Storm Over High Living Costs Labour Lay Leader Hits Nail On Head
Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the ALP Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAlpine, on living costs, balanced…
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12 Perish in Storms in Norway
LONDON, Tuesday : At least 12 persons perished in storms which [?]ashed Norway during the past few days, states Associated Press…
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NEW storms were forecast today for the western range States where millions of head of stock and thousands of families are snowbound. Officials, after starting a stream of relief to the Navajo…
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A motion to increase the rentals on the Murrumbidgee Shire Hall, arising from the lengthy and spirited discussion at the December…
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CAIRNS, Thurs: Extensive damage is reported to have been caused at Cooktown by a cyclone which struck the town early this…
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BRISBANE, Friday : Out of 125 residences in Cooktown, 117 have been either wrecked or badly damaged by the cyclone…
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A VIOLENT electrical storm, accompanied by torrential rain, caused widespread damage in Sydney late this afternoon. Hitting Sydney about 5.30 p.m., the storm…
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Mr and Mrs G. Bottrell, of Stratford, near Cairns, who were given a plane priority out of Cairns because Mrs Bottrell is…
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CAIRNS, Tuesday : A gale which reacted a velocity of 45 mph. and lasted for four hours, lashed Cairns from north to…
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THERE is danger that battered Cooktown, centre of last Thursday’s destructive cyclone, may suffer serious outbreak of disease, according to the town’s medical officer…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: The cyclone which wrecked Cooktown is moving out to sea. It had been feared that the cyclone…
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BRISBANE, Thurs. : All danger of serious flooding in Queensland has now passed. Railways Department…
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DARWIN, Sun.: Thousands of square miles of buffalo country between Darwin and the East Alligator River, 15[?] air miles…
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SYDNEY, Tes.: “The Weather Bureau tonight issued a storm warning to shipping off the NSW coast An official said that there…
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FLOOD warnings for rivers and streams in western Victoria were issued by the Weather Bureau to-night after soaking rains had fallen throughout the day…
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LONDON, Tues.: Violent March gales up to 80 m.p.h., which raged across British today, smashed in the roof of a…
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BRISBANE, Tues.: The cyclone off the Queensland coast had changed direction an d should bring heavy to local flood…
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QUEENSLAND coastal towns have been devastated by a raging Cyclone and already three deaths have been reported. Cyclone is expected to reach the N.S.W. border in the next 24 hours. Queensland Weather Burean expects west to south-west gusty winds of 80…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.: Five hundred thousand pounds damage was caused by a cyclone which struck Rockhampton on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Govt Asked To Assist Cyclone Victims Five Were Killed in Disaster Brisbane
QUEENSLAND Premier (Mr. Hanlon) said to-night that he had asked the Prime Minister to subsidise cyclone relief on £1 for £1 basis with the Queensland Government. He said the request had been made through Mr. Edmunds, Labor member for Herbert, in the…
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