Oppressive Heat. 30-Hour Ordeal. Storm Damage at Harden
During the 30 hours from 9 a.m. on Monday to 3 p.m. yesterday, the temperature did not drop below 76.4 degrees; and at 2 o'clock yesterday…
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Throwing £40,000 Away' Manager Angered When County Council Overrules Advice Alleged Disrespect to Council Raises Storm
A STORMY meeting of the Sydney County Council yesterday was remarkable for the fact that councillors failed to endorse two important recommendations by the manager of the electricity undertaking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Havoc. Five Deaths in U.S.A. CHICAGO, Jan. 19
Continued rain has brought further threats to flooded arcas in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri, where the rivers have reached new high levels…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Trains Delayed. Flood Rains in S.A. ADELAIDE
The heavy rains in the north-east and far north resulted in considerable disorganisation of the railways. Owing to washaways the east-west express, due to arrive in Adelaide at…
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FLOODS have submerged railway lines in Central Australia and transformed creeks into extensive lakes…
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Although the maximum temperature recorded at Sydney yesterday was 15 degrees lower than that of Tuesday, those who worked in city offices and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fighting Storms In a 'Plane. Sir Henry Gullett Interested. Canberra
Though he had intended to travel from Melbourne to Sydney by air, the Minister for Trade Treaties (Sir Henry Gullett) to-day reached Canberra by motor car, after the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wot an Skips Dominion Races to Tackle Melbourne & SYDNEY Cuddle and Flood Tide Will Make the Visiting List a Strong One For Autumn Meetings Remarkable Tote Revenue for N.Z. GOVERNMENT
IT was given out that one of the reasons why Wotan was not entered for the Wellington Cup meeting, which opened at Trent ham this Wednesday, was that the 7.7 minimum weight now in force in the Dominion was objected to with a horse rising in the handicap, it being pointed out that he was handicapped at 8.8 in Australia before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Levees Broken. Floods in U.S.A. Families Homeless. Chicago, Jan. 20
Hundreds of families were driven from their homes and many had to be rescued in boats as rivers in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri…
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BERLIN, Thursday.--Twenty-five persons were drowned when the German naval tender Welle foundered in the Baltic while attempting to rescue…
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FURTHER particulars have been received regarding the survey party from the Royal Research ship Discovery II., which was missing in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in U.S.A. Saving the Levees. Guards Empowered to Shoot. Chicago, Jan. 21
Continued rains have increased the floods in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. Motor-propelled lifeboats, to be used in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →30,000 Homeless in Floods Train Derailed And 12 Injured New York
At least 30,000 persons are estimated to be homeless in five States because of the floods. More rains are forecast for the…
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FOR years Japan has been raising an enormous superstructure of armaments. Now there are signs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Plane Crashes in Gale Forced Back When Over Channel LONDON
One of the two 'planes that, carrying newspapers to Paris, were forced by a gale to turn back, crashed in Surrey, both its occupants being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Brewing in Cricket World V.C.A. Might Even Reject Melbourne Ground Morton's Cautious Admissions To "Smith's" Appalling Conditions Revealed During Last Test Match
SHOULD the fifth Test be the match that will decide the Ashes, radical changes will be necessary in the arrangements provided at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by the Melbourne Cricket Club committee. The third Test, which saw world attendance records…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortage of Food. Tennant Creek Floods. Horses Bogged Up to Girths. Tennant Creek
Reports that two miles of water stretch across the Woodford Flats near Ti-Tree, make a resumption of normal traffic between the railhead at Alice…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →U.S.A. Floods. Damage in Ten States. Many Areas Evacuated. Thousands Homeless. New York, Jan. 22
Ten southern and middle-western States report heavy damage from floods, and the estimated number of homeless people has increased to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →U.S. Floods at Record Level Cincinnati
With the rising of the floodwaters of the Ohio River and its tributaries to what is stated to be the highest levels known, it is reported that…
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THE terrific floods in the Chio valley continue to rise, and 80,000 persons are now homeless at Portsmouth where the water has…
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