Floods Abate. Large Areas Still Covered. Great Damage to Roads
Although all flooded, North Coast rivers were reported last night to be falling, large areas of country are still covered with water, and road…
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Yachts Battered in Gale
YACHTSMEN are not likely to forget yesterday's southeasterly gale. Their craft were severely battered; many were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bowls No Good for Bowls Kitty Caught In Deluge
SODDEN and heavy greens were responsible for many forfeits in matches set down for play in the single-handed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women's Athletics. B-r-r-r, But They Needed Constitutions Even Deluge Didn't Worry Hardy Girls
CONSTITUTION ROAD, Dulwich Hill, is well named. It led yesterday to an exhibition of the hardiest constitutions in the State at the Annual Field and Track Championships of the N.S.W.W.A.A.A. It would take a deluge to dampen the spirits…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Flood Casino
ALMOST by chance, the body of Charles Eyles, the road gang cook who was drowned in the floods, was found late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Burns Service. Marred by Heavy Rain. Tributes to Poet
Rain marred the service held at the Robett Burns statue in the Sydney Domain on Saturday to commemorate the 179th anniversary of the birth of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Gale Sweeps Dubbo Dubbo
A gale swept over Dubbo last night and created one of the heaviest duststorms in the history of the town. At times it was impossible to see across…
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Three hundred members of the R.A.F. fought desperately for four hours in the darkness tonight to save 20 8-ton bombers which were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yachts in Gale. Sjo-Ro's Mast Collapses. Norn and Bacchante Win
A southerly squall which blew up to gale force gave competitors in Saturdays yacht races a strenuous time. A south-easterly of medium strength…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Parapet Crashes in Gale Police Cleared Street Great Damage In Country Town Roofs Go Gilgandra, Sun
STRUCK by a gale of cyclonic force at about 11.30 last night, the town was shaken from one end to the other, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Share-hawking. Charge Against Manager. Witness Flood-bound. Armidale
The case of alleged share-hawking against Arnold Lovell, 46, manager, entered upon the third day of hearing at the Armidale Police Court on Saturday morning. before Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Water Famine. Peculiar Result of Flood. Murwillumbah
The town of Murwillumbah experienced an acute shortage of water for household purposes from Thursday morning until Saturday, in spite of the fact that over six inches of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Northern Town Flooded
Floods on the North Coast have caused extensive damage. Woodlark-street, Lismore, was inundated, employees of shops and garages working with water to their knees. This view of the street shows the extent of the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Freak Gale In Scotland Wrecks Planes LONDON
A FREAK gale wrecked eight out of 20 bombers belonging to two R.A.F. squadrons at Evanton Aerodrome in Ross-shire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Damages Bombers. Long Struggle in Dark. LONDON, Jan. 23
A 90-miles-an-hour gale swept down on the Air Force camp at Evanton. Rosshire. where 20 eight-ton bombers were housed. The hangar accommodation proved…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →S.S. HUNTINGDON Floodlit Last Night
The big Federal Branch Service steamer Huntingdon, now discharging at No. 12 Pyrmont wharf, was floodlit last night and presented a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Threat in North Queensland Homes Abandoned BRISBANE
Record floods are expected in the Charleville district when overflow waters from several rivers in the area converge within the next day or two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain Inland. Crops Benefit. North-western Falls
The feature of New South Wales weather since the week-end has been the activity of an extensive rainproducing disturbance, which cleared…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm in Games Swimming "Programme Unofficial"
THE Empire Games Committee's alterations in the schedule of swimming events at the Games has drawn strong…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Serious Floods in Queensland. Brisbane
Following widespread heavy rains several of Queensland's inland rivers are in high flood. The Barcoo rose above danger height at Blackall, where the traffic bridge was…
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