Country News. Hunter River Flood Mitigation[?] West Maitland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 16
A conference of local governing bodies was held yesterday to revive the question of flood mitigation. The conference deemed the time opportune for a scheme of flood mitigation,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Thunderstorm. Bursts Over City
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 16
A heavy thunderstorm broke over the city about 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and continued for moro than half an hour. There were frequent flashes of lightning and loud, thunder claps…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 22 August 1926 · page 3
All telephone communication between Melbourne and Sydney was interrupted this morning, when trees were uprooted by a severe storm north of Barnawartha…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Misunderstood an Order How H29 Men Died Tanks Were Flooded London
The Labor Daily · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 1
At the inquest an Devonport on the victims of the 1129 disaster, when the submarine sunk in dock and many men were killed, two officers gave evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blampain and McGALE
Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 5
THE retirement from the ring of Harry Collins made a change in next Saturday's fixture imperative. 'Frisco McGale was to have met the ex-welter and middle champion and Mr. Munro has decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bribery Plot Storm in Caucus Royal Commission What Members Would Do
The Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 9
There was another stormy session of the Parliamentary Labor Caucus this morning over the £32,000 bribery plot story…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Wet Knight in Flooded House Sir T. Henley Angry
Evening News · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 9
WHEN Sir Thomas Henley, at the meeting of the Water Board to-day, reported that on reaching home one night after the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Bruce. Gives a Warning. The Foreign Flood. Problem for Australia. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 13
Addressing members of the Constitutional Club to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said actions, not words, were required to solve the problems of the day. What Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in Houses No More Soldered Valves
The Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 11
Sir Thomas Henley told the Water Board to-day about the dangers of soldered valves on house cisterns. He described how one had rusted and flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Labor's Storms A.w.u.'s Awkward Position
The Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 15
The confusion in zabor's Parliamentary sphere is having its influence at the Trades Hall, but, although the interest is great, it is unlikely that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Middle Title Uren and Edwards Blampian and McGALE
The Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 10
The middleweight title will be contested on September 18, at the Stadium, by Tommy Uren (holder) and Billy Edwards. It should be an interesting fight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After the Storm Councillor's Apology "A Deliberate Lie"
Evening News · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 12
AT a special meeting of Sutherland shire Council last night, [?] for an apology from [?] who at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Political Tempest Storm Clouds Gather Willis Fighting for Safety New Turn to "Plot" Crisis More Sneers at Labor Caucus
Evening News · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 1
MR. WILLIS and the "Labor Daily" are working hard to extricate themselves from the dangerous positions in which they have been placed by the determination of the Parliamentary Labor Party to secure an inquiry, by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Boxing Gossip International Middleweight McGALE and Blampain To-morrow Jackson and Thurbon in Third Battle at Leichhardt
Arrow · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 10
Another International match is on for decision at Sydney Stadium to-morrow night, when the coloured American middleweight, Frisco McGale, and Fcrnand Blampain, meet. Unlike Thuni, who had only rare pluck as an off-set against "Sunny" Jim Williams' infinitely greater strength…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →S.A. Races Off Till Tuesday Heavy Rain Affects Track Adelaide
Evening News · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6
Owing te heavy rain affecting the track, the final day of the G.N. Meeting of the A.R.C. was postponed till Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Sweeps Louisiana River Steamer Sunk Two People Killed New Orleans
The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 7
Damage to crops and buildings in excess of a million dollars, and two deaths are the toll of a storm which swept Eastern Louisiana along the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Frenchman To-night at the Stadium Blampain Meets McGALE Fernand Blampain, the baby
The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 2
of the French team of visiting boxers, will make his debut at the Stadium to-night, when he meets Frisco McGale, colored American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FRISCO McGALE Defeats Blampain
Sunday Times · Sunday 29 August 1926 · page 13
"Frisco" McGale (America), and Blampain (France), attracted the smallest attendance at the Sydney Stadium for some months to witness…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →McGALE Wins a Game Frenchman Severely Handled
The Sun · Sunday 29 August 1926 · page 16
Fernand Blamain (France) had his first fight in Australia at the Stadium last night, his opponent being "Frisco" McGale, colored American, who…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →BOXING McGALE Blows in Frisco Tries to Give Real Pain to Blampain But Pained the Crowd
Truth · Sunday 29 August 1926 · page 5
BLAMPAIN, weighing 10.11, the third of the French bunch to battle in Sydney, has proved the medium of the third French defeat. AT the Stadium last night, Frisco McGale, 10.11¾, outpointed…
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