Storm of Hooting Greeted a Winner at Rosehill Rawhetu Stages a Reversal He Ran Badly When Favorite at Canterbury Park Owner Has Returned to N.Z.
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 July 1927 · page 5
When a 5 to 2 favorite at Canterbury, Rawhetu, after being prominent to the turn, was beaten into sixth place. Yesterday he drifted from sixes to tens, and won the Rosehill Club Handicap per medium of a brilliant finishing effort. As…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tanker in Gale Swept by Heavy Seas
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 14
An exceedingly rough voyage was reported by oil-tanker, O. A. Knudsen, 9026 tons, on arrival at Wellington from San Luis. She left the latter port on June 19, and fair…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Nearing Safe Haven Storm-bound Sailers
Evening News · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 11
A REPORT received in Sydney stated that a large sailing vessel had been sighted on Saturday from Richmond Rive Heads. The ship is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stopped by Storm Rooke in India Calcutta
The Sun · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 1
There is no further news concerning Dennis Rooke, the British aviator, who is flying to Australia in a Moth plane under the auspices of the De Havil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not Air Taxi-man" Fiery French Ace Storms at Atlantic Patron Threatens to Attach "Columbia" Paris
Evening News · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 1
A DISPUTE between Charles Levine, the millionaire aviator, who was Chamberlain's companion in the famous flight from New York to Germany in June, and the French aviator Drougin, whom he has engaged to pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Zealand Floods. Railway Material Lost. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 11
Considerable damage by flood has been sustained by Messrs. Armstrong,. Whitworth, and Co., the contractors for the construction of a section of the railway to the Bay of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Finance and Commerce Flood of Imports New Record Last Year
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 16
Australia is not maintaining a balance between its exports and imports, despite the advantages of Tariff protection, the principal result of which…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Storm Blows Over PIDDINGTON--McNALLY "Staff Safeguarded"
The Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 9
"I have read the transcript of my remarks on July 20, and I am satisfied that what I said then will safeguard the staff…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tempestuous Trip. Mail Steamer in Gale. Waters Invade Galley. Fremantle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 9
Early on Sunday morning the mail steamer Ormonde which arrived at Fremantle this evening from the eastern states, ran into heavy weather in the Australian Bight, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Chillicothe. Fighting the Storm. Short of Rations. Dangerous Leak
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 15
Many strange and disturbing tales are related of the American ship Chillicothe, which rolled into Sydney Harbour behind the tug Champion yesterday, 114 days out from Astoria…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm-beaten Ship Chillicothe's Trying Voyage Leaking, and Short of Supplies
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 3
Driven through stress of weather nearly 300 miles north of Sydney, the American ship Chillicothe, 112 days out from Portland (O.), was towed safely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indian Floods Refuge in Trees Calcutta
The Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 18
There has been continuous rain at Madras and along the Orissa coast. Hundreds of Indians in the State of Jaipur are homeless, and have been…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hard Nut to Crack to Reach Kurnell Isolated From World at Mercy of Gales
Evening News · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 7
THAT Kurnell is practically isolated from the outside world, its only means of communication being a small launch plying to La…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mad Storm Over Switzerland Mud and Rocks Hotel Waitresses Flee London, Thursday Morning
The Sun · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 1
A great storm has swept over Switzerland, telegraphs the Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Mail."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rugby League's Calm After the Interstate Storms South Sydney and Western Suburbs: Players of Note: Discussed by "The Cynic"
Arrow · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 12
The big events of the season, apart from the Club Premiership, having been finished, supporters are asking what are the prospects of New South Wales, Queensland, and Australia against England next Winter? The reply depends on the quality of English football. If as good as ever, England would win the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →200-mile Storm Warning. Thunder Signals for City Light Supply
The World's News · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 5
The thunderstorm detector, which ensures that New York's lighting system shall be equal to any demand on it during periods of sudden darkness, is again in commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood Disaster. Trapped in Quicksand. (Front Page Illustration.)
The World's News · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 1
There are few more tragic incidents connected with the Mississippi River floods in America than the death of the whole Peterkin family. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opening of the Flood Gates
The Methodist · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 8
Chiefly in the interests of young people, the community has erected and kept closed certain flood-gates to prevent the complete flooding of our national life by the filthy tide of gambling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Storm Happened on Dry Land
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 August 1927 · page 34
A REALISTIC picture of the sea. and every sed scene made in a studio -- that is the history of the picture production of Jack London's sea novel…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →In a Gale Miss Dent Blows, Yet Wins Surprise Betting
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 August 1927 · page 7
Punters at Rosebery, after the first division of the 14.1, were wondering if R. Skelton put one over the books or not. As a rule…
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