Coastal Rivers Flood Warning
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following flood warning:-- As a consequence of cyclonic storms moving along the coast southward,…
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Car Caught in Flooded Creek Adelaide
Caught in flood waters near Port Augusta last night, four persons escaped drowning by scrambling through the windows while their car was…
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AFTER its wettest weekend since last December, Sydney should continue to receive heavy rain to-day…
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More rain along the coast, some floods and rough seas were forecast last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Storm. Ships in Gale. Waves 20ft High. BRISBANE
The motor ship Manoora with 252 passengers on board, passed through the centre of a cyclone on her voyage from Sydney to Brisbane…
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The Postmaster General, Mr. Cameron, at a radio luncheon yesterday made an attack on the Press…
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Although yesterday's cyclone, which deluged I the coast and flooded many low-lying districts, has, moved over the Tasman Sea, further unsettled weather is advancing from inland New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Battered By Cyclone Seas Break on Upper Deck of 23,000-Ton Liner Worst Storm In Lifetime For Crews, Passengers BRISBANE
Waves crashed over "D" deck, fourth deck from the waterline, of the 23,000-ton liner Strathallan as she rode out the cyclone off Cape Moreton. Officers and passengers of the Strathallan and the freighter…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle with Storms. Night Flight to Darwin. Aid for Sick Man. DARWIN
Flying by night through rain, which forced him far off his course, Dr. Clyde Fenton, the Northern Territory's flying doctor, reached Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rain Going South. Sydney's 5½ Inches. Coastal Floods. Improvement To-day
The cyclonic rainstorm, which began on the north coast on Saturday, moved rapidly southward yesterday, and caused heavy rain from the…
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Henry Maher, 48, of Military Road, Cremorne, was drowned to-day when attempting to cross the Minnamurra River. Maher, who was engaged on relief work,…
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KIAMA, Monday. -- H. Maher, about 48. relief worker, of Military Road, Cremorne is believed to have been drowned in the Minnamurra River to-day…
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Three thousand milit[?] a troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade were transferred yesterday from Woonona camp…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--A car containing three adults and a baby was caught in a flooded creek near Port Augusta last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inland Rain. Some Good Falls. New Cyclone
Although the coastal cyclone moved away in a south-easterly direction yesterday and the weather generally became fine, a new development of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dance Charge Brings Storm Of Protests
DEROGATORY remarks about country dances made by Mr. N. J. Harpur, Ariah Park Methodist circuit steward, have caused wide indignation in the Temora district…
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Appointment of a German to a position of trust in the Sydney County Council was described as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Storm Walls of Chinese City Hongkong
Heavy street fighting is in progress at Anlu, on the Han River, 200 miles, north-west of Hankow. The Japanese stormed the walls of the city yesterday, but the…
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