Big Peiping Floods
SHANGHAI, Friday.--The disastrous North China floods are now spreading to Peiping, where Chinese and Japanese refugees are arriving…
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Rivers Above Flood Level Families Flee Homes Before Rising Waters Building Banks At Danger Points On Murrumbidgee
Flood waters have driven more than 20 families from their homes at Wagga. They were living in the "tent town" area of Wagga, near the Murrumbidgee River…
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IT IS FEARED that an elderly woman has been carried away by the flooded Loddon River…
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The flying boat Aotearoa today reduced the record made by the Centaurus in 1937 by 1 hour 33 minutes…
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LONDON, Monday.--It is estimated that 1000 women and children have been drowned in the floods at Tientsin, where cholera and…
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WESTERLY gales have again disorganised shipping between Melbourne and Port Adelaide, delaying at least 10 vessels. Three of them are known…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eccentric Weather. Snow, Heat, and Gales. Mild Day. Forecast
The weather took on a wide range of forms over New South Wales yesterday. Snow fell on the southern highlands, a midsummer temperature of 88 degrees was recorded at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German and Italian Ships Fight Gale Believed To Be In Tasman
With a heavy gale blowing, it is. believed that three German steamers and one Italian liner are receiving a battering somewhere in the Tasman. These vessels -- the Lahn, Stassfurt and Erlangen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ski-ing in Storm. Australian Championships. Stogdale Wins Downhill. From Our Special Correspondent. Mansfield (V.)
The Australian amateur ski championship and interstate match were begun here this morning the fust event being the downhill championship. The snow was fast ana dry,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Riverina May Be Flooded Again Cool Change, Rain Predicted; Firemen's Busy Day
More heavy rain in south-western districts, with the possibility of fresh floods in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, is predicted. A cool change, bringing rain,…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- A 50-mile-per-hour westerly gale to-day drove the Government tug Mor[?]ya on to a mudbank opposite the pilot station,…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at hundreds of pounds was done on the South Coast by the westerly gale this morning…
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THE special meeting of the U.A.P. council on September 18 will decide whether an officially endorsed party candidate will contest the Upper Hunter by-election…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Squally Winds. Gale Force Reached. Abatement by Week-end Predicted
Squally westerly winds persisted in Sydney again yesterday, and early in the morning a maximum wind velocity of 60 miles an hour (gale force) was recorded, which is the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unwanted Storm Water. Discharge Forbidden at Redfern. Residents' Difficulties
Because of a disagreement between the water Board and the Redfern Municipal Council, property owners in Redfern now have no means of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Cabinet's Dramatic Meeting Thunderstorm Rages; London Blacked-out London
The British Cabinet met unexpectedly in dramatic circumstances at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday. London was in a black-out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expect Storm Over New City Librarian
A storm over the appointment of the new City Librarian is expected at next week's meeting of the City Council finance committee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poles Storm Over German Lines War Carried Into East Prussia Villagers Cheer Troops On LONDON
Gallantly storming the German line on the East Prussian border in the face of a withering fire, the Poles broke through into enemy territory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pamphlet Flood From Air R.A.F. OVER Germany LONDON
On Sunday night the Royal Air Force carried out an extensive reconnaissance raid over northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.A.P. Storm Over Pact
A meeting of the New South Wales U.A.P. Council, called for Monday night, is expected to be stormy…
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