Rats' Action Causes Flood Fears
BRISBANE, Tues.: The discovery that rats are building their nests as high up as possible in sugar cane has led to sugar growers asking if…
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Storms Expected
A southeasterly change brought cloudy and unsettled conditions to the southwestern areas of New South Wales to-day. Light rain…
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Galvanised iron roofs from a public Kali and school were flung 300 yards during a severe storm at Maison Dieu settlement Singleton…
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Residents of Adelong received a great shock about the Christmas period when that tragic accident occurred on the Tumut road in which one of the town's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of the Late Mr. Digby Walter Gale Coronial Inquiry Robert Wm. Brown Committed For Trial On Manslaughter Charge
At the Tumut Court House yesterday morning the Tumut Coroner, Mr. R. L. Blakeney, opened an inquiry into the death of Mr. Digby Walter Gale, which occurred on the Tumut-Adelong Road about 3 miles from Tumut on Monday, December…
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CASINO. Tuesday: In a freak storm near Casino four farm houses were unroofed and damaged caused to buildings and crops. The storm…
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Jn a freak storm - near Casino four farm houses were unroofed and damage ' caused to "buildings and crops. The storm was accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riverina District News No Work on M.I.A. for Returned Men Riverina Flooded With Male Labor
During a discussion at the Willimbong Council meeting at Leeton on the subject of employment for returned servicemen, it was stated…
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SYDNEY, Monday: An 18 months old girl. Susan Farrell, of North Sydney, had an amazing escape from death during a…
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OVER the last couple of weeks there have been three or four mild fluctuations in the electricity supply. These momentarily…
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TAMWORTH, Tuesday: The driver, Frederick Hawkes, and the fireman, Frederick Woods, had narrow escapes from drowning…
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Strange things happened during electric storms which broke over South Australia in 24 hours. Lightning struck hay pitchers forks…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Flood waters from the M'Intyre and Mehi Rivers completely isolated Moree this morning when the water, four feet deep, was sweeping through the town and a breakdown…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The inland districts of New South Wales will probably swelter under heat wave conditions, which are expected to be renewed during the next few days. The Acting State…
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LONDON, Tuesday: During a violent thunderstorm a Lancaster bomber crashed on a house in Wigston, near Leicester. The occupants of the…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The sweeping gale was still prevailing over parts of Europe last night…
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HOBART, Tuesday: Two spots on the sun, which are clearly visible in Tasmania, are expected. 10 cause considerable dislocation…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Radio broadcasts were interrupted and the Melbourne telephonic system disrupted to-day by the severest…
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LONDON Sunday (A.A.P.): The whole of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway service to Scotland and Lancashire was blocked…
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