Storm Disabled Trawlers Off Byron Bay
BRISBANE, Monday.—Two 66ft. wooden trawlers which were disabled in heavy seas off Byron Bay on Saturday are being repaired in Brisbane…
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Floods & storms, 1946
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Storm Brewing in Germany
A STORM is brewing. Mr. Bevin's statement of policy towards Germany might have been expected to bring a ray…
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LONDON, Monday: The wildest winter in years is lashing Britain, flooding towns and farmlands, tearing…
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LONDON, Nov. 25. A.A.P.—Many rivers overflowed their banks, made roads impassable and held up railway services in many parts of…
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LONDON: A storm of criticism has arisen here over Test-eve comment by Brian Sellers on Walter Hammond's captaincy of…
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OFF TO AMERICA.—About 40 brides of U.S. servicemen left on the U.S. Army transport Wisteria. Above (left) is Mrs. Isobel Torrince and daughter Virginia, of Winton, N.S.W., and Mrs. Beryl Richardson and son Darryl, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Test-eve Attack on Hammond Rouses British Storm "Criticism III-Timed; May Undermine Morale" "Herald" Service
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Criticism by English writers of Walter Hammond's captaincy of the M.C.C. team has evoked a storm throughout the British Press. This eve of the Test stir, which a cricket official compared…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Trains were delayed and interstate telegraphic and telephone communications cut off by an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Isolated Storms in North-west
SYDNEY.—Isolated storms in the north-west slopes and tablelands have yielded 435 points at Clarence Heads, 354 at Grafton and 342 at…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Four privately-owned pearling luggers and two island industry cutters were reported to-day to have been lost…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—One man lost his life and thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in Brisbane and suburbs when one of the worst storms in Brisbane's history broke from the south east at 4.35 this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Test Wicket Flooded; Play To-day Doubtful Toshack Wasted "Sticky"
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Brisbane Cricket Ground was flooded within 15 minutes to-day in one of Brisbane's worst storms (Story, this page). The playing oval was a sea of water…
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RINGSIDE lighting at Newcastle Showground will be retained when the floodlights are switched on. The floodlighting will comprise 25 lights…
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LONDON, December 4. A.A.P.— Twenty-two passengers were injured when the Queen Elizabeth ran into a violent westerly gale…
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MELBOURNE.—Heavy rain which fell at 1.30 p.m. today may delay and perhaps postpone the final of the Victorian men's…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.âA violent thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain and lightning, struck Orange at 4.30 p.m…
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A SMALL tornado demolised Medowie Public School, blew over a windmill, razed a shed and uprooted trees yesterday. Medowie is near…
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SYDNEY.—Thousands of gallons of water cascaded from a water main which burst in York Street, City, early today, turning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hungarian Food Mob Storms Parliament
LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Seven were injured when 5000, mostly women, stormed the Parliament buildings at Budapest, Hungary, in a violent demonstration against food shortages…
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