Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand
Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from riverside settlements when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch. came down in a record flood this morning. Flood control teams were…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 2
For the second time within a year New South Wales is receiving a grim lesson in the urgent need for effective…
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The Sunday Herald · Sunday 28 May 1950 · page 1
Catastrophic floods in the South Island, New Zealand, since Friday night have cut off the main coal towns, killed a motorist, and caused…
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The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1950 · page 44
A MAN was drowned and thousands of pounds worth of damage was done in sudden floods in the South Island. The drowned man, Andrew…
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The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 May 1950 · page 7
WELLINGTON Sat.--Sixteen inches of rain which fell in 24 hours turned South Island…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The Weather Bureau to-day issued a storm warning to ships in South Australian waters and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3
Snow covered parts of the southern tablelands yesterday, and rising rivers threatened to flood towns…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3
MONTREAL, May 28 (A.A.P.). — A stratocruiser carrying nine tons of relief supplies from Britain for the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7
Gooloogong police reported last night that the Lachlan River had burst its banks at Gooloogong and was rising…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 9
Mr. J. V. Dwyer, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, ruled yesterday that a ship's carpenter could continue to have his meals in the officers' quarters. Mr Dwyer heard a…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 12
Police at Cowra and Gooloogong said last night that the Lachlan River, which burst its banks on…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Heavy rain continued throughout the night over most of the State, and flood warnings have…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 15
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The weather Bureau has warned western district farmers to move…
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Catholic Weekly · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1
FIFTY Catholic institutions in three Archdioceses have been hit by the worst flood in the history of Canada. Fire has added to the destruction, and uuithin three days struck a grim blow, such as has seldom been experienced…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 12
ADELAIDE, Wed.--A man was drowned today in a gutter flooded by heavy rain. He was John Snadden, 74, of Glen Osmond. Snadden was walking under an ill-lit railway…
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The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6
PREPARATION of sheep for allowing was a costly proposition. A breeder might start with 200 or 300 possibilities and finish up with a team of only 20 or 30 for the show, said the president of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders'…
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Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 20
I SUPPOSE quite a lot of the boys will remember the Felix Hathaway. Who wouldn't? The Felix was purely a cargo ship, and…
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Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 2
NEW YORK, Saturday.--Two British yachtsmen reached New York yesterday in their 25ft. yacht after a 48-day trip from…
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The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 9
ONE of the meekest members of the House of Representatives is spending the week-end rubbing his eyes in…
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The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 44
FORT WAYNE (Indiana), Sat. -- A howling 35-mile-an-hour gale yesterday made play in the second round of the P.G.A. Open at Orchard Ridge Country Club pretty tough, so I suppose I can't complain that I finished the day in a…
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