The Queen flies through storm clouds to Lismore (By Our Special Correspondent.)
LISMORE, Tues.: The Queenâs first air flight in Australia today was full of interest, although her safety was never in doubt…
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Two little sisters drown in flood
BRISBANE, Tues.: Two sisters, aged five and six, were drowned when they tried to crass a flooded creek at Mount Gravatt, on outer South Brisbane suburb, on their way home from school this afternoon…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: Flood rains have stopped nearly all inter-town road movement in the southern half of…
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LONDON, Fri.: A controversy has hared up over the impending expulsion this week from the scouting movement of 19-year-old Queenâs scout Paul Garland on the ground that a Communist could not take the Scoutsâ…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Heavy rain and rough surfs kept many people away from Sydney beaches today. North Cronulla lifesavers reported…
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Secretary of Albury-Wodonga Wholesale Milk Producersâ Association, Mr Roy Wake, said yesterday a large attendance was…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: Two stockmen were swept from their horses and drowned while trying to cross creeks in flooded Central West Queensland today…
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The problems of flooding and erosion on the Murray River flats through irregular Hume Weir releases have now been…
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BRISBANE, Mon. : Three near-exhausted women were rescued from a partially submerged tree near Duaringa, 461…
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BRISBANE, Tues.: Rockhompton, a city of 30,000 people, has been isolated by its biggest flood since 1918. There is no communication with the outside by rail, road or air…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Tues.: A railway employe this morning saved a 18-year-old newspaper employe from being swept from…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: A cyclone of extreme intensity is tonight bearing down on the flooded central districts of Queensland…
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Thunder storms on Sunday night last flooded properties in the Ryan district and caused considerable damage to fallowed land, fencing and water tanks. Four inches of rain were recorded in 1½ hours on…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: At least seven people have lost their lives, and many more are missing in the worst flood disaster in northern…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The Premier announced today that the following telegram had been despatched to the Prime Minister;…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Twenty-two people ore dead, many more are missing, and millions of poundsâ worth of damage has been…
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SYDNEY, Mon. : Food scarcities caused by weekend floods and cyclones sent prices soaring in…
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BRISBANE. Wed.: A radio report from a ship of a cyclone centre in the Pacific Ocean, off Samarai. New Guinea, was…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: While health authorities on the North Coast bottle to present outbreaks of disease in the wake of the flood, food, clothing and money are pouring in from all over Australia to help in the relief. Rail and road communications from the outside world are slowly creeping…
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THE Hay Municipal Council and the Waradgery Shire Council are jointly appealing to district residents for help to alleviate the distress of victims of the devastating floods in northern N.S.W…
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