Floodlighting at Duntroon Extending Aerodrome
CANBERRA, Friday.--Provision is expected to be contained in next year's Estimates for the floodlighting of the Canberra aerodrome, at Duntroon,…
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Fun And Trial Of Skating... In A Desert Storm
SWIFTLY the brick-red curtain overspread the vast universe of the heavens, blocking from overhead the sun's golden orb. Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pratt a Nifty Navigator Steered Lavage Out of a Storm Cognac Went Flat
AN india rubber ball with twin eight engines inside could not have bounced along more bouncingly than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Gathering Over British Government Abuse For Eden And Baldwin "Stick to League" Campaign London
The country is uneasy regarding the outcome of the historic sanctions debate in the House of Commons and Britain faces a period of considerable political uncertainty…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Disabled in a Gale. Freighter Mungana. ADELAIDE
With her engine thrust carried away and her propeller shaft bent, the interstate freighter Mungana (3351 tons) is disabled off the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Joseph Conrad's Battle Through Cyclone Captain's Story Of Voyage Damage to Ship Villiers Hurt Grazed Coral Reef
THE story of the Joseph Conrad's adventurous voyage to Papeete from Samarai is graphically told in an exclusive message to "The Sun" from Captain Alan Villiers. After sighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Mungana Sends S.O.S. Perilous Position in Gale Two Vessels Answer Call Disabled Adelaide
AS a result of an S.O.S. from the interstate freighter Mungana. which is in danger off Margaret Brock Reef, near Cape Jaffe. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship in Peril Near Reef Crippled Off S.A. Coast in Roaring Gale Liner Answers SOS, But Fails To Pass Line
DISABLED in a heavy sea and a roaring southerly, the interstate freighter Mungana, with a crew of 42 aboard, is in peril off Margaret Brock Reef, near Jaffa, about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Swept by Deluge, Flooding Homes London
London and its outskirts were swept by a deluge last night which flooded roads, holding up thousands of cars returning to town and putting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Golf. Greens Flooded, Day's Play Abandoned. Cotton's Record Round. London, June 22
A cloudburst, which flooded the greens, caused the abandonment of play for to-day in the open golf championship, and all scores were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Falls Rain Forecast Cover State Floods Feared
HEAVY rain fell in the city late this afternoon. The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said that within the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →40-Hour Cases Flood N.Z. Court Wellington (N.z.)
Arising from the recent 40 hours' legislation, the Arbitration Court today made fixtures for the hearing of approximately 300 applications…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone Havoc Many Yachts Go Ashore Peril on Harbor Heavy Rain Storm Passes on
THE cyclone, which poured torrential rain on Sydney last night and has now passed to the south- east corner of the State, expended the worst of its fury on harbor shipping, tearing about 20 yachts and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Further Heavy Rain Expected
Following upon the heavy rain along the coast and on the tablelands during yesterday, further heavy falls ore predicted in eastern areas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Storms Lash Coast Cyclone Expected Today: Four Vessels Back to Port
RAINSTORMS, a 50-miles-an-hour gale, and heavy seas swept the New South Wales coast yesterday, causing vessels to return to port for shelter, and preventing aeroplanes from taking off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strathnaver in Gale
The P. and O. liner Strathnaver, on her way from London, radioed late this afternoon that through meeting a heavy gale on the coast she…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrifying Cyclone at Norfolk Island
NEVER before in the known history of Norfolk Island has a cyclone caused such appalling destruction in so…
Continued on Trove, page 56 →Victim Of The Storm
Stranded on the sand in Masman Bay during the storm which swept the city last night…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Heavy Rains. Country Areas Benefit. Gales on Coast
Sydney experienced the wettest day for more than three months yesterday. Between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. 124 points was registered. Towards…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Struck by Car in Storm
During a heavy downpour of rain lost night a man and his wife were struck by a car while crossing Park Road, Paddington, on their way…
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