Camp Flooded. Leeton
When the flood waters in the Murrumbidgee River rose over the level of the banks around a sleeper-cutting camp near Gogeldrie, two families escaped by crossing the…
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Storm Mistaken For Air Raid
HOBART, Thursday.--A terrific peal of thunder awoke thousands of people at 5.15. a.m. today. Many admitted later that they thought…
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WAGGA. Sunday.--Damage estimated between £400 and £500 was caused at the butter factory of the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Dairy…
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The westerly gale on Sunday proved an ill wind for the staff engaged to clean up Randwick racecourse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Long Journey by Canoe. Travellers Reach Ocean. Driven Ashore by Gale. Goolwa (S.a.)
Messrs. A. L. Hunt, of Goulburn, and A. H. Harrison, of Sydney, who have been making a canoe journey from Canberra to Adelaide, reached the…
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floodlights in Rome
ROME, Monday.--Floodlighting of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other principal monuments in Rome was resumed last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →India's Aid. Flood of Offers of Service. LONDON, Sept. 12
"Assurances of support to Britain in the war are pouring in to the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, from Indian princes and Congress leaders," states…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm Over Europe
Those of us who were in our early childhood when the last war broke out—and indeed many who were vitally concerned in that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Over Fixing Of Prices CANBERRA
A STORM of protest from the Labor benches greeted an announcement by the Minister for Customs, Mr. Lawson, in the House of Representatives to-day that Sir R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Gains in Poland. Epic Defence of Warsaw Poles Ask Britain for Greater Aid. Heavy Rain Raises Hope. From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P. LONDON, September 15
The German push against both the north and south flanks of the Polish Army continues, and the Germans are steadily gaining ground in each of these sectors. According to the Berlin correspondent of the "New York…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →U.A.P. Storm Again Echo in House Five Cross Over
An echo of the stormy days that lead to the defeat of the Stevens Government six weeks ago, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Push On Strongly Clashes with Nazi Storm Troopers London, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service
A NEW French advance is reported on the East Vosges sector of the Western Front. The French are said to he in direct contact with the fortifications of the Siegfried Line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Floods Road. Tram Overturns Waggon Precautions Against Fire
A tram filled with passengers crashed into a waggon containing 1,000 gallons of petrol in New South Head Road yesterday, throwing the waggon on to its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Secret German Radio. Hitlerism Attacked. "Polish Mines Flooded." AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19. (A.A.P.)
In a broadcast throughout Germany, the secret German wireless station which is working against the Nazi Government reported that Polish miners…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm Over Sneer at Senator Abuse On Part Played In Last War CANBERRA
LABOR Senators hotly attacked Senator McLeay, leader of the Government in the Senate, today for what was described as "most cowardly, cruel, and reprehensible"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hitler's Mental Storms London, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service
Hitler's mental hysteria and changes of mood are clearly delineated in the unvarnished documentary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Fear German Invasion Dykes Ready For Flooding If Attacked Evacuate Towns on Border London, Friday. Our Own Cable Service
ALARMED by reports that the Germans were about to make a lightning thrust through Holland, the Dutch Government has finalised its plans for flooding the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fearing Attack, Belgians Flood Frontiers LONDON
The Belgians have opened the sluice-gates in the Albert Canal at several points, flooding their north and north-eastern frontiers. This drastic move, reported from, Paris, is inspired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Films Love Swept By Deluge
Drama, comedy, travelogues, romance? Whatever your choice it is to be had this week at the picture theatres, seven of which…
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