Child Was Alarmed by Storm Drip, Drip Of Rain Interrupted Recitation at Eisteddfod
THE thunderstorm in the city yesterday afternoon was the cause of mild panic among the elocution competitors at the…
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Culling the Flock Prices will Slump if Market is Flooded with Too Many Birds Factors to Observe in Making Rejections
DURING the past few years, many poultry farmers have made a practice of culling out a large proportion of second year hens early in the season, with the object of obtaining higher prices while the market remains firm for hens. This year, on account of the higher cost of feeding, it is probable that many poultry farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →State Is Relieved by Rain Heavy Thunderstorms In City And Suburbs Some Damage
RAIN occurred almost generally over the State yesterday, and considerable relief has been brought to inland areas…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Approval has been given by the Minister for Works (Mr. Spooner) for the extension of the storm water drainage scheme…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Tide s higher than any for 40 years caused floodings in the estuary of the Thames and on the East Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Wire Lead Tragedy Man Killed During Storm
CATCHING hold of an electric light lead while working for the H. N. Murray Construction Company at Bald Rook, Balmain, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trawler Aground in Violent Storm Eight of Crew Drowned London
THE trawler Girl Norah was caught in storm yesterday off the French coast and ran aground between Calais and Gravelines. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →England Concentrates On Bradman Weird Field Likely If Champion Gets Going Brown 12th Man For Australia: Morning Thunderstorms Likely BRISBANE
TO the Englishmen who will meet Australia in the first Test at the Brisbane Cricket Ground at noon tomorrow, Don Bradman looms as the bogey man of the home eleven, and it is likely that some revolutionary methods in field placing will be adopted to curb him…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Nine Lives Lost in Fierce Gale
A DRAMATIC AERIAL PICTURE of the Scottish herring-drifter Olive Branch, washed ashore near Yarmouth (England), where it turned turtle, with the loss of nine lives. The disaster occurred in one of the worst gales East Anglia has known for years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Yesterday Reached 60 Miles An Hour
GUSTS of the westerly gale in Sydney yesterday twice reached a velocity of 60 m.p.h.--the strongest for four years--and several times exceeded 56 m.p.h. The wind blew at gale force all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain. Slight Flood Danger. Showers at Grafton
Further heavy rain on some parts of the South Coast would have a tendency to cause minor floods, particularly in the upper tributaries of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Flood-gates Let Down. New York, Dec. 4
With the exception of a small and irresponsible minority showing little or no discretion in the matter it printed, the American Press displayed considerable reticence in its…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The STORM
Dashing and plashing and splashing, whipped by the gale, All night long soughing and ploughing The dark sea, augur of bale…
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FOUR VIEWS OF MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON, the lovely American woman whose suggested marriage with King Edward VIII has led to the gravest British Constitutional crisis for years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain and Hail. Storm at Dorrigo. Electric Power Plant Benefits
Although fine weather prevailed over practically the whole State yesterday, (he Dorrigo district, on the central north coast, was a notable exception. A severe storm…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm Clouds in Brisbane Wet Wicket for Australia? Brisbane
CLOUDS banked up in Brisbane this afternoon and a storm is forecast. It will be hard luck for Australia…
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One hundred persons have been drowned in floods In the Province of Adana (Southern Asia Minor). More than 300 have been injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Flood. Thousands Missing. Philippine Island. Manila, Dec. 8
Thousands of people are missing in the north-east of Luzon Island as the result of the most "disastrous flood in the history of the Philippines. Officials are checking the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Aid by Air for Flood Victims Manila
Army 'planes have been assigned to rush to the aid of the people of Cagayan Valley, where thousands are dead or missing, as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Over 1000 Drowned In Floods MANILA
OVER 1000 persons have been drowned in the floods, which are the worst in the history of the Philippine Islands…
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