Miller’s Decision to Go Abroad Arouses Storm
MELBOURNE, Wed-The an-nouncement today by Eddie Miller, Australian featherweight boxing champion that be intends to sall…
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Floods Drive People From Homes Burnie
Serious floods in southern Tasmania have forced many people to leave their homes and have caused great damage in apple orchards. heavy rains of the past few days all rivers in the…
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ADELAIDE, Sun. — Three fishing boats, the Ebor, Jennifer and La Paloma, were wrecked in an 80 miles an hour gale which…
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A tragedy of untold dimensions as a result of floods which are devastating vast sections of the north-west Pacific States and British Columbia occurred yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sun-Less than 60 miles from Sydney and at a low altitude, a Pan-American clipper this afternoon was covered by…
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A very enjoyable function was held in, the Catholic Hall on Thursday evening when, the friends of Miss Kathleen Flood entertained her prior…
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Record Hoods are feared on parts of the far north coast of NSW following torrential ram last night and today. Late this afternoon it was reported that two divisions of the Brisbane express were held up by washaways…
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LISMORE, Tues.: All rail, road and air communication was cat tonight as flood waters continued to rise,…
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The Minister.for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) indicated to-day that the Federal Government would resist any attempted large-scale migration of Indonesians and Japanese to Australia or Australian…
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Thousands of people are homeless in one of the worst floods in the history of the far North Coast. Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland stretching from Grafton to the Queensland border are under water and damage is expected to mount…
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While North Coast flood waters are receding, leaving behind a devastating trail of damage, a state of emergency has keen declared at Maclean on the lower Clarence, and the central North Coast is threatened by another other cyclone which is approaching the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Devastation Revealed Flood Damage May Reach £5 MILLION Position Now Greatly Improved SYDNEY
A wake of terrific devastation is being revealed as the widespread flood waters over far North Coast slowly recede. Generally, the position has greatly improved,…
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Two thousand people who were forced out of their homes by the disastrous Lismore floods last week are now trying desperately to clean their houses, furniture and…
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"The Department of Agriculture has taken Immediate steps to assist stockowners affected by the disastrous floods on the…
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SHANGHAI, Mon.: One thousand people have lost their lives floods which are sweeping Foochow, the treaty…
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The calamitous floods of N.S.W. have not been without local flavour. Mr. Fred Grant (postmaster) is spending his annual leave at Grafton…
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ISMGRE, Tues. : Most towns in the north coast flood belt reported conditions back to normal today despite a sharp downpour…
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SYDNEY, Wed. : An urgent appeal for at least 6000 sets of clothing for residents in the flood swept districts on the north coast…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday : Only light and scattered rain" fell over the south coast today and fears of heavy flooding have passed…
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CANBERRA, Fri.: The Commonwealth Government has purchased 15 sets of radar equipment from the British Admiralty…
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