Cenotaph Ceremony. Battalion Marches From Review. Background of Floodlights
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 13
Several hundred people witnessed the ceremony of placing a wreath on the Cenotaph last night by Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Galleghan, of the 17th Battalion (Militia)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Blaze of Color In Dense Crowds in Streets Striking Scenes at Night Big Buildings Gay With Flags Flood LIGHTING
The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 5
CORONATION DAY in Sydney was celebrated as a holiday which,probably,has no parallel in the manner in which it was observed. Instead of Sydney and suburbs moving out to the holiday and country resorts, the city became the hub of crowds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artists Find Sea Port in Storm
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 3
The freighter Unicoi ended a musical voyage from New York to Sydney last night. Her complement includes Mr. E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Relief of Drought and Flood Sufferers
The Land · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 14
Crown settlers desiring relief on the grounds of special hardships, such as drought and flood, must ledge their applications on the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy Rain Vessels Delayed At Auckland
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 4
A cable message received at Sydney yesterday afternoon from Auckland stated that very heavy rain was falling there, and that discharging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Violent Storm
The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 11
ONE day in December was very hot. The sun was shining fiercely, and a lot of vapor was in the air. in the afternoon big cloud banks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Forecast of Heavy Rain for Week-end Sydney May Get Off Lightly
The Sun · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 5
HEAVY rain, with thunderstorms and isolated severe squalls, is expected over N.S.W. during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bookstalls Are Flooded With Yankee 10-Cent Coronation Yearbook Yellow Journalism at Its Gaudy Worst
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 2
MR. WHITE bans serious British works of literature, but his Customs officials permit trashy and offensive Yankee publications of a scandalous nature to flood Australia. Did his censors read "The Royal Family," a 10-cent gaudily-covered production now making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Strips Trees
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2
AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Trees were stripped of bark by a fierce gale which swept the city, with torrential rain, last night…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2
EXTENSIVE rain over the western, central-western, and Riverina districts of the State during the weekend has considerably brightened the prospects of wheat farmers. But though the rain was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Gale. Auckland (N.z.), May 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 10
Severe gales, accompanied by continuous rain, swept the Auckland province during the week-end. Owing to the flooding of the course thp Waipa races had to be abandoned…
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The Sun · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 9
A violent storm, with particularly heavy rain, battered the Auckland province during the week-end. The Waipa racecourse was under water…
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The Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 1
GAY TALKIE, a thee-year-old colt from Auckland, sold to the Maharajadhiraj of Idar, arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage in New Zealand Passengers Marooned In Service Car AUCKLAND
The Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 15
Country reports reveal widespread damage as the result of flooding during the gale. A large area of Hauraki Plains is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cyclone and Food Shortage Enliven Yacht Cruise
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 9
ON cruise to the Barrier Reef the Sydney yacht Moonbil ran ground, battled her way through a cyclone, and ran out of provisions, forcing her crew to hunt wild game on an island. The adventurous voyage was described…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Club House Is Destroyed Blaze Fanned by Gale Heavy Loss At Elanora Hard Fight
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 1
FANNED by a wind reaching gale force, a fire yesterday destroyed Elanora Country Club House. Narrabeen, and contents,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fireworks & Floodlights
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 9
WHILE the Harbour was illuminated many people in homes overlooking Farm Cove and Kirribilli realised as never before the extent to which science has changed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Serious Damage Caused by Floods Wellington (N.Z.)
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 10
Reports to hand tell of considerable damage as the result of floods, which followed a gale, in country areas. Large portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Church Wall Crashes in Gale Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 1
SWEEPING through Ballarat to-day, a gale blew down the front wall of the Apostolic Church. Fortunately the street was deserted when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm Havoc in Canada Calgary (Alberta)
The Sun · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 32
A dust storm cut a 20-mile swath in the Strathmore district to-day. Two farmers were injured, crops were destroyed and buildings were…
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