Electric Storm Pulls Up Train
THE freakish storm which swept over Sydney yesterday put a train and two telephone…
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Storm Over City. Train and Trams Struck. Lightning Damage
When a fierce thunderstorm broke over the city and suburbs early yesterday afternoon, an electric train and three trams were struck by[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Smart Audience Attended Charity Matinee Wrapped In Cellophane When Storm Broke
Gay summer prints, frothy white blouses and dolls' hats decorated with flowers and worn with tiny veils were optimistically donned by hundreds of women who attended the matinee at the Minerva yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CANOWINDRA Adverse Effect of Heavy Rain
FROM amongst seven entrants, Mr. Hubert Power. The Ranch, Canowindra, won the local field wheat competition. He had a crop of Ford…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riverina Judging Begins R.A.S. Party Hindered by Heavy Rain
STORM damage of the past few weeks in the Riverina has been further accentuated this week. On Monday the R.A.S. wheat judging party was frequently hindered by flooded roads and finally, a few miles from Ariah Park, was halted at a creek running…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tuesday's Storm Electricity Interrupted
The heavy storm on Tuesday afternoon, with severe thunder and vivid lightning, resulted in dislocation of the electrical supply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Storms
Heavy thunderstorms this week damaged crops and orchards in many parts of the State. Wheat crops were beaten down in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Windows Broken by Hail. Storm on Mountains
Windows werp broken during severe hail0storms at Cullen Bullen, near Lithgow, yesterday The hail lay six inches deep on the ground. Large hailstones fell in a storm at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.a.p. Storm Over Men They Left Behind
VISIT of the Premier, Mr. Mair, and Ministers State afforestation centres has caused a storm in U.A.P. ranks. Originally, an invitation to make the trip was extended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Rains Severely Damage Crops R.A.S. Championship Judge Meets Deluge in Riverina; Yields Reduced
NARANDERA, Wednesday.—Crops in the Riverina have suffered considerably because of late rains, and yields will be much below those expected a few weeks ago. Practical evidence of the damage by rain was seen by the judge of the R.A.S. Field Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Finance Crisis Storm of Opposition To Govt's Plan; Menzies Will Reconsider Advance Growers May Yet Get 2/6 a Bus. Net
A CRISIS, unparalleled in its history, faces the Australian wheat industry. The situation was brought to a head last week with the announcement of the Commonwealth Government's advance to growers for wheat delivered to the compulsory pool from the present harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded Fences
A correspondent writes: "If any other "Land" reader has rabbit fences on flooded country to keep up, I should like to know what it costs him per chain to clear the debris…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Houses Flooded by Rain. Melbourne Downpour. MELBOURNE
Severe damage was caused in Melbourne and adjacent suburbs this afternoon by the heaviest lainstorm for years in 20 minutes 67 points of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →30 Miles in 13 DAYS. Floods Hold Up Boiler for Glen Davis. LITHGOW
A vehicle carrying a 43-ton boiler from Rylstone to Glen Davis, the site of the new shale oil project, took 13 days to cover about 30 miles because of floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U-boat Victims' Six Days of Misery in Open Boat and Read: Two Famous V. C.'s P. 4; Canibalism in Arnhem Land, P.2; J. C. Bancks Writers, P. 1, Section 2. Racked by Cold, Lived on Biscuits & WATER Brutally Left by Nazis At Storms' Mercy LONDON
One of the blackest chapters in Germany's piratical campaign on the high seas was completed to-day, when survivors from three ships sunk by U-boats were landed in British ports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flight Over Germany Perilous Task Work Done In Snow, Ice And Heavy Rain LONDON
"Snow, ice, heavy rain and failing light made the task hazardous, but, flying low in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire, our planes reached their objectives and completed their tasks."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms Stop Trains Overhead Gear Struck MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE this morning and afternoon suffered severe electrical storms, and in three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body of Warder Found After Storm
BRISBANE, Sunday.--After a fierce storm early yesterday morning, the body of J. D. Burton, a warder, was found In the grounds of a mental asylum at Sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hopman Won't Comment 'Storm In Tea Cup' Over Funds MELBOURNE
"A storm in a tea cup," said Harry Hopman, the Australian Davis Cup team manager, to-day, referring to the discussion by the L.T.A. Council…
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