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The registration up to 8 o'clock last night was officially stated to be the highest on the catchment area for any one day since the present Water Board took office in April, 1935…
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Alarms in Storm
BAD weather means more than just rain, wind and cold to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain on Catchment Three-Inch Fall Highest In Three Years Water Restrictions Remain in Force
MORE than 500 million gallons of water poured into the catchment area dams as a result of yesterday's heavy rains. Cataract dam has risen a foot and Cordeaux six inches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Launch. Foundering in Storm Feared. Five Persons Aboard. Brisbane
No trace of the missing launch Dorisana has been found and fears are growing that the launch which lelt Mackay for Perty Island a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Rain Disorganises All Sports
Heavy rain has interfered with sporting events scheduled for this week. Richmond trots, which were to have been held yesterday, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sydney's Water Supply Replenished — Floods at Narrabeen — Golf Championship Play in Heavy Rain
Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…
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AU REVOIR IN RAIN. Limp streamers and shining umbrellas displaced the usual gay wharf scene when the Nieuw Holland left for Batavia yesterday. LEFT: The Assistant Slate Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, measures up 46 points of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man All Night In Storm
WALTER SMITH, 35, of St. Ann, Street. Nowra, spent Sunday night drenched through,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anti-s.p. Bill Will Raise Storm
A STORMY debate is certain to follow the second reading of the Anti-S.P. Bill in Parliament tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Provoking the Czechs Henlein Storm-troops Mobilise Settlement Not Wanted—“incidents” Likely
The Henleinists have exposed themselves as people who are not seeking a peaceful settlement but are actually plotting to loose the dogs of war. FOLLOWING the discovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Fakes Relieved By Channels
FLOOD WATERS IN NARRABEEN LAKES were let into the sea yesterday through special channels (above) dredged by Council employees. Narrabeen streets, under water, provided hazards for cyclists…
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SOUTH SYDNEY LOCK FORWARD Ray Byrne washes off the mud in a bath at the Sports Ground after training in the rain last night. No, the water wasn't cold!…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Storm in the State Teacup
WHAT, after all, seems to be something like a storm in a teacup has arisen in connection with the status of the Agents-General representing the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →40-Hour Week Storm May Shake France PARIS
FRANCE, is likely to be shaken by a storm of industrial agitation following the advocacy of longer working hours by the Premier (M. Daladier). The movement for improved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Correspondents Army At Shanghai Gates Chinese Storm Suburb Hongkong
FIFTY thousand Chinese guerrilla troops are reported to be near the south-west outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodlighting at Granville Costly Proposal Report to Council
By installing a schema of flood-lighting as footpath lighting in Sydney-road, Good-street, Railway-parade, and Southstreet, as requested by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage Grant. Ballina
Advice that a grant of £375 would be made by the Government towards the cost of repairing flood damage in the shire was received at a meeting of the Tintenbar Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rosebery Saves Trainers Tracks Are Flooded by Heavy Rain Brazandt, Rodborough In Smart Half-mile Genetout Goes Well
Horses came from all quarters to gallop at Rosebery this morning, work being more or less impossible at every other track. Even Sydney's remarkable wet weather course…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →River Bursts Banks People Quit Homes Phenomenal Rains, Cyclone Raging Flood Threat
Phenomenal rains at Bowral, on the southern fringe of the catchment area, have caused the Bong Bong river to burst its banks and drive residents from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Tasman Storm Auckland
A fierce storm in the Tasman is delaying the Maunganui on her voyage from Sydney to Auckland, and she may not arrive till Sunday night…
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