Brisbane Defeats Newcastle At Floodlit League
BRISBANE, Monday.—Brisbane Rugby League team defeated Newcastle 29-12 in a floodlight game at the Exhibition Ground to-night…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 19
Flood Rescue in Japan
Japanese students from a Tokyo college string a rope across swirling flood waters to reach a Tokyo home isolated by the swollen Tone and Naka Rivers, after seven days of rain. More than half a million Tokyo residents were imperilled by the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Million Indians On Move: Miserable Trek In Floods
NEW DELHI, Tues[?]ay: More than 8,000,[?]00 Moslems, Sikhs [?]nd Hindus are being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods New Terror in India: 1000 DROWNED "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
NEW DELHI, Sept, 30.—Refugees fleeing from killer gangs are being trapped and swept to death by floods, in a new terror which has gripped columns of homeless fugitives in the Punjab…
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SYDNEY.—In a few minutes today a freak windstorm caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage in Hurstville, tearing off a verandah…
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Newcastle Rugby League's share of the Brisbane floodlight match gate was £193, but expenses absorbed all except £2 10s of this amount…
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SYDNEY: Light ram fell in Sydney this morning and showers are expected this afternoon and tonight for the North Coast…
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NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.).—A tropical storm, with winds reaching 91 miles an hour, swept Florida yesterday…
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A suggestion for the permanent floodlighting of the City Hall and Nesca House was submitted to the Greater Newcastle Council last night…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) announced that all ranks of the B.C.O.F. in Japan had subscribed…
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Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle, the Coalfields and Upper Hunter to-day is: Fine and hot, with north-westerly winds; gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Storm Canberra Chifley Says "No" On Bank Poll
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—When Mr. Chifley met a deputation representing 500 women who stormed Canberra to-day to protest against the banking plan, he asked their permission to smoke,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fights And Jealouises In Flood Of Politicians' Reminiscences Don Iddon's New York Diary
NEW YORK, Wed.: Shouts of "Author! Author!" echo down the corridors of the capital and every other politician you meet has ink on his fingers and a pencil behind his ear. The portable typewriter and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roof Iron Lag Due To Record Wheat, Storm
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The lag between production of galvanised iron and demand was very great and during the year was aggravated by…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (O.S.R.): Hitler's ghost is haunting American bankers and Treasury officials with a flood of stolen securities which are being smuggled into the country. They are part of many millions of…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The reading of a letter from General MacArthur's Supreme Headquarters in Tokyo, alleging delay by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain Will Affect Track
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Heavy rain was falling in Melbourne to-night. Weather experts predict a wet day for the Cup meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Flattens Big Wheat Areas at Moree
MOREE Rain pelted down again last night and gave the bumper wheat harvest in this district it's greatest setback, almost destroying hundreds of acres of crops and damaging many others. "Farmers are praying harder for a month of tine weather now than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods After Peru Earthquake
LIMA (Peru), Nov. 3. A.A.P.— Red Cross planes rushed relief supplies yesterday to Central Peru, where floods, following Saturday's earthquake,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Hits Fruit Trees
Orchardists in the Branxton and Maitland districts suffered heavy loss through yesterday's gusty wind. The westerly wind that lashed…
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