Flood Rails on the Peel. Transporting Supplies in the Northern Territory
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 39
This line of flood rails, designed to prevent cattle from wandering along the river bed and into a neighbour's property, has outlived its usefulness. It spans a peaceful stretch of the Peel River at Woolomin, Tamworth district, New South Wales. The miniature fleet is carrying all kinds of stores to stations along the McArthur River…
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The Sun · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 5
About 100 persons and 1100 cattle were drowned in the Nonda district, near Lucknow, by floods, which, it is estimated, covered 400 square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mussolini and the Pope. Stunt Newspaper Storm
The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 22
During the last few days the British yellow press and its Australian echo have been making another attempt to indicate a clash between Signor Mussolini and the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Czechs Allege Bloodshed Plots by Storm Troops London
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 3
CZECH newspapers complain that Germany is trying to create an atmosphere that will make the success of Lord Runciman's mission to Prague impossible. Clandestine plots are attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →100 Drowned in Floods. Lucknow, Aug. 10
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 12
One hundred persons and 1,100 head of cattle have been drowned in the Nonda district, as a result of floods, which are estimated to cover 400 square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Maroons Men on Island Auckland
The Sun · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 9
Six men, marooned on an island in Rangitikel River. spent an anxious day watching flood water rising and threatening to sweep them…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Indian Flood Havoc
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 3
ALLAHABAD, Wednesday. -- More than 4000 villages are under water from the rivers Rapti and Gogra, tributaries of the Ganges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Davis Cup. Postponement of Play. Courts Flooded. Hopman Not Worried. Montreal, Aug. 11
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 15
It was decided this morning, beuse of rain, to postpone to-day's play in the Davis Cup tie between Australia and Japan until to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →10,000 Villages Flooded Out
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3
ALLAHABAD, Thursday.--Nearly 10,000 villages have been inundated or marooned by the floods in the eastern United Provinces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Storm Havoc
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 3
LONDON, Friday.-- Violent storms continue in various parts of England. London, which had hitherto escaped, was visited by thunderstorms last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Wins N.s.w. Golf Club Title
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 16
R. G. Gale, New South Wales Golf Club committeeman, scored a meritorious win over E. L. Apperley, leading State amateur, 6 and 5, in the club…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Golf Clubs' Championships. R. Gale's Win at N.S.W. Healy Beats Hughes. Ruckley at Long Reef
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 18
R. G. Gale played splendidly at New South Wales yesterday to win the club championship for the first time. He beat the veteran, E. L…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Empty Ship Runs Wild in Tasman Gale Plucky Capture Ends Tow Boat's Anxious Chase
The Sun · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1
With her towing charge, the 500-ton steamer Mako, running wild in a howling mid-Tasman westerly gale, the British motorship Salamaua patrolled mountainous seas for two nights keeping the lights of the empty Mako…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebel Body' Rugby League Dispute. Storm at Committee Meeting. Canterbury Club's Report
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 15
The dispute between the Canter[?]ury-Bankstown district club and the New South Wales Rugby League over the disqualification of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Japanese Floods. Devastation in Kobe
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 12
The recent floods in Japan are described in a letter from a resident of Sydney now in Kobe where, he said, he was appalied at the widespread devastation The roads were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Damage by Fire Sprinklers. Celluloid Ablaze. Basement Flooded
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 12
Stocks of sports goods, shoes, boots, and saddlery, at the premises of Farleigh Nettheim Pty., Ltd., Foveaux Street, were damaged by water yesterday morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm Over Books Plan
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 5
FIERY WORDS flew at North Sydney Council meeting last night during a discussion on the free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towing Ship Nearing Port After Gale
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 3
Good progress across the Tasman was last night reported by the motorship Salamaua, which is towing the empty 500-ton steamer Mako from Auckland to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Towline Storm on Tasman. Empty Ship Recovered
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 16
In a special wireless message to the "Herald" last night, Captain Andrew Smith, of W. R. Carpenter and Company's 6676-ton motor vessel Salamaua,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mrs. Anastasia Elizabeth Gale
The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 27
Mrs. Anastasia Elizabeth Gale, of Padding-ton-street, Paddington, died on the 16th ult., fortified by the lost rites of the Church. Mrs. Gale was born at Bowenfels, N.S.W., in 1862…
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