To Floodlight Oval
Randwick Council has allocated £212 for floodlighting Coogee Oval, to enable footballers to train at night, A motion, submitted by Aldermen…
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Champion Team Beaten at Show Exciting Woodcut Final in Heavy Rain
The Manny McCarthy-Leo Appo scratch combination, the hot favorites for the teams' standing cut, 30-inch log event, were well beaten at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broadbent on His Way to Lympne. Record in Sight. Leaves Rome in Storm. London, April 22
Mr, Jim Broadbent, the Australian aviator, who is attempting to establish a solo flight record between Darwin and England, took off from…
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Miss Leona Flood, a 19-years-old American violinist, will give three recitals at the Conservatorium on the nights of May 5 and 7, and a matinee on May 12…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →River In Flood
THERE was great commotion in this little town which, not so very long before, had been filled with happy and contented people. Now…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Church Storm a Cyclone Dissension Spreads St. James' Boils Over
STORMS which "Truth" warned his Grace, the Archbishop of Sydney, were developing within his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Muddle Mars Britain's Air Plans Fierce Storm Threatens In House Of Commons Next Week American Mission a Surprise Move To Spend Huge Sum On U.S. 'Planes LONDON
THE "Daily Herald's" aeronautical correspondent states that a storm will rage in Parliament next week over the muddles and delays that are wrecking Britain's air rearmament programme…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Heavy Rain in Adelaide. Adelaide
In spite of heavy nnd almost constant rain. 6,650 returned men took part in the Anzac Day march to-day, and it is estimated that about 70,000 people lined the streets to watch…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gale Hits City
REACHING Sydney late last night and maintaining its velocity early this morning, a gale brought with it one of the…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.--A violent electrical storm which struck Launceston this evening did much minor damage. Sixty-four points of rain fell in half…
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COMMUNICATION with the town of Young was cut-off last night by a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Rain Falls in Country Heavy Storms Occurred
Splendid rain storms extended over New South Wales between the coast and the Darling River yesterday. The falls in some districts were the best for months. The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) says the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fish Killed by Electric Storm Melbourne
The electrocution of shoals of fish by lightning striking the water has been reported to the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game (Mr. Lewis),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishermen Caught In Gale One Drowned: Eight Others Are Rescued Pt. Phillip Bay Melbourne
ONE person was drowned when a boat capsized, and eight others were rescued from craft which got into difficulties when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fishing Boats in Storm. Two Overwhelmed; Youth Drowned. Struggle with Broken Oars. Melbourne
Thirty-three small fishing boats, which put out from Brighton, Beaumaris, and Sandringham this morning, were caught in a gale and duststorm…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pilot Killed In Dust Storm Plane Crash at 200ft. Returning From Pageant Melbourne
FLYING-OFFICER Andrew Fisher Chalman, 23, of Pakenham, was killed instantly when his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilot Is Killed in Air Crash Returning From Pageant At Richmond in Dust Storm Melbourne
FLYING-OFFICER Andrew Fisher Chalman, 23, single, of Pakenham, was killed instantly, and Leading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.A.A.F. Pilot Killed. Nose-dive in Paddock. Overtaken by Storm. Five Planes Down. MELBOURNE
One of the flight of 11 Royal Australian Air Force Wapiti planes which left Sydney this morning for Laverton, crashed while the pilot was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Drowned in N.Z. FLOOD. Large Areas Swept. Residents Sleep in Tower Wellington
Two lives have been lost and great damage done by serious floods in New Zealand. Maki Morepi, 24, a Maori, and Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Town Cut Off by Floodwaters
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused by floods in the Hawkes Bay province…
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