Storm Rains on Tweed
First substantial rain on the Tweed for a considerable time fell yesterday evening when a storm broke over the town and…
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Floods & storms, 1946
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Flood of Divorce Suits In U.S.A.
It is estimated that at least half of American wartime marriages will end in divorce. It is said also that many prewar and…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday:—Flood warnings are being issued in the Darling Downs, where the Balonne and MacIntyre…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Heavy rains have fallen over northwestern New South Wales, causing floods which have damaged railway lines, roads and bridges. The Gwydir River over…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Information has been received by the Railway Department that several lines out of commission in the Moree district through floods and washaways have now been repaired sufficiently for…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Enormous damage has been done by flood waters which burst the banks of the MacIntyre and Binnigui Rivers. Fortunately rain has now ceased and the floods are slowly receding…
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One of the central figures in the Canberra tea-cup storm during the week was Mr. Sid Rhodes, President of the Canberra Trades and Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Isolates Milmerran
BRISBANE, Sunday: Milmerran, 56 miles southwest of Toowoomba, is facing a food famine. Flood waters from the…
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SYDNEY Sunday.—Floodings are likely in the Barwon River and the McIntyre River districts in northern and north-western…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Although no heavy rain has fallen north-west of Longreach since January 19, thousands of acres along the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Owing to widespread flooding west of Longreach in the area of the proposed Western Queensland…
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From-street, Moree, one of the main thoroughfares, photographed at the height of the flood this week. Betweeen 100 and 200 houses were flooded…
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LISBON, Monday: A violent local cyclone struck Vizela (northern Portugal) and lifted off the roofs of scores of factories…
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LONDON, Monday: A non-stop gale and torrential rain gave southeast England and the Straits of Dover the stormiest and…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrific gale was still sweeping parts of Europe last night and a Copenhagen message reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sun Spots May Cause Magnetic Storms
HOBART, Tuesday. — Two spots on the sun, clearly visible in Australia, are expected to cause considerable disturbance within the…
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COPENHAGEN, Tuesday:—Seven former German warships, escorted by a British destroyer, which were proceeding from…
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The State Government has proposed to the Postmaster General's Department a plan for the installation of alternative means of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday:—Embarkation of the Australian contingent to Japan was held up by a violent storm…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australian stores and equipment worth more than £30 million have been handed over by the…
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