Dam Gibraltar German Scheme to Flood Sahara
German promoters of a scheme to transform the Sahara into a rainy area are seeking the approval of the League of Nations. The idea is to…
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Gale Caused Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A gale is blamed for a fire which destroyed the home of Alfred Stewart, Curlewis Avenue, Altona, last night. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Auckland Swept By Fierce Gale AUCKLAND
During a fierce gale which swept Auckland huge seas were experienced in the harbor, and the excursion steamer Rangitoto and the large…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nine Killed Nazi Storm-Troopers In A Crash BERLIN
Nine Nazi storm-troopers were killed and 31 injured when a lorry conveying them from Wuppertal to Solingen (Rhenish Prussia) collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dizziness Affects Crawford At Vital Stage Perry Wins a Five-Set Final Australian Led Two to One Match Was Played In A Gale Forest Hills (U.s.a.)
WHEN Crawford was leading Perry (England) by two sets to one in the final of the American National championship, he suddenly lost all his form and lost the remaining two sets, 0-6, 1-6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Drowned in Mersey Canoe Overturns in Flooded River
BURNIE (Tasmania), Sunday.--When a canoe overturned in the River Mersey, near Latrobe, yesterday Arthur Stewart Heath (16) and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Over Bankstown Contract
A STORM broke at Bankstown Council last night, when a letter from the Minister for Local Government (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Died in Snow Searchers Struggle in Gale
AUCKLAND, Monday.--After a ten hours' struggle against a fierce snowstorm, a search party discovered the body of J. Deem, who died on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ships Battered by Gale Considerable Damage in Auckland
AUCKLAND, Monday.--All shipping arriving at Auckland has been battered by the fierce gale. The Golden Rod, from Los Angeles, hove…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Gale. Damage in New Zealand. Shipping Affected. Auckland
A strong easterly gale blew and heavy rain fell throughout last night and early this morning. Harbour conditions were boisterous. The harbour excursion steamer Rangitoto…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nazi Film Jews Forced to "Stone" Storm Troops London
It is now possible, says the Berlin correspondent of "The Times," to disclose the truth of the incident in Grenadierstrasse, a mean street in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Golden Rod in Gale. Auckland
The United States freighter Golden Rod arrived 15 hours behind time, after having been severely buffeted in a sale. A heavy sea broke aboard and washed away the meathouse and its contents,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ships Battered by Howling Gale Wellington (N.z.)
CONSIDERABLE damage was done to the deck fittings on the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rugby League Team Is In Great Nick And Took London By Storm LONDON, August 17
THE Australian Rugby League footballers have made an unprecedented hit in London. Whatever the cause, the ex elusive London Press has taken them to their hearts and given this team far more publicity than the whole of the previous four teams combined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Bush Corners Fear of Thunderstorm
One man I knew in a country town used to retire to a cellar and play his violin loudly during a thunderstorm. He was a very nervous man…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →New Main To Prevent Floods
At a conference to-day of business men and representatives of the Water Board and the City Council it was decided to recommend that a new…
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Pennsylvania miners demonstrate in a recent strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clung to Roof 100 Miles Train-Top Trip In Gale AUCKLAND
While the Wellington express sped southward through a howling gale, Andrew McPherson, an unemployed man, lay concealed by the darkness,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flogged White Man Storm Over Deposition of Native Chief London
A POLITICAL storm has been aroused in England by the deposition of one of the most important Bechuanaland chiefs, Tshekidi, as punishment for the flogging of a white man, Phineas McIntosh, at the order of a native court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Street Floodings
As the result of a conference between the City Council and the Water Beard yesterday, steps will be taken immediately to prevent flooding in the low-lying area of George-street…
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