Government Grant Copmanhurst Roads Damage Caused by Floods Success of Application
Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2
Assistance in the form of a grant will be made by the Government to the Copmanhurst Shire Council for repairing roads in the shire which were damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm of Interjections Follows Conscription Plea Scene in House of Reps. Canberra
Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4
Straight-out advocacy of conscription for oversea service by two Government members, Messrs. Duncan-Hughes (U.A.P., S.A.), and Cameron (U.A.p.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inquiry Held James Creek Drainage "Floodgate Not Effective."
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 6
An inquiry was conducted, at the Maclean Courthouse on Tuesday, in connection with the James' Greek Drainage Trust near Maclean, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Supplies U.S.A. Flood to Middle East Washington
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 5
The Associated Press learns that lend and lease cargoes in enormous amount are moving into the Red Sea for General Wavell's army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tuckombil Flood Scheme
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 4
The Minister for Local Government (Mr. McGirr) is to visit the Woodbu[?]shire for the purpose of examining the Tuckombil flood escape scheme,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Japan Serious Damage Done Fifty Thousand Homes Flooded. Tokio
Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 5
The Home Office reported to-day that 100 persons were killed. 50,000 homes flooded extensive damage done to the rice fields, and all transport disrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Hold-up Cable, Beam, Wireless Severe Magnetic Storm Aurora Australis Blamed Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 4
Cable, beam and wireless transmission services to Australia and many other countries were seriously delayed by a meteorological…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid-winter Thunderstorm
Daily Examiner · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4
Grafton had the unusual experience of a mid-winter thunderstorm yesterday morning. Rain commenced to fall early in the morning, and about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Japan Homes Inundated. Tokio
Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 5
At least 19 are dead and many missing and over 20,000 homes inundated in Tokio and vicinity, as a result of 72 hours of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain in Melbourne. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 1
So heavy was the rain in the metropolitan area during the night that all racecourse tracks were unsuitable for galloping None was recorded on any of the courses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Centre of the Far East
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 5
Department of Information map showing Indo-China and its strategic relationship to British and American bases and possessions. The occupation of Indo-Cliina by Japanese troops is proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Giant Bombs on Nazi War Plants R.A.F. Out In Gale Widespread Damage Inflicted London
Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 5
An Air Ministry communique says that in a gale of wind last night large forces of planes attacked objectives at Mannheim, Frankfurt and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tuckombil Flood Escape Scheme
Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4
Damage by major floods will not be relieved by the additional work being carried out on the Tuckombil escape scheme by the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murwillumbah Flood Problem
Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 4
On Thursday, Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., expressed the opinion that the removal of the promontory jutting into the Tweed River near the Murwillumbah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mullet Length Maclean Opposes Change Decrease Due to Flood
Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 4
Maclean licensed fishermen decided at a special meeting on Friday to inform the Fisheries Department that Maclean fishermen were opposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty Killed Severe Storm In Chili Traffic Held Up. Santiago (Chile)
Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 5
A severe storm which raged in Cen[?]ral Chile for seven days killed 40 persons and seriously disrupted traffic. Thousands of railway passengers are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Coff's Harbor
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4
Heavy rain and hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was experienced at Coff's Harbor at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The electric light…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storm Hail in Some Places
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2
During the thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, shortly before five o'clock, heavy rain fell at Karangi and Upper Orara. Our Upper Orara correspond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wild Storm Heavy Fall Of Hail 49 Points of Rain in 20 MINUTES
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4
Last night Grafton was swept by a storm which reached tropical intensity as torrents of rain poured down, accompanied by vicious flashes of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Storm Strong Wind And Hail Unusual August Weather
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 4
After a dry winter, Grafton yesterday experienced its second thunderstorm within 18 hours a most unusual occurrence for August…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →