Fight with Big Seas Ships Delayed By Gale
When the liners Awatea and Strathmore arrived at Sydney to-day behind schedule, their officers told…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods & storms, 1938
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Storms in New Zealand Many Settlements Isolated AUCKLAND
A succession of unprecedented winter storms has caused the isolation of many townships and settlements in the Bay of Plenty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Propeller" League of Writers. Contributions by Members. After the Storm
The sky is blue as a baby's eyes, a breeze stirs the purple sea of the wistaria, tossing to spray in a radiant shower. In the grass is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclonic Storm at Auckland
Swept by a succession of cyclonic storms this winter, small craft in Auckland Harbour have suffered great damage. Top: A large lowing launch burying her nose into a heavy sea on the harbour. Below: A pleasure launch was [?]orn from its moorings and washed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Diminished Prosperity. Mr. C. C. Gale's View
There were indications that Australia, while sound in its gener[?] position, was facing a condition less prosperous than that recently enjoyed, Mr. C C. Gale, chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ship Battered by Gale Crew Thought Last Days Had Come
For the last six days of her voyage from Copenhagen, the new North Coast motorship Wyangarie battled through gales so severe that the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →26 Poles Killed by Lightning Storm Rages Far And Wide LONDON
Twenty-six people were hilled by lightning to-day in Poland, most of them in the Vilna region. Two children and a man were drowned when a tidal wave invaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Ship Fights Gales. Wyangarie Reaches Sydney
For the last six days of her voyage from Copenhagen, the new North Coast motorship Wyangarie, which reached Sydney yesterday, encountered gales and mountainous seas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Storm Havoc in England. Homes Wrecked. Deaths in Europe. London, Aug. 5
Stock has been killed, houses have been wrecked, telephones put out of order, crops damaged, train services interrupted, and towns flooded in a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Storm Havoc in England London
A great storm which moved east across southern England, but missed London, passed over the northern holiday resorts, causing much…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Heavy Rain Likely. Catchment Areas. Prospects for To-day
Heavy rain is likely to fall on the Catchment areas to-day and, as recent light rains have moistened the ground, an immediate run-off into the dams…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rain on Catchment Area Likely Today Heavy Falls Forecast, with Snow on Mountains; Gales at Sea
RAIN is expected in Sydney today and in the next few days. The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) last night forecast heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Raid Hankow. Bombs Kill 60. Floods Hinder Push. HANKOW, Aug. 7
Sixty people were killed when 27 Japanese bombers, escorted by 27 fighters, tearing across a temperstuous sky, attacked the aerodrome at Hankow…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Japanese Troops Drown in Flood Hankow
TWO thousand Japanese troops were drowned and enormous quantities of war material were engulfed when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expect Rain, Gales
FURTHER rain was reported from many parts of the State yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Hurt In Strong Gale NEWCASTLE, Mon
A WOMAN was badly hurt when a 50-mile-an-hour westerly gale struck Newcastle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roofs Tossed Into Air by Gale Trail Of Storm Damage In New Zealand AUCKLAND
Once again New Zealand has been battered by a storm which has left a trail of ruin in both Islands. Canterbury and the West Coast and the North Island suffered most. Roofs were tossed in the air, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIERCE N. Z. Gales South Island Damage. Christchurch
Telephone and telegraph services have been seriously disrupted, and the electric power lines have been broken and the supply cut off in many areas…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Milder Days. Better Weather Outlook. Fierce Storm at Sea
Three or four mild days, probably five, except for a slight, showery tendency at night and in the early morning, are expected by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →FLOODLIGHTING Request to Council Committee to Consider
The Granville and District Chamber of Commerce asked Granville Council last night to carry out a scheme of flood-lighting the shopping areas of…
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