A.j.c. Storm Over Elections
A STORM was created at an A.J.C. general meeting of 200 members yesterday on the question of the election of committeemen. Heated discussion followed a motion that…
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Council Told of Flooding
The overflow from sand dredges is flooding the yards of waterfront homes at Woronora. In places water is a foot deep on roads…
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Ranging from 25 to 40 miles an hour, the wind to-day was particularly fierce on the open stretches of the Harbor…
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A TREE falling during a recent storm caused the death of Manuden Luminorah, a Jersey cow in the herd of Mr. W. G. North, of Dorrigo. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Canoe Out in Gale Pilot Steamer Searching
Search by air, land and sea is being made to-day for Vincent Cannon, 32, who is reported missing in a canoe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner's Fight in Gale Narrow Escape From Collision
Twice, while attempting to berth at Walsh Bay to-day, in the teeth of a gale, the Blue Funnel liner, Anchises crashed against the opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Relic of '67 FLOOD Timber in River Bed State's First Brewery?
THE work of tunnelling under the Ne[?]an River at Wallacia in the construction of the Warragamba Scheme has been the means…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Snow During Gale
MORE snow fell as a gale whistled round the Kosciusko Chalet last night. At 9 o'clock the manager, Mr. George Day, said: "Snow is four feet deep here now."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miss Didrikson. Long Hitting in Gale. Approaching and Putting Errors
Although Miss Babe Didrikson frequently outdrove her men opponents and her partner, she made too many mistakes in approaching and on and around the greens, to enable her…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Victorian Gale Delays Planes
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Because of bad flying weather beteween Benalla and Essendon, the A.N.A. Douglas from Sydney is staying at Benalla overnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasman Storms. Two Ships Delayed
Gales and storms in the Tasman have been e[?]countered by the steamer Awatea and the motor-ship Wanganella in the crossing from New Zealand to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boat Out In Big Gale NEWCASTLE
IT is feared that a small launch has broken down and been swept out to sea by the prevailing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men Missing in Gale Steamer's Search For Boat
NEWCASTLE, Monday. Two men in a 22ft. motor launch are missing off Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menzies Sees Coalfields Hurried Tour In A Gale NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. " I am here as [?]
“I am here as a learner,” declared the prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) at West Maitlned to-day, at the beginning of a whiriwind tour of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Liner Damaged in Storm. Oronsay Buffeted. WAVES 60 Feet High Fremantle
After the worst storm she has experienced in Australian waters since she entered the trade in 1925, the liner Oronsay reached Fremantle to-day with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To Floodlight Road Refuges
This pedestrian refuge at the Martin- place--Macquarie-street intersection is the first chosen for floodlighting experiment. The picture shows white metal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgians Die in Floods Brussels
The Albert Canal burst to-day in several places near Hasselt where the land is flooded for two miles. It is believed that 10 persons are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eisteddfod Flood of Entries
Entries in this year's City of Sydney Eisteddfod will exceed the average of 10,000 in the past three eisteddfods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Winter Cold Ousts Warm Days Kosciusko Snow-bound: Gales Whip Tasman Shipping
Sydney's brief spell of "spring" temperatures is at an end. A change from north-Westerly to south-westerly Winds is the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relic of '67 Flood Discovery at Wallacia. State's First Brewery?
The work of tunnelling under the Nepean River at Wallacia in the construcion of the Warragamba Scheme has been the means of bringing to light some old…
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