Large crowd despite storm
A large crowd attended in [?]rmy weather at Boroe Creek on Saturday to see the [?]ome side defeat [?]borne…
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Man Versus Nature Climbers Storm ML Everest
KATMANDU (Nepal), Monday — The first attempt to scale the 29,002ft. peak of Mt. Everest failed, and the second attempt…
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Mr. W. L. Hurd last night told a meeting of the Wagga Flood Control Advisory Committee that he considered the Snowy Scheme would reduce the peak…
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Mr. W. L. Hurd on Thursday night told a meeting of the Wagga Flood Control Advisory Committee that he considered the Snowy Scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leeton telegraph linesman awarded British Empire Medal for Actions During Flood
An echo of the widespread floods in the Murrumbidgee Valley last June, was the announcement over the National…
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LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Gale warnings were signalled last night to more than 200 ships from the giant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leeton Petty Sessions Before Mr. O. Gale, S.M. Friday, June 12, 1953 Negligent Driving
Arnold David Dunn, Farm 1126 Murrami, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving on Griffith Road, Whitton, on…
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TOKIO, Tuesday — Hundreds of American soldiers yesterday labored to evacuate Japanese farmers to safety…
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TOKYO, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): "More than one million Japanese were homeless today as disastrous floods continued to swamp the whole of the…
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Temperamental Gar Mulloy, America's top-ranking amateur tennis player, stormed about the…
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SYDNEY, Friday — The heaviest snow for 15 years has fallen on the Blue Mountains. In many places the snow is…
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Next Wednesday and Thursday the local theatre presents “Storm Warning” starring Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan…
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BRISBANE, Monday: Rain in the N.S.W. wheat belt within a fortnight was forecast today by weather…
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Rain in the N.S.W. wheat belt within a fortnight was forecast by weather forecaster, Inigo Jones…
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TOKYO, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): More than 6000 Japanese were reported dead or missing today in sudden violent floods that swallowed whole villages about 200 miles southwest of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: The 1300-ton freighter Noora called at Portland today to refuel after battling against…
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BERLIN, Tuesday (A.A.P.): More than 6000 Communist demonstrators formed food distribution centres in West Berlin today…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Severe floods are threatening in all rivers and streams east…
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SYDNEY, Thursday — Further soaking rain is falling on the N.S.W. wheat belt today, and farmers say that the drought is broken. There is now so much rain in some areas that…
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