Floods Add to Horrors Millions Now Homeless Turkey’s Buck Week-end Istanbul, December 31
New terrors are sweeping western Turkey as floodwaters from rivers in the Smyrna, Brusa and Adrianople districts devastate the…
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To the Editor a Storm in a Teacup
Sir,— I know this letter will cause a storm in a teacup, but in replying to “A Digger’s” letter, 1 suggest that returned soldiers have first preference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dead Estimated at 45,000 Turkish Earthquake Horror Floods Sweep Country Many Steamers Feared Lost ANKARA, January 2
It is officially estimated that 45,000 are dead as a result of the Anatolian earthquakes. While the rescue work is proceeding, villagers are taking refuge in the mountains from the Anatolian floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New ‘Quake in Turkey, and Floods; Hundreds Dead Ankara, January 3
A new earthquake has added to Turkey’s terrible misfortune of the last few days A hundred villages in the Yazgat area have been reduced to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aero Club News President Lands m 50 m.p.h. Sydney Gale
The two planes of the Royal Victorian Aero Club which visited Albury during the last two days were kept busy during their short stay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thumderstorn That Caused a Storm. When Bookies Burned Their Fingers Over Wallace Isinglass Sensational Scratching of Desert Gold
"Way back in 1918, when that most beautiful of all mares, Desert Gold, trow New Zealand, was giving us such a glorious galloping treat on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Face Storm Car-making Proposal Menzies Government Canberra
The proposal to establish the [?] car making industry in Australia may cause the Menzies Government acute political…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Gathers Over Minister’s Dismissed “Gravest Uneasiness Caused” Popular Feeling Behind Mr. Horebelisha Demand That Full Story be Told Claim That Minister Sacrificed to Military Caste “Went Behind His Back to Mr. Chamberlain” LONDON, January 7
Popular feeling against the dismissal of the Minister for War (Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha) (reported on page 2) is rising like a wind throughout the country. The most loyal pro-Government newspapers do not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Turkey’s Hour of Trial Floods and Earthquakes Soldiers Fighting Through Blizzards LONDON, January 7
The Istanbul correspondent of “The Times” reports that thousands of soldiers are fighting their way through snow-drifts, across…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Precaution Plan If Burrinjuck Dam Ever Burst
It is learnt that the N.S.W. Railway Department has completed an elaborate plan of flood precautions, covering evacuation and other problems, to afford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Calm Before Storm” Germany Preparing Big Clash Anticipated Western Front Activity London, January 11
The diplomatic correspondent of “Baster Nachurchten” (Zurich), referring to the calm before the storm, says that the [?]one in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worst Floods in History Being Experienced in Northern Territory Darwin
The Northern Territory is experiencing what are believed to be the worst floods in its history. Five thousand square miles of country from the railway line east to the Gulf of Carpentaria have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was Hore-belisha Dismissed Because He Was a Jew? Remarkable Letter Circulated Italian Paper’s “Revelations” Belief That Storm Which Engulfed Ex- Minister Started in France LONDON. January 12
According to the German radio, an Italian newspaper makes sensational revelations from information [?] from “reliable source” dealing with the dismissal of the British Minister for [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in North Vast Inland Sea Air Pilot’s Description Darwin
The vast extent of the floods in the Northern Territory caused by torrential downpours in the past week was revealed to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Doctor and Pilot Found on Island in Flooded Waters Brisbane
After being lost for three days in the flooded Gulf country. Dr. Alberry (a “flying doctor”) and pilot Berry were located by a D.H.86 Qantas plane, piloted by Captain Donaldson. late this afternoon, about eight miles from Almora Station, and 35 miles from Gregory Downs,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death and Ruination in Wake of Terrific Gale in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
One of the worst gales on record struck Auckland Province yesterday, resulting in the deaths of five people, the ruination of crops and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.t. Floods Receding Fears for Residents
A report front Darwin over the week-end expresses fears that some residents of the Roper River district may have been trapped in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suffered No Ill-effects Doctor and Air Pilot Stranded in Flooded Country for Five Days Brisbane
Neither the “Flying Doctor” (Dr. Alberry) nor Pilot Berry suffered any serious results from being stranded for five days in the flooded Gulf…
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Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Minister for Agriculture, who is also Chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Electrical Storm Sydney
A terrific electrical storm was ex-erienced in the Grafton district, last night. In less than half an hour two inches of rain fell, while at…
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