Hospital Radio Installation Delayed By Flood Repairs
Repairs to telephone lines damaged by the recent flood have delayed the installation of wireless to each bed in Kyogle…
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Floods & storms, 1938
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Mt. Isa Short of Foodstuffs North Queensland Floods
BRISBANE, Friday:--Showery conditions still prevail in the northern portions of the State. A message from Mt. Isa states that no train has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Residents of Doon Doon Wait on Council Bad State of Roads After Flood
A deputation waited on Tweed Shire Council at its fortnightly meeting on Thursday seeking attention to the Doon Doon and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →9 Men Drowned: Eighteen Missing Works Camp Wiped Out in N.Z. Flood Wellington (N.z.)
Nine men were drowned early yesterday morning in the Kopuawhara Valley, abou eight miles north of Waikokopu, on the east coast railway line, when the river burst its banks and wiped out a public works camp…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Telegrams. Wairoa's Disastrous Flood 21 Deaths Reported. Auckland
It has been finally estimated that 21 person lost their lives when the public works camp was overwhelmed by a terrific flood at Wairoa, near Napier, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage Caused by Floods. Central Australian and Trans Continental Railways
MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Serious washaways on the Central Australian and trans-continental railways have resulted from heavy floods. Thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned. Flood in Ingham District
INGHAM, Monday.--A man was drowned and a boy had a narrow escape during a flood which followed heavy rain in the Ingham district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stories of Rare Heroism N. Z. Flood Tragedy
AUCKLAND, Monday.-- Stories of rare heroism are coming from the scene of the East Coast camp disaster, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Roll Now 21 N.Z. Flood Hero Saved Mates: Lost His Life Wellington (N.z.)
A DESPERATE fight for life by the victims of the rail camp flood during the week-end and the heroic attempts made by survivors to save their friends are now being revealed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Night Flying B'wick Heads Floodlights Guide to Pilots MULLUMBIMBY
Commenting yesterday, at Brunswick Heads, on the suggestion that beacons for night aviation be provided along the coast, Capt. Keith Virtue, chief…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Central Aust. East-West Train Delayed ADELAIDE
Extensive damage was wrought by floods in the Far North, especially on a 500 miles stretch between Beltana and Rumbalara, 120 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"God Save the King" and "Die Stem" Storm in South Africa Dies Down
CAPE TOWN, Monday:--The stir over the supposed deposition of "God Save the King," which kept political circles buzzing in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chamberlain Roused To Fury Lloyd George Provokes Storm Delivery of Note From Mussolini
(Continued from Page 5). LONDON, Tuesday.--The stormiest scene in the House of Commons debate on the Labor censure motion deploring the resignation of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Prevention
Murwillumbah Municipal Council last night adopted a report submitted by the Works Committee, which met on Tuesday last to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Drops Yeast. Bread Famine in N.Z. Flood Area
AUCKLAND, Wednesday:--Roads are so hopelessly blocked by floods on the east-coast that a bread famine was threatened. Bakers had no yeast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Possibilities Inigi Joes Replies to a Critic
We are now approaching an important and interesting part of the season from a cyclical point of view, and a further test is now possible for the reality of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coraki Chamber of Commerce Bridges, 'Roads, Camping Sites. "Robinson's Pothole," Telephone Lines and Flood Levels
Mr. h. T. Davey (President), Cr. H. V. Williams, Messrs; E. Turner, J. P. Steven, P. Chute (Treas.), E. Sands (Sec.), H. McMaugh, N. A. Elphinstone,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cut Opp by Floods Position Op Alice Springs. Train May Be Held Up for Three Weeks! Sydney
A message from Alice Springs states the train from the south, due there this week, has been held up by flood damage to the line, is not expected for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Government Murwillumbah Council Lavender Creek Flood Gates
The meeting of Murwillumbah Municipal Council on Wednesday night was attended by Mr. G. Kempnich, a trustee of Lavender…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drought Succeeded by Floods Mixed Blessing for South African Farmers
CAPE TOWN.--A drought which has brought disaster to many farmers in the Cape Province and threatened disaster to many more has been broken…
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