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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 75

Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

Although no, heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Wallacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Waliacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Wallacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Waliacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Waliacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Waliacia…

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Nepean Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

Although no heavy rain has fallen over the headwaters of the Nepean during the past 24 hours the river is still two feet over the bridge at Wallacia…

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Teacup storm

The Sun · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 5

Sakai Sugyama, a 19-year-old Tokio housemaid, committed suicide yesterday…

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Storm Coming, Says Dean

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--A storm is approaching in Britain over falling standards of living due to rearmament, Dean Hewlett Johnson said in Moscow yesterday. Dean Johnson, the…

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Guildford Man in Gale At Merry of Mountainous Seas And Fierce Winds

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

When the 40ft yacht Clutha set sail for Port Stephens at 8 a m. on Wednesday, May 9. the crew had not the slightest idea what…

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Maltese Cyclist Killed Crash in Heavy Rain

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

IN heavy rain a motor cycle ridden by Anthony Bartclo (21), a Maltese, collided with, the rear of a…

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Flood of Lurid 'Comics' Danger to Youth

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 2

A NEW and dangerous trend in the publication of comic books is developing rapidly in Australia. Having exploited crime, horror, and inter-planetary adventure to saturation point, publishers are now turning to sex as the subject best…

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Storm Threat to Yacht Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 8

The weather may again interfere with the running of the Jubilee yacht race, from Sydney…

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N.z. Floods Burst Dam

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND, N.Z., Fri. -- Flood waters of the Waikato River burst the upper coffer…

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N.z. Floods Burst Dam

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND. N.Z., Fri. -- Flood waters of the Waikato River burst the upper coffer…

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N.z. Floods Burst Dam

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND, N.Z., Fri. -- Flood waters of the Waikato River burst the upper coffer…

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Road Flooding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 2

Sir,—The new concrete bridge over Cattai Creek on the main road from Windsor to Wiseman's Ferry was recently…

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Bureaucratic Waste Flood of Regulations Huge War-time Departments by a Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 July 1951 · page 2

Since the war began more than. 820 statutory rules embracing more than 2.350 regulationS have been promulgated' under the National Security Act. To administer and police the bewildering multiplicity…

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Creek Floods S. A. Township

The Sun · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Floodwaters from swollen Hult Creek, 200 yards wide, swept…

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Yacht Damaged in Storm: £ 463 Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 5

In a reserved judgment in the District Court yesterday Judge Stacy awarded £ 463 to Arthur Tony Muston, of…

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