Violent Storm Hawkes v. Brugnon French Tennis Borotra's Stiff Fight Paris
The French tennis championships provided two sterling struggles today. J. B. Hawkes was lending J. Brugnon in five…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods & storms, 1928
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Deluge of Furniture
DAD was preparing to go to a clearing sale-- the sixth this year-- and Mum sat sewing with a worried expression on her countenance…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Hawkes Win's Brugnon Beaten Stiff Battle Storm Stops the Match Paris
My match with J. Brugnon (France) in the third round of the French hardcourts championship was interrupted by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buffeted by Storms Orvieto at Adelaide More Foreign Migrants Arrive Adelaide
THE Orvieto arrived at the outer harbor sever [?] late yesterday through encountering rough weather in the Bight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flying Boats in Storm Pilots Taxi About Bay to Save Them
BROOME, Sunday. -- A sudden alarm when a storm broke over the port, brought the crews running to the four R.A.F. flying boats yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Topics for Women From Ungarie Bush Nurse's Experience Flooded Out
FROM Ungarie, about 100 miles from Cootamundra, comes Miss Dorothy Lewington, who has been appointed organising and relieving…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Blades Galore Missionary's Deluge Hated Waste London
Last month a correspondent wrote a letter to the London "Times" soliciting suggestions for the disposal of used safety-razor blades…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm in Bight. Orvieto's Rough Trip. Melbourne
The Orvieto, which arrived from London this afternoon, encountered heavy gales in the Bight, and the vess[?]l, at times was struck by mountainous seas. It was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fliers Battled with Storm and Won Out San Francisco
The story of their great battle to escape the storm came in cheery, staccato messages from the Southern Cross last night, when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ordeal Night of Storm Not Foot to Spare Difficulty of Next Hop Suva
It now transpires that the Southern Cross had a terrible night. "We never want to go through another such night," Kingsford Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speeding on to Suva. The Historic Flight. Equator Crossed on Second Stage Climbing to Great Height. Surrounded by Storm Clouds
The Southern Cross, which in continuation of its flight across the Pacific from Oakland (California), to Australia, left Barking Sands for Suva at 5.20 a.m. Sunday—1.30 a.m. Monday, Sydney time—has reported steady progress by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Plane Crossed Equator in Moonlight Southern Cross Speeding Above the Pacific Towards Fiji Tropical Weather Conditions are in Favor of Intrepid Airmen -- Suva Prepares for Night Landing Dashing Through and Dodging Storms
Speeding through some tropical rainstorms and dodging others, the big Fokker 'plane, with Captain Kingsford Smith and his companions, is covering the huge tract of the Pacific from Kauai (Honolulu) to Suva (Fiji)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is Chang Dead? Mukden Castle Mystery "Down and Out" Manchurian Storm Ahead? Tokio, Tuesday Night
While reports that Marshal Chang Tso-lin has died, despite camphor injections, in his Mukden castle are unconfirmed it is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Eyes on Petrol Gauge As Southern Cross Fought Storms Night of Rain Fears That Petrol Would Give Out Fun in the Cockpit "Very Upsetting" When Ulm Drank Bad Coffee
Terse notes, jotted down as the 'plane forged through storms, give a vivid description of the flight. "Hell, this rain is rotten," they wrote as at 6.30 p. m., they approached a night of continual storms. Repeatedly they dodged off the course to escape the rain. For long…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Now for the 1500 Miles Hop to Australia! Safe at Suva After Epic Flight Cheering Thousands Welcome Fliers Trying Ordeal of Long Night Over Storm-swept Sea "None of Us Wants It Again," Says Leader Progress May Be Delayed
SAFE AT SUVA AFTER THEIR RECORD TRANS-OCEAN FLIGHT from Kauai (Hawaii), Captain Kingsford Smith and his three daring fellow-voyageurs of the Southern Cross, are now planning the last stage of their amazing air Odyssey -- the 1500 miles' hop from Samoa to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ivory Georgette Gown Rowe -- Gale
THE Central Methodist Church was prettily decorated with white flowers and asparagus fern, for the marriage of Miss Vydae Gale,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →"No Change of Failure" Woman's Trans-Atlantic Flight Storm Delays Start St. Johns (Newfoundland)
"I feel absolutely confident of our success. There is absolutely no possibility of failure," said Miss Amelia Earhart, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Still Raging Over Arbitration Bill Angry Scene in Reps. Penalties for Refusing Work Canberra
THE proceedings in the House of Representatives yesterday were a repetition of those of the day before, only more so—at least up to the point when the clause legalising lockouts and strikes was disposed of by…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Long Pacific Flight. Hawaii to Suva. Ulm's Vivid Narrative. Through Storm and Stress. Leaving for Brisbane To-day
The aviators expect to hop-off for Brisbane at 3 p.m., to-day, and reach their destination on Friday. They attended a civic reception given by the Mayor of Suva, and Mr. Ulm vividly described the preparations for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood Light St. Andrew's Gay Much Decoration
THE tower of St. Andrew's College, at the University, was sharply silhouetted last night against lights when the annual dance was given…
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