R.a.f. Also Had to Fight Storms
LONDON, Sunday:--Thunderstorms up to 15,000 feet, made navigation difficult for the R.A.F. pilots raiding…
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Floods & storms, 1941
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Violent Storms After Heat-wave in Britain
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.):--It is now revealed that Britain's heat-wave which lasted for a month ended abruptly on July 12…
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TOKIO, Wednesday:--Though Tokio escaped the brunt of a typhoon, for rential rains flooded 76,000 homes. In 76 hours the rainfall totalled 10 inches…
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Singapore stands at one of the commercial cross roads of world trade, where passes the traffic from two oceans and many countries. The Japanese have occupied bases in the south of French Ingo-China (Caniranh Bay) is near Saigon. The U.S. has made the Philippines a separate army command and has recalled Major-General McArthur from the retired list to take…
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CAIRO, Saturday (A.A.P.):--A General Headquarters communique states: Heavy dust storms in the Tobruk area on Friday…
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CORAKI, Wednesday—Damage by major floods will not be relieved by the additional work being carried out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale Fanned Flames Left by R.A.F. In German Cities
LONDON, Wednesday: Details contained in an Air Ministry bulletin make it clear that last night's…
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The opinion that the removal of the promontory jutting into the Tweed River near the Murvillumbah power house would greatly…
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CASINO, Sunday.—At a largely attended conference at Casino yesterday a Far North Coast regional committee was formed to support irrigation and flood mitigation schemes on the…
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CASINO: A Far North Coast regional committee to support flood mitigation and irrigation schemes on that Clarence, Richmond and Tweed Rivers was formed by a conference of district organisations at Casino on Saturday. The State Government will…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—In the crucial days of the Battle for Britain last year, the much bombed civilians of various "hell-fire corners" on the south-east coast dreamed of the…
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Wednesday (AAP).—A severe storm which raged in Central Chile for seven days killed 40 persons, and seriously…
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SANTIAGO (Chile), Wednesday (A.A.P.) : A severe storm which aged in Central Chile for seven days has killed 40 persons and…
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The Mayor (Ald. G. R. Winterbon) informed Ald. T. Prince at last night's meeting of Murwillumbah Municipal Council that the construction of new…
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Unsettled weather at Murwillumbah on Saturday culminated in a heavy downpour lasting about ten minutes at 5.15 p.m. The storm, was the…
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Six points of rain were registered in the "Northern Star" gauge by a thunderstorm over Lismore on Saturday afternoon. The rain…
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LONDON, Monday:-- Weeping skies drenched northern Russia at the week-end, turning the battlefield into what a British general called "an excellent imitation of marmalade."…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday:--"We have now weathered the storm. Britain stands to-day not only undefeated but far stronger than…
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Tweed Heads and Coolangatta yesterday experienced their first strong northerly gale of the spring season. Strong winds were reported from…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Lithgow and Katoomba, had their trunk line communications with Sydney completely severed, and…
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