Norway News Is Shock to London Rising Storm of Criticism Loud Echoes Upon Continent Swedes' Fears London
The Sun · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1
Britain's withdrawal--announced by Mr. Chamberlain --of her forces from Andalsnes in Norway, has aroused a storm of criticism at home regarding the conduct of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Out of Gale Awarua Had Good Trip
The Sun · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3
While a 50-mile-an-hour westerly wind whipped the Tasman Sea to fury to-day, the flying-boat Awarua had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Crash in Malaya. Three Men Killed. Tragedy in Thunderstorm. Singapore, May 5. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 10
When a twin-engined commercial plane crashed on the Malay Peninsula on Friday night all three occupants were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Parlt. Storm Looms Over Burrinjuck
Daily News · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2
INTRODUCTION of the bill authorising remedial measures costing £1,800,000 at Burrinjuck Dam is expected to provoke a storm this week in Parliament. A section of U.A.P. members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flight Over Gale. 10-Hour Tasman Passage. Dining at 10,000 Feet. by Our Aviation Correspondent
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 9
who returned from New Zealand in the Awarua. While Tasman shipping: was buffeted by a south-easterly gale, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Leaders Disloyal." Premier's Statement Evokes Storm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 14
A statement by the Piemier, Mr. Mair, that the miners' leaders were disloyal evoked a storm of protests from Labour members in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy City Rain. 179 Points in 24 HOURS. Most for Nine Months
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 14
More than an inch and a half of rain fell in Sydney in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday, and there were furthere heavy showers in the city last…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Chamberlain Expected To Survive Commons Storm Will Hit Out at Critics; May Appease with Cabinet Change London
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 1
The storm of criticism expected to burst round the Government this afternoon in the Commons for its conduct of the war will result merely in another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Stock Losses. Disastrous Floods in N.Z. AUCKLAND
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 11
Disastrous floods at Otago caused havoc on the rich Taireri plains. Many square miles of farming country are under water, and for 20 miles there is not a square yard of dry…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Sweep Farms Settlers Flee Havoc Caused In N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sun · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 12
Floods near Dunedin have forced farmers to abandon their homes, destroyed stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Sea Floods in Ship
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 2
A freak wave swept into public rooms of an England- Australia liner and caused a panic among passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rhine Floods Nazi Pill-boxes
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 1
PARIS, Wednesday.--The river Rhine is rising steadily, because of melting snows in the Swiss mountains. Pumps are busy in the German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms Brewing in Latin America New York, April 21
The Sun · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4
ONCE again the political pot is boiling in Latin America. Dictatorship has openly returned to Paraguay, electoral scandals are shaking Argentina, a sharp crisis is brewing in Uruguay, darker…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Floods. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 10
Floods have spread to many parts of Otago, and conditions in the Taieri and Middlemarch districts, where stock losses are very heavy, are the worst' for half a century…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mettkrs Will Welcome Deluge
Daily News · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 9
METTERS Soccer officials will not be upset by heavy rain to-day. In fact, they would appreciate a few heavy showers. In the first place, Metters…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dutch Resist Frontier Flooding Ordered By Govt. LONDON
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 2
Holland has formally declared war on Germany. The German troops crossed the Dutch border near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Pilot for the Storm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 8
The news of the formation of the Churchill Government is a welcome offset to the anxious tidings received from the Western Front. It is fitting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Pilot for the Storm. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4
Sir,—At last Winston Spencer Churchill comes into his own. He is Prime Minister of England. A long wait, but a worth-while one, because it is now he will show his mettle. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hedonic Had "Heads" Hot Blew Like Gale; Stipes Satisfied Cash Went on
Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1
THERE was quite a stir at Kensington yesterday, when owner- trainer W. Cridland and jockey Roy James were called into the stewards' room and asked to explain the running of Hedonic in the Kensington Handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Belgian Defences Hold Up Blitzkrieg Germans Storm Maginot Zone French Deliver Strong Counter-Thrust; Enemy Within 25 Miles Of Brussels, Antwerp LONDON
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1
The German force which occupied Sedanthrust today across the Meuse and entered the fortified zone of the Maginot Line. It drove a salient 10 miles deep into the outer defences…
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