FLOODLIGHTING. Fairyland London Scenes. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, July 23
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 9
"Lights o' London"! Modern electricians have given a new meaning to that old phrase, and in doing so have provided yet another of those famous "free shows" for which this city…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murray Floods. Another Area Inundated. Authorities Condemned. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 13
The bank of the Murray River at Mypolonga broke this morning, following the break at River Glen. Mypolonga is the second largest reclaimed area along the Murray, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Peak Past Lower Murray Floods Banks Hold Iron in Demand Adelaide
The Sun · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 5
The dairy settlements along the Lower Murray experienced the peak of the floods last night, and this morning prospects were much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floodlights of London Big Building Display London, Friday. (British Official Wireless)
The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 7
Preparations for floodlight illuminations of the principal London ings during the next month in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood, Disease, & Red Peril Hankow's Tragedy: Troops Move Shanghai
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 6
Ostensibly to replace ships' guards, Which normally consist of 20 men, a company of the Northumberland Fusiliers has been warned of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Before the Storm Comes the Calm"
Truth · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 3
SYDNEY'S leading lady punier, Mrs. Maude Vandenburg re-appeared at Warwick Farm yesterday. No doubt she was there to get a line on form for the Spring meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery Death of Pretty Woman Cripple Lynch Law Mob Storms Virginia Gaol Ghastly Find in Garage Widow and Children Charleston
The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1
Mobs clamored around the gaol in the village of Clarksburg, West Virginia, to-night, trying to get their hands on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Workers
The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1
With the swirling waters of the Murray lapping the 10-fool protection bank at Pompoota to within a few inches of its brink, men are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Loss Effect of Murray Flood Peak Past Adelaide
The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1
A survey shows that 117 dairy farmers between Mannum and Murray Bridge have been affected by the flooding of settlements, following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Off Coast. Rain Likely in the West
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 9
A severe cyclonic disturbance was operating over the Tasman Sea during the week-end, and was last night moving eastward and approaching the south island of New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wounded Skier Held Up by Storms Ten Miles on Toboggan
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Because of heavy storms, Mr. C. F. Donald, of the University Ski Club, who dislocated a leg at Hotham Heights on Wednesday had to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Centre of Moscow Flooded Many Buildings Evacuated
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 5
The Moscow River burst its south back in the centre of the capital recently. Water poured into the city's largest con[?] factory, which was hastily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods. Position Improves. ADELAIDE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 10
Calm weather has enabled the banks of the Murray to be strengthened, so that there is now a margin of safety, but there is always a danger of windy weather bringing back the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →200,000 Dead Chinese Flood Disaster Shanghai
The Sun · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 1
The floods are still taking an appalling toll of human lives in Northern China. More than 200,000 persons have been drowned in North Kiangsu owing to a canal bursting its banks above Shaopo and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief for Refugees China's Task After the Floods Shanghai
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 8
President Chiang Kai-shek has arrived at Hankow to discuss flood relief and measures to counter Communist attacks which are expected…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murray Floods. Settlements in Danger. ADELAIDE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 7
To-night, settlements at Pompoota, Long Flat, and Burdett, on the Murray River, were reported to be in grave danger from flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Death Roll China Floods Claim 200,000 Lives Shanghai
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 8
Over 200,000 have been drowned in North Kiangsu, owing to a canal bursting its banks above Shaopo. and inundating hundreds of square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Searchers Now Sought All Others Safe But One Storms Still Rage on Icy Slopes
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 1
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Warwick Stanton, son of an Auckland solicitor, is the only one of the party of students lost on Mount Ruapehu,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trees and Flood Mitigation Plans to Protect the Murray Valley
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 9
The disastrous floods of the Murray River have, according to the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Arthur Blakely, a definite connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Roar of Flood Heard Half a Mile
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 1
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A long flat, comprising 354 acres, opposite Murray Bridge was flooded to-day after the settlers had made a strenuous effort to save it…
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