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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 84

Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

Collarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations today as they await floodwaters…

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Cyclone Profit Satisfactory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 14

Cyclone Co. of Aust., Ltd., wire fencing manufacturers, earned a satisfactory profit for the six…

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Stormy Petrel of Rode Gale of Land The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LAIE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Morce grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen, through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rode Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rode Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rode Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rode Gale of Land Scandals The Trubulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Roue Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W.P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

Late in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rope Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid for negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Stormy Petrel of Politics Rode Gale of Land Scandals The Turbulent Career of W. P. Crick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 17

LATE in 1904, Reuben Sims, a Moree grazier, sued Harvey Browne, a Sydney land agent, for the recovery of a £600 fee paid tor negotiating a land deal which had fallen through. The litigation excited little…

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Other Cable Items Losses in Flood £125 Million In Holland Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 3

LONDON, March 3.—A total of 1,500 people died in Holland's flood last month, and more than 100,000…

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Thanks For Flood Gifts Sent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 6

The Lord Mayor, Ald. P. D. Hills, yesterday received messages of thanks from Britain and…

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Soviet’s £112,500 for flood victims

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 4

LONDON. — Soviet organisations have sent £ A112,500 to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for relief of the flood and storm victims. BRITISH Prime Minister…

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News and views from Tribune correspondents People want action not talk on floods

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 12

LISMORE.—The people of the Richmond River valley have just experienced a moderate flood. Flood levels were well below record, nevertheless: A life was lost by drowning. 300 people evacuated their…

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Flood Relief Gifts

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. --Flood relief gifts received by the Lord Mayor of London yesterday…

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Flood peak today at Collarenebri

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 5

Floodwaters rose steadily during the night in the swollen Barwon River at…

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Thanks for flood relief

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 3

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Hills) yesterday received a cable of thanks from the Lord Mayor of…

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Cyclone sales maintained

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 39

Cyclone Co. of Australia Ltd. reports that sales for the half-year ended December 31 last were maintained…

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Fund For Flood Victims in Great Britain and Holland

The St George Call · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 1

Rockdale Council, at the Invitation of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Hills, has decided to open a local appeal towards this worthy cause, and…

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Party for the British flood relief

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 21

THE Younger Set of the Victoria League held a cocktail party…

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