congregational Churches of the district have sent more than £35 to Maitland for flood relief…

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