Gale Over Straits of Dover
LONDON, Monday: A gale, with 60-mile-an-hour gusts, was blowing over the Straits of Dover at midday, ripping the sea into…
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Floods & storms, 1944
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Scheme to Reduce Flooding
Construction of a drain to take flood waters from the area between the North Arm and Murwillumbah, particularly in the vicinity of the showground…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- The Channel gale apparently has [?]own itself out. The weather in the Straits cf Dover improved…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—The Channel gale has apparently blown itself out. The weather over the coast of Dover improved…
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Heavy rain on Monday night and yesterday morning resulted in a registration of 324 points to 3 p.m. yesterday. Since then only light rain…
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LONDON, Thursday: The Italy communique says: "Torrential rain over the battlefront seriously interfered with our forward movement." "Following the capture of Leghorn, American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fijians Drowned in Storm
SUVA, Tuesday: During a storm on Friday a sailing cutting with 24 Fijians aboard, [?] in the Yasawa Group in Fiji…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News Briefs Heavy Rain in Italy
LONDON, sunday (AAP).— Heavy rain yesterday fell along the front in Italy. No Trip By President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Prevention Scheme Rejected As National Work
Representations by Woodburn Shire Council for the widening and deepening of the Tuckombil canal as a flood prevention scheme, to be underaken by the State Government as a national work were…
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A claim that the construction of two feeder drains running into a main drain, which was the same size as the feeders, was the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Danger Passes at Kempsey
GRAFTON, Friday.—Kempsey, in the valley of the Ma[?]cay, to-day narrowly escaped a disastrous flooding. Torrential rain poured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Flood 14 Cattle and a Horse
Mr. H. T. Oakes, dairyman, of Dondingalong, a few miles above Kempsey, was a heavy loser in last week's flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Hits U.s. Atlantic Coast
NEW YORK, Friday CAAP).—A 100 mile per hour gale roaring up the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras struck the New York area…
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The Minister for Local Government has approved of a grant of £375 to Woodburn Shire Council for repairs to flood damage on…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).— An all-out assault has been launched against the Channel port of Calais, where Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Release of Detained MP Causes Storm in Commons
LONDON, Wednesday: A small storm blew up in the House of Commons yesterday when the Home Secretary (Mr. Morrison) announced it had been decided to release from Brixton Prison Captain Ramsay, MP, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advances in Italy Despite Heavy Rain
LONDON, Sunday: Despite bad weather, American and. British troops of the 5th Army have progressed in the central sector. Americans of the 5th Army have driven off a…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Wave after wave of Lancasters, between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Dust Storms in West
SYDNEY, Monday: Terrific dust storms, swept the Cobar and Broken Hill districts yesterday and caused…
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Monday night's storm at Murwillumbah yielded 46 points of rain. The total recorded at Murwillumbah post office for this…
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